Lead Software Engineer, UK based, full stack, contractor 3months+, £600 day

This is a 3 month+ opportunity for an experienced contactor to start ASAP

Please apply with your day rate and available start date.

You will be responsible for the creation of high-quality, industry leading applications for the UK’s leading care management system. What you and the team create will have a direct impact in helping everyone who cares to do a great job.

What you get to do as Lead Software Engineer at QCS:

• Lead the development of applications across multiple projects


• Contribute to and make key technical decisions


• Work with the Head of Software Development to help define the technical vision


• Promote best practices based on project-specific needs


• Collaborate with the Business Analysts, by reviewing all new requirements from a technical perspective


• Estimate upcoming work


• Understand the QCS application architecture and development process and contribute to development


• Provide guidance to the team and lead the code review process


• Carry out research and development to underpin the development of future products and features

The skills, experience, and attributes that will make you successful in this role:

• You are a master of C# programming language, fluent in Javascript


• You are a proponent of Agile software development approaches


• You are confident in your experience as a software engineerand the SDLC to suggest amendments to requirements, designs and process from a technical perspective


• You have a good understanding of Cloud applications and their Infrastructure


• You are knowledgeable of at least one Cloud service provider – Preferably Microsoft Azure


• You have an excellent grasp of design patterns, implementation patterns and integration patterns


• You know GIT


• You have experience in both front and backend development


• You have experience of SQL and NoSQL databases


• You are able to identify, catalogue and where appropriate, pay down technical debt


• You have an excellent grasp of unit testing and test automation


• You have a good understanding of distributed systems


• You are naturally driven to get things done


• You respond positively to pressure


• You work at a faster than average pace


• You work well with others and have a natural ability to communicate at all levels


• You possess a growth mindset

At QCS we are advocates of flexible working, understanding life happens outside of work. Working from home and flexibility of hours is a normal part of our Everyday Flex working style.