Staff Software Engineer - #2106421

Sanderson


Date: 3 days ago
City: Cardiff
Salary: £80,000 - £90,000 / year
Contract type: Full time
Work schedule: Full day
Sanderson


Staff Engineer / Circa £85,000 / Remote first

As a Staff Engineer, you'll provide leadership across the value stream, driving technical strategy, guiding architectural decisions and influencing engineering outcomes across multiple teams. You'll act as a trusted technical authority, working closely with Principal Engineers, Architects, Product and Delivery leaders to align engineering delivery with broader business and technology objectives.

You'll balance strategic thinking with hands-on technical contribution, leading solution design, validating architectural approaches, tackling complex technical challenges and supporting teams through key delivery initiatives.

Technical Environment

React, NestJS, Cloud Platforms (GCP/Azure), Micro Frontends, CI/CD, Automated Testing, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, Security Best Practices and Modern Engineering Practices.

Key Responsibilities
  • Provide technical leadership across multiple engineering squads, driving consistency and engineering excellence.
  • Influence technical strategy, architecture and technology roadmaps.
  • Partner with senior stakeholders across Engineering, Product, Architecture, Delivery and Capability functions.
  • Lead the design of scalable, secure and cloud-native solutions.
  • Act as the technical escalation point for complex engineering challenges and major initiatives.
  • Drive best practices across software development, CI/CD, testing, automation and platform reliability.
  • Identify risks, challenge existing approaches and improve engineering processes across the wider platform.
  • Mentor and coach engineers, helping raise technical capability across the organisation.
  • Build alignment across teams, influencing decisions without direct authority.
About You

We're looking for someone who is more than just a strong engineer. You'll be a recognised technical leader with the ability to influence, challenge and drive change across a complex technology landscape.

You will bring:

  • Experience operating as a Staff Engineer, Principal Engineer or Senior Technical Lead within a complex environment.
  • A proven track record of leading technical initiatives across multiple teams or squads.
  • Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence engineers, architects and business stakeholders alike.
  • The ability to operate comfortably at both strategic and hands-on levels.
  • Deep expertise in React and modern web application development.
  • Experience driving technical decision-making, navigating ambiguity and delivering outcomes through influence rather than authority.
  • A passion for mentoring engineers and elevating engineering standards.
  • Strong ownership mindset with the ability to identify problems, create solutions and drive them through to completion.


Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

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