AI Engineering Lead
4 days ago
Newcastle upon Tyne
About IRIS IRIS Software Group is one of the UK’s largest privately held software companies, serving 100,000+ customers across 135 countries. Our mission-critical solutions power accountancy, finance, HR and payroll, education, and business operations—impacting millions of lives every day. • 4M+ UK families engage with schools through our apps, • 5M employees are managed through our HR solutions, • 1 in 8 UK employees are paid via IRIS payroll The Opportunity We’re looking for an Engineering Lead to play a pivotal role in our cloud transformation journey. This hybrid role blends technical leadership, agile delivery, and people management—you’ll lead an autonomous engineering team building modern full-stack applications using the latest UI frameworks, .NET Core, and cloud-native technologies. You’ll guide architecture and delivery, foster team growth, and stay hands-on where it matters—ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, and production-ready. What You’ll Do • Lead and coach a cross-functional engineering team, fostering growth and collaboration, • Drive delivery of complex projects, ensuring alignment with business goals and OKRs, • Provide technical direction on architecture, design, and system health, • Define quality and security standards, embedding testing and governance into delivery, • Partner with product, design, DevOps, and leadership to ensure predictable, high-quality releases, • Shape CI/CD, observability, and cloud strategies to support scalable, resilient solutions What We’re Looking For • 6+ years in software engineering with leadership/mentorship experience, • Strong technical background in .NET Core, C#, cloud-native architecture, containers (Docker/Kubernetes), and modern UI frameworks (React, Angular, Vue, or Blazor), • Experience with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code (Terraform/ARM/AWS CDK), and observability tools (Datadog, AppInsights, CloudWatch), • Proven success delivering software in Agile environments at scale, • Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and decision-making skills Bonus points if you have: • Experience in regulated domains (finance, healthcare, govtech), • Advanced Azure/AWS certifications, • Exposure to platform engineering, AI tools, or reusable component frameworks Why Join Us? • Competitive salary + leadership premium, • Private medical, life assurance, pension, generous holiday allowance, • Executive leadership programs & advanced technical training, • Opportunities to speak at conferences and shape engineering practices, • Recognized as a Great Place to Work and Best Workplace for Women At IRIS, you’ll do more than write code—you’ll shape the future of cloud and AI-powered solutions used by millions of people every day. 👉 Ready to lead with impact? Apply now and help us build the next generation of intelligent software.