Lead Software Engineer, Distributed Systems & Security

Lead Software Engineer
Winchester (Hybrid, 4 days per week in the office)
£75,000 - £85,000 + Private Healthcare + Enhanced Pension
Are you an experienced software engineer looking to take principal-level ownership of a complex, real-world distributed system used across security and critical infrastructure environments?
This is a senior technical role within a specialist engineering business building software that directly integrates with radiation detection hardware deployed in highly sensitive settings. The platform powers real-time monitoring, telemetry, alerting and operational decision-making, supporting customers where reliability, security and accuracy are critical.
You will take ownership of a distributed, microservices-based platform, shaping its architecture and technical direction while remaining hands-on with development. Working closely with a small but highly capable onshore team and an established offshore engineering function, you will have genuine inf...