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Skywaves Rise

Lead Software Engineer — Real Estate Technology

Hybrid

Sheffield, United kingdom

Senior

Freelance

26-03-2026

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Skills

Teamwork Leadership CI/CD DevOps Agile

Job Specifications

Lead Software Engineer — Real Estate Technology

Location: Sheffield (Hybrid Working)

Role Purpose

Take a hands-on leadership role within a small, high-performing engineering team in Real Estate

Technology. You'll drive technical delivery, actively write code, and champion continuous

improvement across a range of projects. Collaborate with central engineering communities to

embed best practices and enhance service management for global users. Experience in the banking

or real estate sector is not required— what matters is your technical expertise and ability to deliver

results.

Key Responsibilities

1. Lead & Mentor: Guide and develop engineers, fostering accountability, teamwork, and

technical excellence.

2. Hands-On Delivery: Provide technical direction and actively contribute code to deliver

secure, scalable solutions.

3. Continuous Improvement: Promote modern engineering standards, agile practices, and

process enhancements.

4. Service Management: Strengthen operational reliability and user satisfaction through

improved incident, change, and problem management.

5. Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with product managers, architects, and global

teams to deliver on technology roadmaps.

Experience & Skills

Essential

1. Proven experience leading technical teams in complex environments.

2. Strong coding skills and hands-on involvement in software delivery.

3. Solid understanding of cloud, DevOps, CI/CD, and engineering quality frameworks.

4. Effective communicator and collaborator across technical and non-technical teams.

5. Commitment to agile delivery and continuous improvement.

Desirable

1. Experience in real estate technology or similar domains.

2. Participation in engineering communities or centres of excellence.

About the Company

Premium Europe, UK and India focused IT Head hunting/Recruitment/Staffing/Project Management company run by IT professionals. The founding team has donned roles like Program Manager/Project Manager/Strategy Manager in companies like IBM/TechM/Philips/Shell/Bridgestone. We are also into Strategic Finance consulting for the past 20 years. Know more