Lead Software Engineer (£100,000 - £120,000 + Equity) at Searchland.co.uk

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Job Title: Lead Software Engineer

Salary: £100,000 - £120,000 + Equity

Company Description: Searchland.co.uk - Fuel Ventures backed PropTech SaaS

Job Description:
As the most senior hands-on engineer, you will own the technical direction of the UK’s leading property data platform. Reporting to the CTO, you will lead a high-performing squad to scale a system processing terabytes of data. This backend-leaning role balances daily coding in Node.js and PostgreSQL with strategic architectural leadership.

Location: London, UK

Why this role is remarkable:

• Direct impact as the senior technical heartbeat of a platform used by 2,000+ industry giants like land agents and major developers.

• Exceptional leadership pedigree, joining a team founded by the former Fanbytes CTO (acquired by Brainlabs) and backed by Fuel Ventures.

• High-ownership environment where you shape both the long-term technical roadmap and the engineering culture of a fast-growing 30-person team.

What you will do:

• Provide architectural oversight across the full stack, specifically evolving complex Elasticsearch-driven architectures and heavy PostgreSQL data pipelines.

• Lead multidisciplinary squads and complex technical design discussions, balancing speed, scope, and scale for new feature delivery.

• Mentor senior and mid-level engineers through coaching and design reviews while contributing high-quality code to the React and Node.js codebase daily.

The ideal candidate:

• 7+ years of software engineering experience with at least 2-3 years in a Lead, Staff, or Senior-plus leadership capacity.

• Deep technical expertise in the modern JavaScript ecosystem, specifically Node.js, Express, tRPC, React, and advanced PostgreSQL query optimization.

• Proven track record of scaling data-intensive SaaS platforms and leading engineering initiatives within a high-growth startup or scale-up environment.

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