Engineering Team Lead | Tech | London, UK

We are looking for someone with experience leading an agile team along with extensive industry experience of software engineering (preferably in C# and .NET).

Savanta is a data, market research and advisory company with teams in the UK, Americas, and APAC. Working with high-profile organizations and some of the world’s best-known brands, we Inform & Inspire our clients to Make Better Decisions through powerful data, empowering technology and high-impact consulting.

Savanta is on a bold journey - transforming from a traditional market research company into a tech-first, insights-driven leader. 

About the Role:

You will work on our Vue research platform which helps us provide a full service to our wide range of clients. Our technology team is split into several cross functional teams working on a specific product area. ranging from data collection, analysis and creating data products.

You will lead up of 3 to 6 engineers working in a cross functional agile team alongside a product manager, UX designer and QA. The team is to deliver the product roadmap alongside driving further adoption of cloud first technologies; we are Azure based with Snowflake as our primary warehousing engine.

We want you to dive in, get your hands dirty, and figure things out, but also to be someone your team can rely on for help and guidance when they need it.

Our Tech Team works within a learning and collaborative environment, where empowerment is key to our success, along with developing a culture of innovation and creating an environment where everyone can excel.

You’ll also be responsible for:

• Delivery of the Product roadmap


• Managing a team of developers consisting of a range of ability and experience


• Conducting regular 121’s, setting objective and assisting with tailored development plans


• Mentoring, supporting, and encouraging our developers.


• Full stack development


• Championing the best practice of Scrum at Savanta.


• Continuously improving the team’s processes for iterative development.


• Delivering a great user experience in the products you build.


• Finding ways to build fast, scalable, flexible systems without blowing the budget.


• Interacting directly with customers, understanding their needs, and generalising them.


• Working with staff engineers and others to define technical direction in a sequence of smaller, valuable chunks.

Our engineering environment includes technologies such as .NET, React, Azure DevOps, GitHub, Octopus Deploy, Snowflake, and modern CI/CD pipelines.

This role is based in our London office, with the expectation to be onsite 1–3 days per week.

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About You: 

Essential Criteria:

• Experience leading agile rapid release iterations.


• Extensive experience specifically with C# and .NET, or experience in closely related languages (Java, Python, Scala) including modern functional idioms.


• A willingness to learn – new technologies, our business and platform, and ways of working – is an absolute must.


• Full product delivery mindset focused on a tested user experience.


• Encourages a test first approach as part of stories aiming for high automated coverage.


• Runs meetings such as project kick-offs, stakeholder check-ins, and retrospectives.


• Comfortable with some ambiguity and shifting priorities in your work environment, and comfortable with managed change.


• Confident in using spikes to de-risk work as well as guiding the team in iterating towards a long-term scalable architecture.

Desirable Criteria:

• Strong RDBMS experience and who knows at least one dialect of SQL well: e.g. you might have spent a lot of time with PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Oracle.


• Experience of cloud based data warehousing such as Snowflake or DataBricks


• Experience configuring Azure services (or AWS!)


• Experience/interest of informal leadership or formal management experience.


• Experience working with across team boundaries with stakeholders.

And in return, Savanta offers:

• Salary range: £90,000 - £100,000


• Bonus scheme


• Unlimited annual leave


• Hybrid working


• Flexible working practices


• Health & wellbeing package


• Ongoing Learning & Development


• Financial health (pension, life assurance, etc.)


• Team & Company Socials


• Committees for Health & Well Being, Charities & Volunteering and DE&I

Why Join Us:

With offices in the US, Canada, India and the UK, over 500 staff globally, and ambitious growth plans, Savanta offers the benefits of scale, whilst our specialists with their deep expertise and nimble teams, make life at Savanta feel more like working at a ‘boutique’ agency.

Our client portfolio includes some of the world’s most recognizable and valuable brands such as Google, Meta, Pandora, Vodafone, Samsung, Heineken, LEGO, Aston Martin, Unilever, and the Cabinet Office. 

The company was founded on the belief that tech should be integral to its success, and this culture of tech innovation makes us best placed to put Savanta at the heart of our clients’ businesses offering solutions before they even know the problem. 

Part of the vibrant Next 15 Communications Group, we have an entrepreneurial and inclusive company culture that actively recognizes and values its people and offers unrivalled scope for career development, including mentoring, coaching as well as extensive training programs.

Savanta is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and continuously strives to be an employer of choice. Our people are our greatest asset - we value workplace diversity and inclusion, oppose all forms of unlawful discrimination, and welcome applications from suitably qualified candidates of all backgrounds.

All candidates will be considered equally, however, unfortunately we are unable to offer visa sponsorship.

We encourage authentic responses to demonstrate your experience and approach, rather than relying on Generative Al tools to write your cover letter or any questions in the application process.  We may use Al Decoders as part of the review process and if answers match to a high extent that may be factored into the review.

For information on how Savanta uses your data, please see https://savanta.com/about/careers/job-opportunities