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Lead Support Engineer

Manchester OfficeFull-time2026-11-02 → 2026-11-10
No visa sponsorship

Core

Lead a UK Support team for mission-critical public safety systems while actively participating in technical triage, incident management, and complex investigations.

Role type

Senior IC people manager (Lead Support Engineer)

Builds

Public safety software systems for government and law enforcement customers

Domain

Public Safety / Government / SaaS

Deliverable

client delivery

Required skills

People management, technical triage, incident management, Java debugging, SQL, REST API investigation, team coaching, root cause analysis

Preferred skills

Experience with public safety systems, on-call rotation experience, knowledge of modern web architecture

Technologies

Java, SQL, REST APIs, JSON, TypeScript, JavaScript

Responsibilities

Manage and develop a team of Support Engineers, perform initial ticket triage and delegation, act as escalation point for P0/P1 incidents, investigate complex technical issues, improve support processes and documentation

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with people leadership