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Technical Lead

Anson McCadeUK, UK🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 31 Jul 2026

Quick Overview

Work Type
Hybrid
Schedule
Full Time
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

Job Role: Technical Lead

Location: UK Wide / Hybrid

Why This Technical Lead Opportunity Stands Out

Join a leading innovation and technology consultancy where you'll lead the design and delivery of complex digital solutions for some of the world's most recognised organisations. This is an opportunity to combine hands-on engineering with technical leadership, helping clients solve difficult business challenges while mentoring high-performing teams.

You'll work across a variety of industries, technologies and programmes, giving you the chance to broaden your expertise while making a genuine impact on both clients and colleagues.

What's on Offer for a Technical Lead
  • Opportunity to lead large-scale digital transformation programmes
  • Access to a wide variety of industries, projects and technology stacks
  • Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
  • Strong technical career progression opportunities
  • Dedicated learning and development support
  • Private healthcare for you and your family
  • Annual performance bonus
  • Share ownership opportunities
  • Generous pension scheme
  • 25 days annual leave plus the option to purchase additional days
  • Collaborative and supportive engineering community
How You'll Succeed as a Technical Lead
  • Lead multidisciplinary engineering teams through the delivery of complex technology solutions
  • Partner with clients to understand challenges and translate business goals into technical outcomes
  • Provide technical direction, architecture guidance and engineering oversight
  • Mentor and develop engineers through coaching, reviews and knowledge sharing
  • Contribute to recruitment, capability development and internal communities of practice
  • Support business development activities and help shape winning technical solutions
  • Drive engineering excellence, innovation and continuous improvement across delivery teams
  • Guide teams through complex technical decisions and architectural trade-offs
What You'll Bring to This Technical Lead Position
  • Strong software engineering background with hands-on delivery experience
  • Experience leading technical teams within Agile environments
  • Expertise in designing scalable, cloud-native solutions using AWS, Azure or GCP
  • Strong knowledge of software architecture, engineering best practices and secure development
  • Proficiency in Java, JavaScript, .NET or similar technologies
  • Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code and DevOps practices
  • Knowledge of observability, monitoring and operational excellence principles
  • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
  • Experience mentoring and developing engineers at different stages of their careers
Additional Experience That's Highly Valued in a Technical Lead
  • Experience with event-driven architectures and modern cloud-native platforms
  • Strong understanding of TDD, automated testing and engineering quality practices
  • Experience optimising performance, scalability and reliability within enterprise systems
  • Background working alongside DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering teams
  • Passion for emerging technologies and continuous learning
Interested in This Technical Lead Opportunity?

If you're looking for a role where you can influence technical strategy, lead talented engineering teams and deliver impactful solutions across a broad range of industries, we'd love to hear from you.


Skills

GCP
AWS
TDD
Agile
Azure
.NET
Java
JavaScript
Stakeholder Management

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