Technical Lead

TECHNICAL LEAD

Salary £80-90,000

Hybrid working - 2 days per week in a Liverpool city centre office

Opportunity to shape a brand-new platform and influence technical strategy

Work within a senior, AI-first engineering environment

KEY POINTS

Senior technical leadership role with significant architectural ownership

Leading the design and development of a modern platform rebuild

Strong focus on Node.js, TypeScript, React and cloud technologies

Opportunity to shape engineering standards, architecture and AI adoption

ABOUT THE CLIENT

We're supporting an established technology-led organisation that is investing heavily in the future of its engineering function. Following continued growth and a major platform transformation programme, they are looking to appoint a Technical Lead to play a key role in defining both the technical direction and engineering standards of the business.

This is an opportunity to join at a pivotal stage, working within a highly experienced team that values innovation, collaboration and modern software engineering practices.

THE TECHNICAL LEAD ROLE

This is a highly influential technical leadership role where you'll help shape the future of a modern, large-scale platform whilst remaining hands-on with development.

You'll lead the design and delivery of scalable backend services, APIs, integrations and data flows, whilst providing architectural guidance across the wider engineering team. Although the role is backend-focused, you'll also maintain strong involvement across the full stack, working with modern frontend technologies and cloud infrastructure.

Working closely with Product teams, stakeholders and fellow engineers, you'll help establish engineering standards, drive adoption of AI-assisted development practices and provide technical mentorship across the team.

The organisation has embraced an AI-first approach to software engineering, making extensive use of modern AI tooling and spec-driven development practices. You'll play a key role in shaping how these technologies are utilised across the engineering function.

This role offers genuine autonomy, giving you the opportunity to influence technology decisions, development processes and long-term platform strategy whilst remaining close to the code.

TECHNICAL LEAD ESSENTIAL SKILLS

Strong commercial experience with Node.js and TypeScript

Experience with React and Next.js

Proven track record designing and delivering scalable software architectures

Cloud experience across Azure, AWS or GCP

Strong understanding of API design, integrations and distributed systems

Experience providing technical leadership and mentoring engineers

Passion for modern engineering practices and AI-assisted development

Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills

Strong understanding of software architecture and engineering best practice

THE BENEFITS

Hybrid working model with two office days per week

Annual training and conference budget

Private healthcare

Company bonus scheme

Investment in modern tooling and AI-powered development platforms

Active social and charity events calendar

Opportunity to influence technical strategy and platform direction

TO BE CONSIDERED

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