Technical Lead

Tech Lead (Hands-On) | Manchester, Hybrid | Up to £90,000 We're hiring a Tech Lead to own technology and delivery from idea through to production. This is not a distant management role. You will stay hands-on, guide architecture and technical decisions, and lead and mentor a small team of 2 to 3 engineers while working closely with Product, Design and the wider business. What you will be doing

• Leading design and build of next-generation digital experiences combining real-time data, interactive graphics and audience participation
• Setting technical direction and making pragmatic architecture decisions across cloud platforms and reusable product capabilities
• Developing engineers and building a "build it, own it, run it" culture
• Connecting engineering decisions to customer and commercial value
• Championing AI-assisted engineering and modern ways of working Tech stack New builds are predominantly JavaScript, Node.js and TypeScript on AWS, with occasional work on a legacy Java platform. You will also work with APIs, serverless and event-driven systems, real-time data, CI/CD, observability and DevOps. What we are looking for
• Strong software engineering background delivering production systems, still hands-on today
• Experience leading, mentoring or setting technical direction for engineers
• Solid grasp of modern architecture with practical cloud experience (AWS preferred, Azure or GCP fine)
• Strong communication, ownership and decision-making
• A positive attitude towards AI-assisted software development
• Available to start within one month Nice to have
• Digital products or direct-to-consumer platforms
• Media, sports, entertainment, creator or SaaS background
• Real-time applications, platform engineering, serverless and event-driven architectures Package
• Up to £90,000 base salary
• Hybrid: two office days per week (Wednesday and Thursday) in central Manchester
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Company pension, Employee Assistance Programme, mobile and broadband contribution No need for an up-to-date CV just yet, just click 'Easy Apply' and someone will reach out with more details. We can then help you build the best CV for the role later.