Technical Lead (Python, AWS, Terraform Experience)

Overview

In this Tech Lead role, you guide technical direction across multiple services and drive high-quality code while contributing to the full software lifecycle. You will lead diverse teams, define architectural strategies, and hands-on code where needed. The position involves working on run-and-maintain and transformative projects using a mix of technologies, with opportunities to learn across languages and platforms. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver end-to-end digital solutions for clients, including UK public sector initiatives. This is a chance to shape delivery, uphold quality, and grow in a fast-paced, flexible environment.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid working model
• 25 days’ holiday
• Private Medical Health care via Vitality
• Pension contribution
• Life Assurance
• Professional certifications supported

Responsibilities

• lead technical teams and define strategy/architecture for multiple services
• deliver full software lifecycle from design to implementation and QA
• hands-on coding when appropriate to ensure quality
• design and develop new features across run-and-maintain and transformative work
• drive quality assurance, code reviews, and process optimization
• mentor engineers and foster a collaborative, high-performing team culture
• manage technical and non-technical stakeholders and translate requirements into designs
• coordinate with Product, UCD, and Delivery to balance technical, user, and business needs

Key requirements

• experience leading technical teams with architectural responsibility
• full-stack or backend background with Python and TypeScript
• cloud infrastructure experience (AWS or Azure) and Terraform IaC
• experience delivering UK Government digital services with GDS/NHS standards
• strong collaboration across multidisciplinary teams
• ability to prioritise technical, user, and business needs
• champions user-centred design throughout the development lifecycle
• excellent communication, including presenting to non-technical audiences
• track record in QA, code reviews, and process optimisation
• experience leading projects end-to-end with stakeholder management
• ability to drive delivery from analysis through to QA
• mentoring and coaching developers; ambitious career mindset
• willingness to travel to client sites in the UK; right to work in the UK

• collaborative leadership
• effective communication
• stakeholder management
• Python
• TypeScript
• AWS

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