Technical Lead

Company: Understanding Recruitment
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Location: London
Job Description:

Overview

In this hands-on Technical Lead role, you guide engineering squads while remaining deeply involved in delivery. You help shape architecture and drive engineering best practices to accelerate sustainable energy solutions for electric vehicle charging. You work closely with cross-functional teams to balance innovation with reliable, scalable platforms. This is an opportunity to lead meaningful tech initiatives at a GreenTech scale and influence how product-driven systems evolve. You’ll join a collaborative culture that values curiosity, fresh thinking, and impact.

Pay / Benefits

  • Bonus
  • Share options
  • Private health insurance
  • Life assurance
  • Pension contributions
  • Income protection

Responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor engineering squads to deliver high-quality software
  • Shape architecture and establish engineering best practices across the platform
  • Balance hands-on delivery with architectural ownership in a product-driven environment
  • Drive technical excellence, code quality, and scalable microservices patterns
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align technical direction with business goals

Key requirements

  • Experience leading engineering teams with hands-on technical delivery
  • Proficiency in Kotlin (or strong Java)
  • Experience with AWS or other major cloud platforms
  • Knowledge of event-driven and microservices architectures
  • Comfort working in a modern, product-driven tech environment
  • Strong collaboration and willingness to challenge conventions
  • collaborative
  • inquisitive
  • storytelling and mentoring
  • Kotlin
  • Java
  • AWS

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Posted: October 1st, 2026