Engineering Team Lead, AI-Driven Jira Cloud

The Adaptavist Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous PTO

Flexible hours

MacBook provided

Remote work setup support

Long parental leave policy

Job summary

ScriptRunner, part of The Adaptavist Group, is seeking an Engineering Team Lead for the Enhanced Search team. You’ll lead five engineers, shape the roadmap, and align with Product, Design, QA and Documentation while guiding AI adoption across the SDLC.

This is a remote-first, 1-year cover assignment offering flexible hours, generous time off, and a culture that values collaboration, growth, and enterprise customers. You’ll own delivery, architecture decisions, and cross-team mentoring.

Qualifications

• Strong technical background with at least one major language (Java/TypeScript/Python).
• Experience leading or managing a software engineering team and coaching engineers.
• Experience using AI coding tools in a team setting.
• Experience delivering with agile methods (Scrum/Kanban).
• Experience building and operating services on AWS with CI/CD delivery.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems and REST APIs.
• Clear communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of five software engineers, fostering growth.
• Set quarterly objectives with Product and deliver against the roadmap.
• Guide architecture, delivery decisions, and ensure quality, security, and cost control.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, QA, Documentation and partners across the business.

Skills

Java

TypeScript

Python

Team leadership

AI coding tools

Agile delivery

AWS / CI/CD

Distributed systems

REST APIs

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Jira Cloud

Serverless architecture

Observability tooling

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

ScriptRunner, part of The Adaptavist Group, is seeking an Engineering Team Lead for the Enhanced Search team. You’ll lead five engineers, shape the roadmap, and align with Product, Design, QA and Documentation while guiding AI adoption across the SDLC.

This is a remote-first, 1-year cover assignment offering flexible hours, generous time off, and a culture that values collaboration, growth, and enterprise customers. You’ll own delivery, architecture decisions, and cross-team mentoring.