Hands-on Tech Lead: .NET, AWS & Cloud-Native Delivery

CreateFuture; Manchester; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

CreateFuture in Manchester is seeking an experienced hands-on Technical Lead with a strong background in .NET, AWS, event‑driven architecture and CD to join a team delivering and modernising a broad range of business‑critical applications.

You will spend the majority of your time coding, setting technical direction by example, and working closely with engineering teams and client stakeholders to raise the technical bar for delivery. The role requires onsite time in Manchester 2–3 days per week.

Qualifications

• Experience as Tech Lead or Lead Engineer in .NET environments.
• Experience with both modern .NET and legacy .NET Framework implementations.
• Strong AWS cloud technology experience.
• Proven ability to design and implement event-driven architectures.
• Proficiency in CI/CD pipeline design and delivery automation.
• Experience Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
• Frontend development experience using Next.js or similar frameworks.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Act as a hands-on Tech Lead, writing production code and setting technical direction.
• Design, develop, and maintain .NET applications and services on AWS.
• Work across .NET, Next.js and AWS landscape.
• Drive CI/CD pipelines for frequent, low-risk deployments.
• Identify opportunities to simplify and improve existing systems.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
• Support cloud-native engineering practices and platform improvements in AWS.
• Contribute to frontend development using Next.js or similar frameworks.
• Engage with stakeholders, translating technical trade-offs for decisions.
• Promote best practices in software engineering and operational excellence.
• Support modernization initiatives.

Skills

Tech Lead

.NET

AWS

Event-driven architecture

CI/CD

Stakeholder management

Communication

Hands-on coding

Frontend development

Tools

Terraform

Next.js

AWS services

Job description

CreateFuture in Manchester is seeking an experienced hands-on Technical Lead with a strong background in .NET, AWS, event‑driven architecture and CD to join a team delivering and modernising a broad range of business‑critical applications.

You will spend the majority of your time coding, setting technical direction by example, and working closely with engineering teams and client stakeholders to raise the technical bar for delivery. The role requires onsite time in Manchester 2–3 days per week.