Hands-On Technical Lead: Architecture & Scale

2mrw Group; Barking; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

2mrw Group in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Technical Lead to steer architectural direction across multiple products and platforms. This is a hands-on leadership role that blends software development with enterprise architecture to deliver scalable, secure, and maintainable systems.

You will work with Engineering, Product, Architecture and Security teams, guide technical decisions, modernise platforms, reduce debt, and mentor engineers while remaining close to the codebase.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Technical Lead or equivalent.
• Hands-on software development and leadership experience.
• Experience designing enterprise-scale, multi-team systems.
• Broad full-stack knowledge across frontend, backend, APIs, databases and cloud.
• Strong understanding of microservices and event-driven architecture.
• Experience with AWS, Docker, Kubernetes or Terraform.
• Know-how in CI/CD, automated testing, DevOps and production support.
• Ability to influence decisions and communicate with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Define architecture and direction across multiple teams.
• Lead architectural decisions on scalability, security, performance, reliability.
• Remain hands-on with coding, reviews, and complex problems.
• Drive platform modernisation and reduce technical debt.
• Establish engineering standards and automated testing.
• Champion CI/CD and cloud-native development.
• Mentor engineers and technical leads across teams.
• Align technical solutions with business objectives with senior stakeholders.
• Support production systems and continuous improvement.

Skills

Technical leadership

Hands-on development

Enterprise architecture

Mentoring engineers

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

AWS

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Job description

2mrw Group in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Technical Lead to steer architectural direction across multiple products and platforms. This is a hands-on leadership role that blends software development with enterprise architecture to deliver scalable, secure, and maintainable systems.

You will work with Engineering, Product, Architecture and Security teams, guide technical decisions, modernise platforms, reduce debt, and mentor engineers while remaining close to the codebase.