Hybrid Team Lead - Full Stack (React/Node, AWS)

Debenhams; Manchester; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus scheme

Company pension

On-site gym

Discount across brands

Wellbeing package

Dog-friendly offices

Job summary

Debenhams Group is seeking a Team Lead to head a four-person software development team in Manchester. You will balance hands-on technical leadership with people management, guiding architecture decisions and mentoring engineers.

The role requires strong React and Node.js expertise, AWS experience, and a track record of leading delivery in a fast-moving retail tech environment. Hybrid working with a Manchester-based office is expected.

Qualifications

• 5+ years development experience including 3+ years in management or team leadership.
• Hands-on React and Node.js in production with cloud architecture knowledge.
• Infrastructure as code with GitHub Actions and Terraform.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, DocumentDB, DynamoDB.
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures (SNS, SQS, EventBridge).
• Strong communication and people leadership, ideally leading a team of similar size.
• Knowledge of Agile/Scrum and ecommerce/retail contexts.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of four developers and provide hands-on technical direction.
• Review code, make architectural decisions, and guide delivery.
• Plan sprints, manage backlog, and monitor delivery risk.
• Own incident response and root-cause analysis for team applications.

Skills

React

Node.js

AWS services

CI/CD

Event-driven architecture

People leadership

Tools

GitHub Actions

Terraform

PostgreSQL

MySQL

DocumentDB

DynamoDB

EventBridge

Git

Job description

Debenhams Group is seeking a Team Lead to head a four-person software development team in Manchester. You will balance hands-on technical leadership with people management, guiding architecture decisions and mentoring engineers.

The role requires strong React and Node.js expertise, AWS experience, and a track record of leading delivery in a fast-moving retail tech environment. Hybrid working with a Manchester-based office is expected.