Lead Server Architect & Technical Coach

Apadmi Ltd; Salford; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Apadmi Ltd is seeking an experienced Lead Server Engineer to set the server-side direction for client projects while staying hands-on. You will lead engineers, own API design and infrastructure, and partner with architects to shape scalable, secure solutions.

Collaboration with cross-functional teams, clients, and bids will be routine as you drive technical decisions and delivery. You’ll bring deep Node.js and TypeScript experience on AWS/Azure, strong communication, and a coaching mindset to

Qualifications

• Solid commercial experience with either Node.js and TypeScript or .Net
• Experience building and running production systems on AWS or Azure, with a working understanding of what your design decisions cost.
• Experience with infrastructure as code, using tools like AWS CDK, CloudFormation, Terraform or similar.
• Experience building secure, scalable and performant systems, treating security and observability as things you own rather than attributes of good code.
• Experience and enjoyment leading and coaching engineers, you recognise you are measured on the success of the team, not your own individual output.

Responsibilities

• Set projects up from scratch, including repositories, CI/CD pipelines, environments and infrastructure as code.
• Own API design, data modelling and third-party integration, and the contracts between your services and the teams that consume them.
• Own non-functional requirements, covering security, performance, resilience, observability and the running cost of what you build.
• Own the developer test strategy for your platform, and lead code review as a coaching activity rather than a gate.
• Identify and refine requirements, risks, dependencies, and assumptions as early as possible and produce accurate estimates.
• Coach and mentor the engineers on your project, and take a leading role in refinement, planning, retrospectives and sprint reviews.
• Work directly with clients and third parties to elicit technical requirements, map the dependencies that matter and support good decision-making.
• Support the business in winning new work through bids, proposals and estimation.

Skills

Node.js

TypeScript

OO Design

Leadership

Coaching

Tools

AWS CDK

CloudFormation

Terraform

Job description

Apadmi Ltd is seeking an experienced Lead Server Engineer to set the server-side direction for client projects while staying hands-on. You will lead engineers, own API design and infrastructure, and partner with architects to shape scalable, secure solutions.

Collaboration with cross-functional teams, clients, and bids will be routine as you drive technical decisions and delivery. You’ll bring deep Node.js and TypeScript experience on AWS/Azure, strong communication, and a coaching mindset to