Senior Tech Lead - Remote UK, Hands-On & Mentorship

Formula.; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 54,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Formula. is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to guide a small engineering team in the UK, with remote work and occasional onsite visits. This hands-on leadership role balances architectural decisions with delivering key features, mentoring engineers, and shaping technical direction.

You will influence development practices, maintain high engineering standards, and collaborate with product to translate requirements into reliable software while staying closely involved in coding and delivery.

Qualifications

• Senior/lead software engineering experience with hands-on delivery.
• Proven ability to guide architecture and make technical decisions.
• Experience mentoring engineers and leading teams.
• Strong background in modern full-stack web technologies.
• Ability to balance delivery with long-term quality and maintainability.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical direction across the team's development activities.
• Remain hands-on with software development, delivering key features and improvements.
• Make pragmatic architectural decisions balancing immediate requirements with long-term considerations.
• Maintain high standards around code quality, testing, performance and maintainability.
• Support engineers with technical challenges, code reviews and design decisions.
• Provide day-to-day leadership and support to a small team of software engineers.
• Help individuals develop their technical capabilities and progress professionally.
• Hold regular development conversations and provide constructive feedback.
• Encourage ownership, accountability and effective collaboration.
• Contribute to the wider development of the engineering function.
• Identify opportunities to improve development workflows, tooling and engineering efficiency.
• Encourage the use of emerging technologies and AI-assisted development tools.
• Share knowledge and promote good engineering practices across the team.
• Help maintain a healthy balance between delivering new functionality and improving existing systems.

Skills

Senior Software Engineer

Tech Lead

Lead Developer

Engineering Manager

Full-Stack Web

Tools

AI-assisted development tools

Job description

Formula. is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to guide a small engineering team in the UK, with remote work and occasional onsite visits. This hands-on leadership role balances architectural decisions with delivering key features, mentoring engineers, and shaping technical direction.

You will influence development practices, maintain high engineering standards, and collaborate with product to translate requirements into reliable software while staying closely involved in coding and delivery.