Senior Tribe Tech Lead: AI-Native, Azure & Architecture

The Openwork Partnership; Swindon; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary up to £90,000

Bonus scheme 15%

Pension scheme – 5% matching 5%

Critical illness cover

Income protection

Death in service

27 days holiday + bank holidays (+ up‑

Private medical insurance

Job summary

The Openwork Partnership is seeking a Tribe Lead who will be the senior technical authority for the tribe, shaping architecture, roadmap and engineering quality. You will lead hands-on design discussions, reviews and key decisions while coaching engineers and aligning with regulatory standards.

You\'ll steer end-to-end engineering, champion AI-native practices and maintain high standards across security, observability and delivery, with a strong emphasis on impact in financial services

Qualifications

• Significant hands-on software engineering experience with leadership across complex systems.
• Proven experience leading and line managing engineering teams, including performance and career development.
• Deep expertise in C#, modern .NET and clean architecture; lead through code reviews and design.

Responsibilities

• Own tribe's technical direction and roadmap, including architecture decisions and debt management.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership: design, coding, code reviews and POC work while upholding high standards.
• End-to-end ownership of engineering quality: automated testing, CI/CD, observability, security and NFEs.

Skills

Software engineering leadership

Line management

C# & .NET

Azure cloud

REST APIs

CI/CD

Security by design

AI-assisted development tools

Architecture governance

Regulated environments

Tools

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

GitHub Copilot

Claude Code

Cursor

Job description

The Openwork Partnership is seeking a Tribe Lead who will be the senior technical authority for the tribe, shaping architecture, roadmap and engineering quality. You will lead hands-on design discussions, reviews and key decisions while coaching engineers and aligning with regulatory standards.

You\'ll steer end-to-end engineering, champion AI-native practices and maintain high standards across security, observability and delivery, with a strong emphasis on impact in financial services