Tech Lead

Xapply; Birmingham; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Quarterly profit share

Career development programs

Flexible/remote working

Pension

Private healthcare

Life assurance

Educational support (AWS, Microsoft, O

Excellence awards

Community involvement

Job summary

Version 1 is seeking an experienced Tech Lead to join our Digital Data & Cloud Practice. The role focuses on designing, developing and delivering cloud-based software, with strong technical ownership and leadership within an agile team.

Pressure-tested by large-scale transformation projects across public and private sectors, you will mentor juniors and drive best practices in code quality, CI/CD, security and cloud-native design while collaborating with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering cloud-based software with modern architectures.
• Proven ability to lead technical discussions and design decisions.
• Strong testing culture with automated unit/integration tests.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain cloud-based software applications.
• Provide technical leadership and coordinate delivery of scalable, secure solutions.
• Work within agile delivery and collaborate with PMs, BAs, and QA.
• Own product design, estimation, and user story creation.
• Document architectures, configurations, and release notes.
• Coach and develop junior team members and promote collaboration.

Skills

Angular

C#

REST APIs

TDD

CI/CD practices

DevOps collaboration

Tools

Jenkins

Ansible

Packer

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Azure

Job description

Version 1 has celebrated30 yearsinbusinessand continues to be trusted by global brands to delivertechnology and transformationsolutions that drive customer success. Ourdeepexpertiseenables our customers to navigate the rapidlyevolving technology landscape. We foster strong partnerships withglobal technology leadersincluding Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat,OutSystems, Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services.

We’rean award-winning employer reflecting how our employees are at the very heartof whatwe do:

• UK & Ireland's premier AWS, Microsoft & Oracle partner
• 3300+ strong, €350/£300m revenue business
• 10+ years as a Great Place to Work in Ireland & UK
• Best Workplace for Women in the UK & Ireland by GPTW
• Best Workplace for Wellbeing in the UK by GPTW

We’rea corevalues drivencompany, we hire people who share our values, and we reward those who display and foster them,it’sdeeply embedded within our DNA. Invest in us andwe’llinvest in you!.

We are seeking an experienced Tech Lead to join our Digital Data & Cloud Practice. Our Digital Practice is expanding rapidly and there will be an opportunity for you to achieve medium and long-term career goals. There will be a fantastic opportunity to work on some challenging and interesting, large scale transformational and migration projects within both public and private sector.

• Designing, developing, testing, and maintaining cloud-based software applications.
• Technical leadership within a team to coordinate and deliver scalable, secure solutions in line with good industry software engineering practices (code quality, CI/CD, security etc).
• Working within a project management/agile delivery methodology
• Experience in technical ownership for a product or software solution, covering design, estimation, shaping and user story/requirement creation
• Documentation of solutions (e.g., architecture, configuration, release, support-handover
• Collaborate and liaise with other Version 1 and customer stakeholders/ end users in the software development lifecycle – PMs, BAs, Testing, Product etc
• Able to communicate technical designs simply and clearly in conversation, documentation, and presentations to stakeholders of various technical abilities.
• Provide effective knowledge transfer to team members and customers.
• Manage, coach and develop junior members of your team and the wider community
• Fostering a positive working environment and facilitating team collaboration and communication.

• Deep understanding of coding best practices and modern architectural patterns, including microservices and message-driven architectures
• Hands-on developing / coding experience using the following technologies:
  • Frontend (Angular)
  • Backend (.Net, C#)
• NFR / Non-Functional requirement understanding and experience developing applications with this in mind
• Strong experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD) approach, writing unit and integration tests to ensure high-quality code, and maintaining a robust testing suite for continuous integration and delivery.
• Experience developing REST-based APIs
• Strong experience with DevOps and CI/CD tools (such as Jenkins, Ansible, Packer, Docker)
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes or OpenShift for containerisation and orchestration of applications.
• Experience in developing and deploying solutions on Microsoft Azure, with expertise in Azure services such as Azure Functions, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Blob Storage, and Azure Virtual Machines (VMs). Strong understanding of cloud-native architectures, serverless computing, and scalable application design. Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate (AZ-204) or Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305) preferred.

Why Version 1?

At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability.

• Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectivelybenefitfrom a share of our company's profits
• Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme
• Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance
• Financial Wellbeing initiativesincluding;Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financialadviceand an Employee Discount scheme
• Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more. Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies
• Educationalassistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat
• Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & ‘Call-Out’ platform.
• Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes.

And many more exciting benefits… drop us a note to find out more.

Version1 is an equal opportunities employer.

We are committed to building a diverse,inclusiveand respectful workplace where everyone feels valued and able to thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and lived experiences, and we value the different perspectives people bring including those shaped by disability and neurodiversity.

We want every candidate to have a positive and accessible recruitment experience. If you need reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process, please contact your recruiter at Version 1. We will consider all requests carefully,respectfullyand confidentially.

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