Tech Lead

easyJet; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading airline is looking for a Tech Lead in London to oversee the technical vision and architecture of critical operational software. You will mentor a team of engineers, ensuring robust and scalable solutions while aligning closely with product and delivery teams. This role plays a pivotal part in advancing operational resilience and efficiency within the airline's technological framework. Applicants should have a strong background in technical leadership and a passion for modern engineering practices.

Qualifications

• Experience leading technical teams in a software development environment.
• Strong knowledge of scalable and secure architectural principles.
• Ability to mentor and guide junior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical vision while collaborating with product and delivery teams.
• Define and own the technical architecture for various product areas.
• Ensure solutions meet security and performance standards.

Skills

Technical leadership

Software engineering best practices

Cloud-native architecture

CI/CD

API-first design

Job description

TEAM

As a Tech Lead in the Integrated Operations and Planning Mission, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the future technology and software engineering for a critical part of our business.

Our products power critical operational processes such as crew planning, flight scheduling, disruption management, and Network control — the beating heart of our airline.

You’ll lead the technical vision, ensuring our solutions are robust, scalable, and future-proof, while guiding engineers to deliver high-quality code and modern architectures. Working closely with the Product Manager and Delivery Lead, you’ll be at the centre of decision-making, balancing business needs with technology choices to deliver real value to both our operations teams and our passengers.

JOB PURPOSE

• To provide technical leadership for the product team, ensuring solutions are designed and delivered to be scalable, secure, and fit for purpose.
• To act as the technical authority as part of the collaboration between product, delivery, and engineering, ensuring alignment with objectives and architectural strategy.
• To guide and mentor Engineers within the team, enabling best practices and sustainable engineering across the lifecycle of airline operations products.
• To ensure technology choices and designs balance immediate delivery needs with long-term maintainability and cost-effectiveness, adding measurable value to easyJet’s operational resilience and efficiency.

JOB ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Provide hands‑on leadership to engineers, setting coding standards, reviewing technical designs, and ensuring best practice in security, performance, and integration.
• Define and own the technical architecture for our products (aligned to one of ; crew planning, disruption management, integrated control systems).
• Partner with the Product Manager to translate business needs into technical designs, effort estimates, and roadmaps.
• Work closely with Delivery Leads to align delivery timelines with technical feasibility, proactively identifying risks and dependencies.
• Champion modern engineering practices (CI / CD, cloud‑native, API‑first, test automation) across the Integrated Planning and Operations Product Suite.
• Collaborate with enterprise architects and technology governance forums to ensure compliance with easyJet’s wider IT strategy, security standards, and cost controls.
• Act as a trusted advisor to business stakeholders, explaining technical trade‑offs in clear, outcome‑focused language.
• Mentor and coach engineers, developing technical capability within the team and creating a culture of continuous learning.
• Lead root cause analysis and resolution of critical production issues, ensuring operational stability of systems that directly impact flights, crew, and passengers.

Business Area

Information Technology (IT)

Primary Location

United Kingdom-London-London Luton Airport

Organisation

Information Technology (IT)

Schedule

Full‑time

Unposting Date

Ongoing