Tech Lead

McLaren Bahrain; Woking; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join McLaren Automotive as a Tech Lead, where you'll lead the development of cutting-edge mobile applications. This role involves extensive collaboration across teams to ensure technical excellence and performance security, while mentoring engineers in an innovative and dynamic environment.

Benefits

25 days’ holiday, plus bank holiday

Enhanced company pension scheme

Discretionary annual bonus award

Private medical insurance

Generous parental leave policies

Structured career development framework

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in software development.
• At least 2 years in a leadership role.
• Expertise in either Flutter for mobile, Swift and Kotlin.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of a mobile platform.
• Architecting and developing scalable, secure, high-performance applications.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and design teams.

Skills

Software Development

Leadership

API Integration

Security Best Practices

Problem-Solving

Job description

What to Expect

We are recruiting for a Tech Lead to join our fantastic Digital Team team in Woking, Leamington Spa or Bicester. As the Tech Lead you will lead the development of our mobile platform, ensuring technical excellence, security, and high-performance execution while mentoring engineers and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Please note some of our positions are hybrid, we are open to discussing for this position. Further details can be found on the application page.

What You'll Do

• Architecting and developing scalable, secure, and high-performance mobile applications.
• Building seamless API integrations ensuring optimised data flow.
• Utilising AI-driven test automation and security enhancements embedded in CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaborating with engineering, product, and design teams to deliver world-class digital experiences.
• Ensuring continuous improvement in performance, security, and maintainability.
  
  

What You'll Bring

• 7+ years of experience in software development, with at least 2 years in a leadership role.
• Expertise in either Flutter for mobile, Swift and Kotlin development.
• Proven experience in API integration, performance optimisation, and security best practices.
• Experience working in an AI-driven test automation and CI/CD environment.
• Strong understanding of DevSecOps principles, collaborating with platform teams to ensure security compliance.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, with a track record of mentoring engineers.
• Experience integrating with enterprise systems (CRM, ERP, e-commerce platforms).
• Familiarity with cloud-native architectures and serverless deployments.
• Strong problem-solving mindset and ability to work in a fast-paced startup environment.
  
  

Desirable

• Passion for AI-driven automation and emerging trends in digital experience.
• Previous automotive experience including connected car integrations
  
  

What We'll Do for You

We offer a wide – ranging benefits package, which includes:

• Structured career development framework
• 25 days’ holiday, plus bank holiday. Annual buy & sell up to five days
• Enhanced company pension scheme
• Discretionary annual bonus award
• Private medical insurance and health cash plan
• Life assurance 4x your basic salary
• Ability to apply for a sabbatical of up to one year after only two years’ service
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• Generous parental leave policies including market leading maternity leave
• A range of wellbeing initiatives, such as employee assistance programme and free financial & mortgage advice
• Friends and family day
• Opportunities to experience our fantastic cars Qualifying criteria applies
  
  

Who Are We?

No restraints. No limitations. We don’t simply push boundaries. We completely rethink them. McLaren Automotive exists to create breath-taking performance road cars.

It takes a community to do what we do. A diverse group of people with many areas of expertise, united by their passion to deliver visionary products and set new benchmarks.

McLaren Automotive commits to equal opportunity for all. Diversity, Equality and Inclusion is at the heart of our impact, it drives our innovation and enables us to truly create something special. Join us on our journey.