Tech Lead - Contract

Mindera; Greater London; On-site; GBP 111,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

Mindera in London is seeking an experienced Tech Lead to join a Platform Enablement team in the retail sector, focusing on shared capabilities across products and channels.

The role requires strong backend engineering, API/microservices design, and hands-on AWS, Terraform, and CI/CD; experience with CRMs, ideally Clavio.

You will mentor engineers, drive architecture decisions, and ensure security and reliability across services.

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering experience building scalable APIs and microservices.
• Experience with Node.js, TypeScript or React is beneficial.
• Proven ability to design and evaluate scalable services and integrations.
• Hands-on AWS cloud and IaC using Terraform.
• Knowledge of automated testing, code quality and security best practices.
• Experience mentoring engineers and leading teams in Agile environments.

Skills

Software engineering

Backend development

Architecture & design

Cloud (AWS)

DevOps & IaC

Observability & testing

Technical leadership

Agile delivery

Tools

Terraform

GitHub

Node.js

TypeScript

React

CI/CD

Job description

Mindera are currently looking for an experienced Tech Lead to operate within a Platform Enablement team in the retail sector. This will be a small team that looks after capabilities that are shared across products and channels. For this role, previous experience with CRMs is essential, ideally Clavio but not limited to.

• Strong software engineering expertise– deep backend development experience, building scalable APIs and microservices; broader experience with technologies such as Node.js, TypeScript or React is beneficial.
• Architecture & system design– proven ability to design and evaluate scalable services and integrations, applying appropriate architecture patterns while balancing product goals, security, reliability and long-term system health.
• Cloud, DevOps & Infrastructure as Code– hands-on experience building and operating cloud-native solutions in AWS, using modern CI/CD practices and Infrastructure as Code, ideally Terraform and GitHub.
• Engineering quality & operational excellence– strong understanding of automated testing, code quality and security best practices, with experience troubleshooting distributed systems and using observability to improve performance and reliability.
• Technical leadership & collaboration– able to contribute to and influence technical decisions, communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders, and mentor engineers through code reviews, pairing and knowledge sharing.
• Agile delivery & continuous improvement– comfortable taking ownership from design through to production within Agile product teams, with a strong focus on customer value and continuous improvement. Experience with AI-assisted development tools is desirable; exposure to business rules engines, loyalty platforms or the travel industry would be advantageous.

Competitive day rate