Tech Lead & Engineer Manager — Cloud-Native, Hands-On Leader

Cambridge Enterprise; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 76,000 - 92,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Defined benefit pension

41 days of annual leave

Job summary

The University of Cambridge is seeking a hands-on Tech Lead and Engineer Manager to lead a team of engineers building new cloud-native services and modernising existing applications in a hybrid Cambridge-based role.

You will combine technical leadership with people management, guide architecture and security, drive CI/CD and DevOps practices, and mentor engineers to deliver reliable, scalable systems using Google Cloud, Terraform, GitLab, Python, Django, React, and TypeScript.

Qualifications

• Architect secure-by-design web applications and APIs for maintainability and stability.
• Integrate apps via APIs and asynchronous tasks; Docker packaging and CI/CD automation.
• Lead and grow a cross-functional team while managing technical and delivery risk.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and coach cross-functional engineers using agile DevOps practices.
• Recruit, interview, and onboard engineers; plan team capacity and workload.
• Oversee requirements, priorities, and backlogs across products and sprints.
• Define technical direction and oversee security, reliability, and architecture decisions.

Skills

Technical leadership

People management

Cloud-native development

Google Cloud

Terraform

GitLab

Python

Django

React

TypeScript

CI/CD

DevOps

API design

Tools

Docker

Terraform

GitLab

Job description

The University of Cambridge is seeking a hands-on Tech Lead and Engineer Manager to lead a team of engineers building new cloud-native services and modernising existing applications in a hybrid Cambridge-based role.

You will combine technical leadership with people management, guide architecture and security, drive CI/CD and DevOps practices, and mentor engineers to deliver reliable, scalable systems using Google Cloud, Terraform, GitLab, Python, Django, React, and TypeScript.