Tech Lead - Enterprise Insurance Platform (Flexible)

Insly; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Sports compensation

Job summary

Insly is a no-code insurance SaaS provider with a global reach and HQ in London. We seek a Software Engineering Team Lead to steer the development team, set technical direction, and uphold enterprise-grade engineering standards across our insurance platforms.

You will lead features, architecture decisions, and collaboration with clients and partners, while mentoring engineers and driving delivery with a structured CI/CD process. This role combines leadership with hands-on technical excellence.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software development in enterprise environments, ideally in finance, insurance or another regulated industry that handles sensitive data.
• Hands-on experience with large-scale data systems.
• Strong production experience with Domain-Driven Design and CQRS.
• Experience with Doctrine ORM and modern PHP.
• Experience working in a structured delivery process (specifications, code review, testing, CI/CD, releases).
• Strong communicator, comfortable in front of clients and stakeholders.
• Collaborative, self-motivated and pragmatic.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver as a senior member of the team: build features, fix bugs and take part fully in sprints and project work
• Lead the team's technical direction by suggesting improvements to architecture, standards and ways of working, as well as delivering tickets
• Work with the Project Manager to plan, prioritise and manage the development team's work
• Write technical specifications and review designs and code
• Represent the company on technical calls with clients and partners
• Balance client work against maintenance, upgrades and technical debt
• Mentor developers and support the team's growth
• Report to the Head of Engineering and act on their feedback

Skills

Domain-Driven Design

CQRS

PHP

Doctrine ORM

CI/CD

Client communication

Mentoring

Leadership

Job description

Insly is a no-code insurance SaaS provider with a global reach and HQ in London. We seek a Software Engineering Team Lead to steer the development team, set technical direction, and uphold enterprise-grade engineering standards across our insurance platforms.

You will lead features, architecture decisions, and collaboration with clients and partners, while mentoring engineers and driving delivery with a structured CI/CD process. This role combines leadership with hands-on technical excellence.