Tech Lead: .NET & Java — Remote & Cloud Leader

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

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Multiple office hubs

Job summary

CreateFuture is seeking a Tech Lead for .Net and Java to guide architecture, delivery and people leadership across diverse client projects. You will balance hands-on coding with leadership, ensure high-quality outcomes, and work in a consultancy environment focused on AI-enabled future tech.

Flexible hybrid/remote options with UK and international client exposure. You will lead architecture, drive design decisions, mentor engineers, and contribute to pre-sales and delivery excellence across

Qualifications

• Proven hands-on technical leader delivering complex software.
• Line-manage a team of engineers while maintaining personal delivery contributions.
• Commercial experience with .NET and Java or frontend.
• Experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS/Azure/GCP) and modern infrastructure practices (containers, CI/CD, IaC).
• Strong delivery fundamentals: estimation, planning, risk/issue/dependency management; escalates early with options and impacts.
• Able to communicate designs and trade-offs to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Skilled in difficult conversations and providing actionable feedback; sets clear standards and holds people accountable.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across client engagements, including architecture, design and documentation; set engineering standards and ensure reviews, testing, and maintainability.
• Own technical outcomes: scope, estimate, plan, and track to agreed goals; highlight risks and dependencies with clear recommendations.
• Lead and line-manage engineers; unblock impediments and drive delivery performance; contribute to hiring and core rituals.
• Build trusted relationships with clients; translate business needs into technical plans and manage expectations and follow-on opportunities.

Skills

Technical leadership

Thought leadership

People management

C#.NET

Java

Cloud platforms

Infrastructure as code

Project estimation

Planning

Risk management

Stakeholder communication

People feedback

Agile/Scrum/Kanban

AI adoption

Rust

Test automation

DevOps

Recruiting

External tech community

Job description

CreateFuture is seeking a Tech Lead for .Net and Java to guide architecture, delivery and people leadership across diverse client projects. You will balance hands-on coding with leadership, ensure high-quality outcomes, and work in a consultancy environment focused on AI-enabled future tech.

Flexible hybrid/remote options with UK and international client exposure. You will lead architecture, drive design decisions, mentor engineers, and contribute to pre-sales and delivery excellence across