Tech Lead: Player‑Coach, Own Your Product Area

Zinc; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech startup in the UK is seeking an experienced Tech Lead to mentor engineers while building high-quality features. You will balance coding and leadership, ensuring timely delivery and ownership of a core product area. With strong skills in full-stack development and cloud technologies, you'll make an impact on our platform and team as we expand. Join us for a dynamic environment that values innovation and employee growth.

Benefits

24 days holiday + Bank Holidays + your birthday off

£1200 annual benefits allowance

Early finish Fridays (16:00)

Yearly company retreat abroad

30 days to Work from anywhere

Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, and Adoption Leave

Statutory pension with NEST

Zinc shares through EMI Scheme

Unlimited access to coaching

Company socials, quarterly team socials

Nursery workplace benefit scheme

Option to lease an electric car

Celebrated Zinc anniversaries

Qualifications

• Strong experience across frontend and backend development.
• Experience with cloud-native systems, especially AWS.
• Great understanding of NoSQL, particularly document-based databases.
• Proven ability to maintain system performance and scalability.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical initiatives and ensure timely delivery of high-quality work.
• Balance hands-on coding with team management activities.
• Take ownership of the product's performance and maintenance.
• Communicate technical concepts effectively across teams.

Skills

Full Stack Development

Cloud & Infrastructure

Database Knowledge

System Maintenance

Great Communicator

Pragmatic & Ownership-Driven

Problem Solver

Empathetic Leader

Tools

TypeScript

Vue/Nuxt

React/Angular

Node.js

AWS

document-based NoSQL databases

Job description

A leading tech startup in the UK is seeking an experienced Tech Lead to mentor engineers while building high-quality features. You will balance coding and leadership, ensuring timely delivery and ownership of a core product area. With strong skills in full-stack development and cloud technologies, you'll make an impact on our platform and team as we expand. Join us for a dynamic environment that values innovation and employee growth.