Tech Lead: Player‑Coach, Remote, Full‑Stack & Cloud

Zinc; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing technology company in Greater London seeks a Tech Lead to expand their engineering team. In this pivotal role, you will lead technical initiatives while also mentoring engineers and owning a core product area. This position requires a strong background in full stack development, particularly with TypeScript and AWS, along with excellent soft skills to communicate effectively across teams. The opportunity includes unique benefits like remote work options and generous holidays.

Benefits

24 days holiday + Bank Holidays + your birthday off

£1200 annual benefits allowance

Early finish Fridays

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

Company socials and free lunches

Nursery workplace benefit scheme

Option to lease an electric car

Qualifications

• Strong experience in frontend and backend development.
• Experience with AWS and cloud-native systems.
• Expertise in NoSQL document-based databases.
• Ability to maintain systems for performance and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical initiatives ensuring team productivity.
• Balance coding with team management and mentoring.
• Own product performance and long-term maintainability.
• Communicate technical decisions across teams.
• Support onboarding for new engineers.

Skills

Full Stack Development

Cloud & Infrastructure

Database Knowledge

System Maintenance

Great Communicator

Pragmatic & Ownership-Driven

Problem Solver

Empathetic Leader

Tools

TypeScript

Vue / Nuxt

Node.js

AWS

Job description

A growing technology company in Greater London seeks a Tech Lead to expand their engineering team. In this pivotal role, you will lead technical initiatives while also mentoring engineers and owning a core product area. This position requires a strong background in full stack development, particularly with TypeScript and AWS, along with excellent soft skills to communicate effectively across teams. The opportunity includes unique benefits like remote work options and generous holidays.