Technical Lead

Version 1; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Quarterly profit share

Career progression & mentorship

Flexible/remote working

Private healthcare

Wellbeing initiatives

Educational assistance (AWS, Microsoft

Annual Excellence Awards

Job summary

Version 1 is seeking an experienced Technical Lead to join our Digital Data & Cloud Practice. You will help drive large-scale transformation and migration projects across public and private sectors, delivering cloud-based software with modern architectures.

You will provide technical leadership, own design and implementation, collaborate with PMs, BAs, Testing and Product teams, and mentor junior colleagues while fostering a collaborative, high‑performing engineering culture.

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of microservices and message-driven architectures.
• Experience with frontend Angular and backend .NET/C# development.
• Strong experience with REST-based APIs and integration.
• Proficient in Test-Driven Development and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain cloud-based software applications.
• Provide technical leadership to coordinate delivery of scalable, secure solutions.
• Work within agile delivery methodologies and own product/solution design and estimation.
• Document architecture, configuration and release processes; ensure knowledge transfer.
• Collaborate with Version 1 and customer stakeholders across the lifecycle.
• Communicate technical designs clearly to stakeholders of varying technical ability.

Skills

Angular

.NET/C#

TDD

REST APIs

CI/CD practices

Education

Microsoft Azure certifications (preferred) AZ-204/AZ-305

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Azure

Job description

Company Description

Version 1 has celebrated 30 years in business and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver technology and transformation solutions that drive customer success. Our deep expertise enables our customers to navigate the rapidly evolving technology landscape. We foster strong partnerships with global technology leaders including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, OutSystems, Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services.

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Technical Lead to join our Digital Data & Cloud Practice. Our Digital Practice is expanding rapidly and there will be an opportunity for you to achieve medium and long‑term career goals. There will be a fantastic opportunity to work on some challenging and interesting, large‑scale transformational and migration projects within both public and private sector.

• Designing, developing, testing, and maintaining cloud‑based software applications.
• Technical leadership within a team to coordinate and deliver scalable, secure solutions in line with good industry software engineering practices (code quality, CI/CD, security, etc).
• Working within a project management / agile delivery methodology.
• Experience in technical ownership for a product or software solution, covering design, estimation, shaping and user story/requirement creation.
• Documentation of solutions (e.g., architecture, configuration, release, support‑handover).
• Collaborate and liaise with other Version 1 and customer stakeholders / end users in the software development lifecycle – PMs, BAs, Testing, Product, etc.
• Able to communicate technical designs simply and clearly in conversation, documentation, and presentations to stakeholders of various technical abilities.
• Provide effective knowledge transfer to team members and customers.
• Manage, coach and develop junior members of your team and the wider community.
• Fostering a positive working environment and facilitating team collaboration and communication.

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of coding best practices and modern architectural patterns, including microservices and message‑driven architectures.
• Hands‑on developing / coding experience using the following technologies:
  • Frontend (Angular)
  • Backend (.Net, C#)
• NFR / Non‑Functional requirement understanding and experience developing applications with this in mind.
• Strong experience with Test‑Driven Development (TDD) approach, writing unit and integration tests to ensure high‑quality code, and maintaining a robust testing suite for continuous integration and delivery.
• Experience developing REST‑based APIs.
• Strong experience with DevOps and CI/CD tools (such as Jenkins, Ansible, Packer, Docker).
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes or OpenShift for containerisation and orchestration of applications.
• Experience in developing and deploying solutions on Microsoft Azure, with expertise in Azure services such as Azure Functions, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Blob Storage, and Azure Virtual Machines (VMs). Strong understanding of cloud‑native architectures, serverless computing, and scalable application design. Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate (AZ‑204) or Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ‑305) preferred.

Additional Information

At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability.

• Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance‑Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company's profits.
• Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme.
• Flexible / remote working – Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offers flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance.
• Financial Wellbeing initiatives including Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme.
• Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more. Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies.
• Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat.
• Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & ‘Call‑Out’ platform.
• Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes.

Version 1 is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone feels valued and able to thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and lived experiences, and we value the different perspectives people bring including those shaped by disability and neurodiversity. We want every candidate to have a positive and accessible recruitment experience. If you need reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process, please contact your recruiter at Version 1. We will consider all requests carefully, respectfully and confidentially.

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