Technical Lead

Peaple Talent; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 72,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

9% employer pension

25 days holiday plus 3.5 days for team events

Access to profit share scheme

Job summary

Peaple Talent is seeking a Senior Technical Lead in Bristol to take full technical ownership of complex projects while mentoring the technical team. With a focus on social impact, you will handle architecture, DevOps, and stakeholder management in a hybrid role. The ideal candidate has a strong software engineering background and experience in technical leadership. The position offers a salary of up to £80,000, along with a 9% pension, 25 days holiday plus additional time for team events, and access to a profit share scheme.

Qualifications

• Substantial hands-on software engineering background with progression into technical leadership.
• Experience owning DevOps/CI-CD practices, code quality standards, and non-functional requirements.
• Comfortable contributing to technical pre-sales, proposals, and solution discovery work.

Responsibilities

• Take full technical ownership of complex projects, handling architecture, DevOps, delivery, and stakeholder management.
• Mentor and develop the wider technical team, acting as a senior escalation point.
• Drive engineering excellence across the business.

Skills

Architectural and systems design capability

Mentoring developers and technical leads

Stakeholder management

Job description

Senior Technical Lead, Bristol

Senior Technical Lead for a Bristol-based software consultancy that builds bespoke systems for clients across a wide range of sectors.

What sets them apart is their commitment to social impact. Through their charity foundation they donate 10% of profits to local causes and invest significant pro‑bono engineering work into community projects, whether that’s a mobile care app for a large care home provider or a digital platform helping hospital wards communicate with families. The work is genuinely interesting, and they back up their tech‑agnostic approach with quarterly Innovation Days to explore emerging technologies.

In this role you’ll take full technical ownership of complex, multi‑faced projects, handling architecture, DevOps, delivery, and stakeholder management simultaneously. You’ll also play a key part in mentoring and developing the wider technical team, acting as a senior escalation point and driving engineering excellence across the business.

Key Skills

• Strong architectural and systems design capability across complex, multi‑axis delivery environments
• Track record of mentoring developers and technical leads to elevate team‑wide engineering standards
• Excellent stakeholder management able to navigate demanding client environments and challenge requirements constructively

Necessary Experience

• Substantial hands‑on software engineering background with progression into technical leadership
• Experience owning DevOps/CI‑CD practices, code quality standards, and non‑functional requirements
• Comfortable contributing to technical pre‑sales, proposals, and solution discovery work

Hybrid role in central Bristol. Salary up to £80,000.

Benefits include a 9% employer pension, 25 days holiday plus an additional 3.5 days for team events (BBQs, company trips, summer and Christmas parties), and access to the profit share scheme.