Technical Lead

Redgate; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software company in the UK is looking for a Technical Lead to guide a team in delivering their flagship monitoring product. The role emphasizes team and technical leadership, directly impacting software delivery and engineering growth. Candidates should have experience in software engineering and strong skills in team management and collaboration. This position supports a flexible work model with an annual salary of up to £95,000. Join us to lead innovative solutions and make a significant impact on product development.

Benefits

Great benefits package

Flexible hours

Personal development time on Fridays

Competitive salary

Hybrid work model

Qualifications

• Experience in leading engineering teams with a focus on delivery.
• Strong understanding of user needs and business impact.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and remove obstacles.
• Experience with one-on-ones, career development, and performance challenges.
• Knowledge of modern object-oriented programming.
• Effective collaboration across disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of 4–5 engineers in delivering impactful software.
• Set clear direction for the team and manage obstacles.
• Engage with users to gather insights and improve the product.
• Foster a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.

Skills

Delivery focus

Customer and business awareness

Team leadership

People leadership

Technical foundation

Collaborative growth mindset

Tools

.NET/C#

React/TypeScript

SQL Server

PostgreSQL

Job description

Redgate Software

Redgate creates simple software to help data professionals get the most value out of any database. Our solutions solve complex database management challenges across the DevOps lifecycle, making life easier for IT leaders, development, and operations teams by increasing efficiency, reducing errors, and protecting business‑critical data. The data community trusts Redgate to balance speed to market, team collaboration, and data protection.

Find out more about us here:

· Redgate Software – Culture

· Flexa Careers

· Glassdoor

· RepVue

Lead a team. Shape a product. Make an impact.

We're looking for a Technical Lead to join one of our Redgate Monitor teams, someone who can balance team and people leadership with technical credibility, and who's energised by helping engineers grow while delivering software that matters.

Redgate Monitor is our flagship monitoring solution, trusted by thousands of organisations worldwide to proactively monitor, diagnose, and optimise their database environments. It’s a mature, high‑impact product with real scale and complexity. Your primary responsibility is leading a team to deliver features customers love, and you'll do this by setting clear direction, removing obstacles, and ensuring your team can do their best work. Your success is measured by what your team ships and the value it creates.

The Role

As a Technical Lead, you'll lead a team of 4–5 engineers, including a Lead Software Engineer and Software Engineers at various levels. You'll work closely with a dedicated Product Manager and Product Designer who are part of your team leadership group.

You'll also be supported by a Group Engineering Manager (who oversees delivery, people, and processes across the Monitor group), an Architect (who provides technical direction at the product level), and a coaching function to help you navigate challenges.

This role sits at the intersection of people leadership, team leadership, and technical leadership. You'll spend meaningful time in code and in technical discussions, but your primary impact comes from how you support your team to do their best work —setting direction, removing obstacles, and helping engineers do their best work.

What We're Looking For

Essential

• Delivery focus: You are accountable for your team’s delivery. You can estimate and communicate progress, manage competing priorities, and actively remove distractions and low‑impact work. You know when to solve problems within the team and when to escape.
• Customer and business awareness: You engage with users to understand their needs, and you share those insights with the team. You understand how Redgate Monitor fits into the broader market and build relationships with other functions (Sales, Marketing, Support) that contribute to product success.
• Team leadership: You make goals clear and build consensus around them. You promote agile, lean ways of working and foster continuous improvement. You can break down team objectives into fast experiments that deliver incremental value.
• People leadership: You've been a people manager to engineers, run regular 1:1s, supported career development, and navigated performance challenges. You adapt your leadership style to the person and situation—knowing when to direct, guide, support, or coach.
• Technical foundation: You've worked as a software engineer and have solid understanding of modern object‑oriented languages. Our stack includes .NET/C#, React/TypeScript, SQL Server, and PostgreSQL.
• Collaborative growth mindset: You work effectively across disciplines—with product managers, designers, and engineers alike. You create psychological safety in your team, ensuring people feel comfortable expressing ideas, raising concerns, and challenging each other constructively. You're comfortable working with senior decision‑makers, and you can challenge and influence effectively.

Desirable

• Experience with monitoring, observability, or performance tooling
• Familiarity with SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or Oracle
• Experience with database security or IT security products, with an understanding of the challenges around securing IT environments

A note on balance

Technical Leads at Redgate vary—some are stronger on the team leadership, people leadership, others on the technical. We value both profiles. What matters is that you're credible in all dimensions and honest about where you want to grow.

What We Offer

At Redgate, you’ll join a supportive, values‑led culture where people are the driving force behind our success. We offer:

• Great benefits package
• You’ll work flexible hours
• We dedicate Friday afternoons to personal development and innovation.
• Salary is up to £95,000
• Flex‑hybrid working model, with visits to the office once a week.

Why join us?

At Redgate, we believe supporting and empowering our people is key to our success. We create an environment where you can thrive in your career and enjoy every moment of your journey with us.

Benefits include competitive salary, comprehensive health coverage, monthly wellbeing allowance, flexible working arrangements, generous paid time off, employee assistance program, community and social events. Find out more on our benefits page, or see what our employees said on our Flexa page!

Redgate has adopted a flexible‑hybrid model. This means that people will work flexibly with a blend of remote (home) and co‑located (office) work, with teams having the flexibility to decide which location best suits the outcomes they need to deliver.

Our diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging commitments

We believe diverse teams are better at solving problems and fostering a creative culture. We aim to offer a workplace where everyone feels a sense of belonging and can thrive.

• Recruitment & retention: hiring and retaining diverse talent.
• Authenticity & belonging: promoting inclusive language and behaviours.
• Growth: supporting personal and professional development.

We support DEIB through our inclusion forum (Belong at Redgate) and regular DEIB events. Redgate is an equal opportunity employer, welcoming applications from all backgrounds. If you need accommodation, please let us know via our application process or email [e-mail].

Learn more about our commitment to diversity on our diversity page.

While we outline the qualities we typically seek, we recognise that you may possess additional attributes and skills that could make you an excellent fit for our team. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.