Technical Lead

2MRW GROUP LIMITED; City Of London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

2MRW GROUP LIMITED in London is seeking an experienced Technical Lead to drive technical direction and architecture across multiple products and platforms. The role blends software development with enterprise architecture, guiding decisions to ensure scalable, secure and maintainable systems.

You will collaborate with Engineering, Product, Architecture and Security teams, leading through technical excellence and deep hands-on involvement rather than people management.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Technical Lead or equivalent in large-scale environments.
• Hands-on engineering with strong architectural decision-making skills.
• Experience delivering enterprise-scale systems and guiding multiple teams.

Responsibilities

• Define technical architecture and direction across multiple teams and platforms.
• Lead architectural decisions covering scalability, security, performance and reliability.
• Remain hands-on with coding, code reviews and complex technical problem-solving.
• Drive platform modernisation and reduce technical debt.
• Establish engineering standards, coding practices and automated testing.
• Champion CI/CD, DevOps, infrastructure as code and cloud-native development.
• Mentor engineers and technical leads, influencing decisions across teams.
• Work with senior stakeholders to align technical solutions with business objectives.
• Support production systems, troubleshooting and continuous improvement.

Skills

Technical leadership

Hands-on development

Architecture design

Cloud platforms AWS

CI/CD

Mentoring engineers

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

AWS CDK

Job description

The Role

We are seeking an experienced Technical Lead to lead technical direction and architecture across multiple products and platforms.

This is a hands-on leadership role combining software development with enterprise architecture. You will guide technical decisions, improve engineering standards and ensure systems are scalable, secure, resilient and maintainable.

You will work closely with Engineering, Product, Architecture and Security teams, leading through technical expertise rather than traditional people management.

Key Responsibilities

• Define technical architecture and direction across multiple teams and platforms.
• Lead architectural decisions covering scalability, security, performance and reliability.
• Remain hands-on with coding, code reviews and complex technical problem-solving.
• Drive platform modernisation and reduce technical debt.
• Establish engineering standards, coding practices and automated testing.
• Champion CI/CD, DevOps, infrastructure as code and cloud-native development.
• Mentor engineers and technical leads, influencing decisions across teams.
• Work with senior stakeholders to align technical solutions with business objectives.
• Support production systems, troubleshooting and continuous improvement.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven experience as a Technical Lead, Principal Engineer, Staff Engineer or equivalent.
• Strong hands-on software development and technical leadership experience.
• Experience designing enterprise-scale systems across multiple teams or platforms.
• Broad full-stack knowledge across frontend, backend, APIs, databases and cloud.
• Strong understanding of microservices, distributed systems and event-driven architecture.
• Experience with cloud platforms, ideally AWS, alongside Docker, Kubernetes or Terraform.
• Knowledge of CI/CD, automated testing, DevOps and production support.
• Ability to influence technical decisions, mentor engineers and communicate with senior stakeholders.

Technical Stack

Experience with a selection of the following:

• Languages: TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, React, Go or Rust.
• Databases: PostgreSQL, Redis or MongoDB.
• Cloud & infrastructure: AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform or AWS CDK.
• Architecture: Microservices, event-driven systems, serverless and distributed systems.
• Delivery: GitHub Actions, Jenkins, CI/CD and automated testing.

The Ideal Candidate

You are an established technical leader who combines hands-on engineering with architectural thinking. You can guide multiple teams, make sound technical decisions and deliver scalable, high-quality solutions while remaining close to the code.