Technical Lead

83zero; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A high-growth startup in London is seeking a Technical Lead to oversee the development of their innovative Platform-as-a-Service. The role involves owning the technical vision, leading a distributed engineering team, and optimising systems for scalability and performance. This position offers a competitive salary, performance bonuses, equity opportunities, and the chance to work in a hybrid environment, fostering autonomy and rapid career progression.

Benefits

Competitive salary + performance bonus

Meaningful equity

Hybrid / remote-first working culture

Real autonomy

Rapid progression

Zero bureaucracy

Qualifications

• Proven experience in cloud-native platform architecture.
• Strong background in CI/CD practices and automation tools.
• Experience leading engineering teams in a SaaS environment.

Responsibilities

• Architect and optimise a high-scale, cloud-native PaaS.
• Drive CI/CD, automation, observability, and reliability.
• Design and maintain a serverless, event-driven platform.

Skills

AWS

CI/CD

Cloud-native systems

Automation

Job description

Technical Lead - PaaS Platform | Hybrid (Central London)

83zero is proud to partner with a high-growth startup that's redefining the B2B2C social media space. They're building a next-generation Platform-as-a-Service already making waves across global media ecosystems - and now they need a DevOps Leader to help scale it to the next level.

Why This Role?

This isn't just another leadership position. You'll own the technical vision for a serverless, event-driven, globally distributed platform on AWS. You'll lead a talented, distributed engineering team, shape high-performance APIs, and build systems that scale fast and run clean .

What's On Offer

• Competitive salary + performance bonus
• Meaningful equity - build it, own it, grow with it
• Hybrid / remote-first working culture
• A seat at the decision-making table in a fast-scaling SaaS business
• Real autonomy, rapid progression, and zero bureaucracy
• A culture of experimentation, curiosity, and bold thinking

Your Mission

As DevOps Lead , you will :

• Architect and optimise a high-scale, cloud-native PaaS
• Drive CI / CD, automation, observability, and reliability
• Design and maintain