Technical Lead

Curated; Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Curated is partnering with a high-growth, AI-first tech business in London to hire a Technical Lead. You will own technical design and end-to-end delivery, lead and grow a senior engineering team, and collaborate directly with product and business to turn complex problems into elegant, scalable solutions.

You will code, lead, and shape how the team works, with a strong emphasis on AI-native development, architecture ownership, and greenfield work being rebuilt from first principles.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software engineering with leadership on complex initiatives.
• Proficiency in .NET Core/C#, distributed systems and cloud-native development.
• Experience with Azure, SQL, CosmosDB; TypeScript and React valued.
• Ability to own architectural decisions and surface risk early.
• Strong coaching, pairing and code-review mindset; hands-on leader.

Responsibilities

• Own technical design and end-to-end delivery of critical platform components.
• Lead, grow and mentor a team of engineers; set standards and cadence.
• Collaborate with product and business to turn complex problems into scalable solutions.
• Drive AI-native development practices and agentic tooling adoption.

Skills

.NET Core/C#

Leadership

Software architecture

Azure

SQL

CosmosDB

TypeScript

React

Distributed systems

Event-driven

Cloud-native

AI-native development

Tools

CosmosDB

Job description

Curated is partnered with a high-growth, AI-first technology business, one of the most profitable in their sector, to find a Technical Lead to join their expanding engineering team in London.

Their platform handles complex, high-stakes transactions at scale across a multi-step customer journey. Every part of that journey is being rebuilt from the ground up, with a product-led team, a modern stack, and AI woven into the core. The ambition is to scale the business 2 to 3x. This role helps build the technology that gets them there.

This is a hands-on engineering leadership role. You will own technical design and delivery end to end, lead and grow a team of engineers, and work directly with product and the business to turn complex problems into elegant, scalable solutions. Not someone who delegates and reviews.

Someone who codes, leads, and shapes how the team works.

What they are looking for

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, with a track record of technical leadership on complex, high-impact initiatives
• Proficient in .NET Core/C#, with strong fundamentals across distributed systems, event-driven architecture, and cloud-native development
• Experience with Azure, SQL/CosmosDB, TypeScript, and React. Domain-driven design and event sourcing are strong advantages
• Comfortable owning architectural decisions, managing technical risk, and surfacing uncertainty early
• A genuine team builder. You coach and mentor through pairing and code review, not just through meetings
• Active adopter of AI-native development practices and agentic tooling
• Industry background matters less than engineering depth and mindset. We are deliberately hiring from outside the sector

Why it is worth a look

• Most tech lead roles own a slice of the system. This one owns the architecture of a platform being rebuilt from first principles
• Greenfield development at real scale, inside a profitable, well-capitalised global business with a five to ten year technology roadmap
• Small, senior engineering team with a direct line to the CTO and genuine influence from day one
• High autonomy, high accountability, and a genuine mandate to define how engineering is done, not just execute someone else's plan
• AI is central to the roadmap and the way the team works, not a buzzword but a primary tool for how software gets built and shipped