Technical Lead

Pulse Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 81,000 - 99,000; Full time

Job summary

Pulse Group in London is seeking a Technical Lead to own an established engineering team and steer a major new-build programme. You will balance hands-on technical work with people leadership, mentoring engineers, shaping architecture, and collaborating with Product and Architecture to deliver scalable order and fulfilment journeys.

This genuine player-coach role offers hands-on coding when valuable, with 2 days per week in North Acton, London, and a clear path to drive technical direction

Qualifications

• Experience leading engineering teams.
• Strong software engineering background to remain technically credible with engineers.
• Ability to set technical direction and review design decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and develop a team of Software Engineers and QA Engineers.
• Set technical direction without bottlenecks.
• Collaborate with Product and Architecture on solution design.
• Review PRs and provide technical guidance.
• Hands-on contribution through occasional POCs where valuable.
• Improve engineering standards, scalability and resilience.
• Deliver the technical delivery of a major new-build programme.
• Collaborate across internal services and third-party platforms.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Tools

C# / .NET

AWS

Azure

Job description

Tech: C# / .NET / AWS or Azure | Technical & People Leadership

I’m working with a well-established UK consumer brand that is investing heavily in its technology platform, and we’re looking for a Technical Lead to take ownership of an established engineering team and help lead them through a major new-build programme.

This is a genuine player-coach leadership role.

You won’t be expected to spend every sprint buried in feature delivery, and equally, they don't want someone who has completely stepped away from technology.

Instead, you’ll lead and develop engineers, set technical direction, challenge design decisions and create an environment where senior engineers are empowered to make decisions rather than everything becoming dependent on the Tech Lead.

Following your initial onboarding, you'll lead the team into a significant new-build programme running through most of next year, working on the technology and integrations underpinning complex order and fulfilment journeys.

What you'll be doing

• Leading, mentoring and developing a team of Software Engineers and QA Engineers
• Setting technical direction without becoming a bottleneck
• Working closely with Product and Architecture on solution design
• Reviewing PRs and providing technical guidance
• Getting hands-on with occasional POCs where it adds value
• Improving engineering standards, scalability and resilience
• Leading the technical delivery of a major new-build programme
• Working across internal services and third-party platforms

AWS experience would be ideal, but we're absolutely open to strong Azure backgrounds.

What we're looking for:

• The biggest priority is leadership.
• You’ll ideally have 2+ years' experience leading engineering teams and a strong software engineering background that allows you to remain technically credible with experienced developers.

There is no coding exercise as part of the interview process.

£90,000+ – flexibility for the right person

2 days per week in North Acton, London

If you're a Technical Lead or Engineering Lead who enjoys developing people but still wants to remain close to technology and architecture, I'd love to speak with you.