Technical Lead

trg.; Greater London; Hybride; GBP 110 000 - 150 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

trg. is seeking a hands-on Tech Lead to own engineering for a small cross-functional pod, combining coding, technical leadership and line management. You’ll be a role model, driving architecture in Kotlin/Java and pushing AI-assisted development.

You’ll mentor engineers, partner with Product/Design, and improve CI/CD, aiming for faster, higher-quality delivery in a scale-up environment.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years senior-level, ideally as a key engineer in a startup/scale-up.
• Cloud-native chops: Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD.
• 1+ year using AI coding assistants, can speak to benefits/limits.
• Experience mentoring or line-managing engineers.
• Product mindset, pragmatic, comfortable with ambiguity, strong Agile background.

Responsabilités

• Build and evolve backend services (Kotlin/Java), owning architecture and technical direction
• Line-manage your engineers — 1:1s, growth, accountability, culture
• Partner with Product/Design to ship in thin, valuable slices
• Drive AI-assisted development — daily use, coaching the team, evaluating tools, measuring impact
• Remove bottlenecks, simplify systems, improve CI/CD and delivery speed

Connaissances

Kotlin/Java backend

Cloud-native / DevOps

AI tooling usage

Technical leadership

Mentoring / line management

Agile methodologies

Outils

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD

Description du poste

Tech stack is primarily Kotlin / Java, open to Python, .Net or Node

Once per month in London office

We're working with a globally recognised tech-for-good platform helping organisations build more sustainable, responsible supply chains. Backed by a huge global customer base and years of rich data, they're investing heavily in AI to shape their next-gen product.

They need a hands-on Tech Lead to own engineering for a small cross-functional pod — combining coding, technical leadership, and line management. You'll be the technical role model: someone who's been a pivotal engineer through a scale-up, leads by example, and makes full use of AI tooling to push team productivity.

What you'll do:

• Build and evolve backend services (Kotlin/Java), owning architecture and technical direction
• Line-manage your engineers — 1:1s, growth, accountability, culture
• Partner with Product/Design to ship in thin, valuable slices
• Drive AI-assisted development — daily use, coaching the team, evaluating tools, measuring impact
• Remove bottlenecks, simplify systems, improve CI/CD and delivery speed

What they need:

• 3–5 years senior-level, ideally as a key engineer in a startup/scale-up
• Cloud-native chops: Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD
• 1+ year using AI coding assistants, can speak to benefits/limits
• Experience mentoring or line-managing engineers
• Product mindset, pragmatic, comfortable with ambiguity, strong Agile background