Technical Lead

DGH Recruitment; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media technology firm in Greater London is seeking a Technical Team Lead to guide the development team and steer the technical direction of their ecosystem. This hands-on role requires a technology expert who can lead an experienced team, mentor juniors, and tackle complex challenges with scalable architecture. Ideal candidates should have expertise in JavaScript, AWS services, and media supply chain systems. Competitive salary and growth opportunities are available.

Qualifications

• Experience with media codecs, protocols and container formats.
• Excellent understanding of Media Supply Chain.
• Exposure to VoD preparation, scheduling system and play‑out.

Responsibilities

• Guide the development team and drive the technical direction.
• Lead an experienced team and mentor juniors.
• Resolve complex challenges with scalable architecture.
• Influence technical and strategic decisions.

Skills

JavaScript / Nodejs / TypeScript

DynamoDB

Lambda

EventBridge

CloudWatch

API Gateway

SQS

SNS

RDBMS (Postgres and MySQL ideally)

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Cloudformation

AWS CDK

Bitbucket

AWS Media Services

Job description

My media client works with some of the leading names in the industry and is looking for a Technical Team Lead to guide the development team and drive the technical direction of my client’s technical ecosystem. This is a hands‑on role for a technology expert who can lead an experienced team, mentor juniors, and archive complexed challenges with scalable architecture and influence technical and strategic decisions.

Required Skills :

• JavaScript / Nodejs / TypeScript
• DynamoDB
• Lambda
• EventBridge, CloudWatch, API Gateway, SQS, SNS
• RDBMS (Postgres and MySQL ideally)
• Git, ci / cd pipelines
• Cloudformation
• AWS CDK
• Bitbucket
• Media Services (MediaConvert, MediaPackage, MediaLive)

Desirable :

• AWS Media Services (MediaConvert, MediaLive, MediaPackage etc)
• AWS Certified Developer / Solution Architect qualification
• AWS CDK

Required Experience :

• Experience with media codecs, protocols and container formats
• Excellent understanding of Media Supply Chain
• Exposure to VoD preparation, scheduling system and play‑out