Technical Lead

PA Consulting; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

25 days annual leave

Company pension

Share ownership

Annual bonus

Charity initiatives

Cycle to work

Job summary

PA Consulting is seeking a skilled software engineering leader within its Digital & Data community in the United Kingdom. You will drive end‑to‑end delivery, implement infrastructure‑as‑code, optimize performance, and uphold modern engineering standards across multiple client projects.

You will mentor engineers, steer cross‑functional teams, and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver innovative software solutions. The role involves hybrid work with client sites and offices.

Qualifications

• Proven capability in shaping the end‑to‑end software delivery lifecycle, driving improvements across development, testing, deployment, and operational phases.
• Ability to implement infrastructure‑as‑code, CI/CD, and efficient release management strategies.
• Enhance system performance using load testing, caching, and optimizing database queries and application logic for better scalability and response times.
• Expertise in modern engineering standards such as TDD, contract testing, and secure coding, as well as architectural patterns like event‑driven architecture and platform migration.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical teams through complex challenges and guide clients toward successful digital transformations.
• Provide mentorship to engineers and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with multiple stakeholders in a fast‑paced environment to align on client outcomes.
• Deliver hands‑on problem solving during whiteboard sessions and across hybrid work settings.

Skills

End-to-end delivery

IaC/CI/CD

Load testing

Performance optimization

TDD/contract testing

Stakeholder collaboration

Job description

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future.

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future.

As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity.

Our teams of interdisciplinary experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results.

We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists. And we have deep expertise in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport.

Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands.

PA. Bringing Ingenuity to Life.

Job Description

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future. We challenge where it matters and own the outcome. We combine strategic thinking, customer‑centric service design, and agile engineering practices to accelerate innovation in a tech‑driven world.

Why consider joining our Digital & Data community?

• Join our Digital & Data team working alongside product, design and a wide range of other experts and cross‑disciplinary teams to bring ideas to life through innovative software solutions.
• Grow a flexible and unique career within a trust‑based, inclusive environment that values excellence, innovation, and curiosity. You have the option to progress with us on a technical career track. No need to go onto the Partner career track if this doesn’t align with what you want to do.
• Hybrid working – our approach is to be in the office or on client site a minimum of 2 days per week.
• Work on a broad variety of projects and tech stacks for clients across seven sectors – no project is ever the same.
• Join other experts within our supportive and collaborative tech community through knowledge‑sharing and peer‑level support, coaching and mentoring.
• Deepen your expertise through our a culture of learning and growth – you’ll have budget to take courses (technical and non‑technical training), plus gain certifications.

Our tech stack

• Programming Languages: JavaScript, Java, .Net
• Cloud platforms: AWS, GCP, Azure
• Other technologies: CI/CD, TDD

What You Can Expect

• Work to agile best practices and cross‑functionally with multiple teams and stakeholders. You’ll be using your technical skills to problem solve with our clients, as well as working on internal projects.
• Steer technical teams through complex challenges and guide our clients towards successful digital transformations.
• Provide mentorship to engineers and create an environment of continuous improvement.
• Live in‑person whiteboarding sessions to problem solve as a team, alongside asynchronous communication on Teams.
• Hybrid working with the team on client site or in our office a minimum of two days per week. However, the actual time you spend and where you spend it will vary by role or assignment, including up to 5 days per week on a client site.
• An environment that deeply cares about its values.
• An environment that deeply cares about its values.

Qualifications

Essential requirements

• Proven capability in shaping the end‑to‑end software delivery lifecycle, driving improvements across development, testing, deployment, and operational phases.
• Ability to implement infrastructure‑as‑code, CI/CD, and efficient release management strategies.
• Enhance system performance using load testing, caching, and optimizing database queries and application logic for better scalability and response times.
• Expertise in modern engineering standards such as TDD, contract testing, and secure coding, as well as architectural patterns like event‑driven architecture and platform migration.
• You thrive in problem‑solving and analytical thinking to create long‑term solutions.
• You enjoy collaborating with multiple stakeholders in a fast‑paced environment.

Additional Information

Assessment process

• Quick video call with one of our Tech Recruiters – to discuss your application, the role and PA.
• Round 1: Either a competency or technical interview (60 mins).
• Round 2: Either a competency or technical interview, whichever you didn’t do at first round (60 mins).
• Final round: Meeting with a PA leader – a discussion around your client‑centricity (45 mins).

Life At PA encompasses our peoples' experience at PA. It's about how we enrich peoples’ working lives by giving them access to unique people and growth opportunities and purpose led meaningful work.

Our purpose guides how we work with our clients and our teams, and support our communities, to deliver insight and impact, solving the world’s most complex challenges. We're focused on building a workplace that values human difference and diverse mindsets, and a culture of inclusion and equality that unlocks the potential in our people so everyone can be their best self.

Find out more about Life at PA here.

We are dedicated to supporting the physical, emotional, social and financial well‑being of our people. Check out some of our extensive benefits:

• Health and lifestyle perks accompanying private healthcare for you and your family.
• 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days.
• Generous company pension scheme.
• Opportunity to get involved with community and charity‑based initiatives.
• Annual performance‑based bonus.
• PA share ownership.
• Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn).

We’re committed to advancing equality. We recruit, retain, reward and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions and without reference to their age, background, disability, genetic information, parental or family status, religion or belief, race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity (or expression), political belief veteran status, or other by any other range of human difference brought about by identity and experience. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups.

Adjustments or accommodations

Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us on [e-mail]