Technical Lead

Chroma Recruitment; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Chroma Recruitment seeks an experienced Technical Lead for Software Engineering & Infrastructure to own a growing digital platform estate, cloud infrastructure and integrations. This hands-on leadership role combines architecture, development, DevOps and mentoring of a four-person team.

You'll drive software and cloud strategy, improve engineering practices, ensure platform reliability and work with stakeholders to deliver scalable solutions across AWS and modern frameworks such as Next.js.

Qualifications

• Senior technical leader with hands-on software, cloud and DevOps experience.
• Proven track record delivering scalable platforms and improving reliability.
• Experience mentoring engineering teams and collaborating with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on technical leadership across software development, infrastructure and DevOps.
• Own the technical roadmap and architecture for critical platforms.
• Lead design and support of enterprise integrations and cloud environments.
• Drive monitoring, security and operational excellence across AWS-based systems.

Skills

Technical leadership

AWS cloud architecture

React Next.js

CI/CD pipelines

DevOps practices

Communication skills

Security best practices

Tools

Docker

Terraform

Kubernetes

Python

Redis

n8n

Boomi

GitHub Copilot

Cursor

Job description

We're looking for an experienced Technical Lead - Software Engineering & Infrastructure to take ownership of a growing digital platform estate, cloud infrastructure, and systems integration environment. This is a hands‑on leadership role where you'll combine technical excellence with people leadership, guiding a small team of talented engineers while remaining actively involved in architecture, development, DevOps, cloud operations and complex technical problem solving. If you're passionate about building scalable platforms, improving engineering practices and mentoring teams, we'd love to hear from you.

The Role As Technical Lead, you'll act as the senior technical authority across software engineering, cloud infrastructure, integrations and production operations. You'll lead a team of four engineers while working closely with key business stakeholders and external technology partners. You'll play a central role in shaping technical strategy, driving platform reliability, improving engineering standards and delivering technology solutions that support business growth.

Key Responsibilities

Engineering Leadership

• Lead, mentor and develop a team of Software Engineers and a Solutions & Operations Engineer.
• Conduct regular one-to-ones, performance reviews and career development planning.
• Provide hands‑on technical leadership across software development, infrastructure and DevOps.
• Drive engineering best practices through coaching, architecture reviews and code reviews.
• Provide technical oversight and challenge to third‑party development and integration partners.

Software Development & Architecture

• Own the technical roadmap and architecture for critical business platforms.
• Support modern web and eCommerce platforms built using technologies such as Next.js and headless CMS solutions.
• Define and continuously improve development standards, testing practices and release management processes.
• Own CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.

Integration & Systems

• Lead the design and support of enterprise integrations connecting digital platforms, ERP systems, finance platforms and third‑party services.
• Ensure secure, scalable and reliable data flows across business systems.
• Assess technical feasibility, risks and dependencies for new projects and initiatives.
• Drive improvements in integration architecture, monitoring and support processes.

Infrastructure & Operations

• Design and maintain secure, resilient cloud environments primarily within AWS.
• Own platform monitoring, alerting, backup, disaster recovery and capacity planning.
• Implement observability best practices using modern monitoring and telemetry tools.
• Lead major incident response, root cause analysis and service improvement initiatives.
• Continuously improve reliability, performance, security and operational efficiency.

What We're Looking For

• Experience as a Technical Lead, Lead Engineer, Principal Engineer or similar senior technical role.
• Strong track record managing production platforms and improving availability, performance and reliability.
• Experience leading and mentoring engineering teams.
• Experience with modern React-based frameworks such as Next.js.
• Strong AWS cloud architecture and operational experience.
• Hands‑on experience with: Docker, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred), DevOps practices
• Experience designing and supporting enterprise integrations and middleware solutions.
• Knowledge of security best practices, access control, secrets management and vulnerability management.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Knowledge of n8n, Boomi, Redis, Python, Kubernetes or Terraform.
• Experience with hybrid‑cloud environments.
• ERP, PIM, search platform or product catalogue integrations.
• AWS certifications.
• Experience within B2B commerce, manufacturing, industrial distribution or similar sectors.
• Familiarity with DORA metrics and engineering performance frameworks.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot or Cursor.