Technical Lead

Hyperloop Recruitment

Lancashire

On-site

GBP 65,000 - 75,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Birthday off

Long service leave

Pension scheme

Tech salary sacrifice

Job summary

Hyperloop Recruitment is recruiting an Technical Lead / Engineering Manager to own the technology function and act as the CTO's deputy in Lancashire. You will lead software, mobile, QA and infrastructure teams, delivering the roadmap from backlog to release while raising engineering standards and ensuring security, resilience and availability of the cloud estate.

You will collaborate closely with the CTO, driving a hands-on leadership style in a growing B2B SaaS environment and shaping the

Qualifications

Several years of experience leading development teams.
Proven people management: hiring, developing and managing performance.
Experience delivering and supporting production SaaS in a high-availability or regulated environment.
Solid working knowledge of Microsoft Azure and cloud operations.
Agile delivery, CI/CD and automated testing experience.
Exposure to a modern stack spanning web, mobile, relational databases and containers.
GitHub-based workflows, including pull requests, code review and automation.
Clear communicator with both engineers and non-technical stakeholders.
Calm under pressure, pragmatic and commercially aware.

Responsibilities

Own day-to-day technology function and lead multi-disciplinary teams across software, mobile, QA and infrastructure.
Deliver product roadmap from backlog to release.
Raise engineering standards and manage incidents.
Keep the cloud estate secure and resilient.
Provide hands-on leadership as the role evolves with the business.

Skills

People management

SaaS delivery

Agile methodologies

Cloud operations

Web/mobile stack

Code review

Stakeholder communication

High availability environments

Leadership

Tools

Azure

CI/CD

GitHub

Containers/Docker

Automation testing

Job description

Technical Lead / Engineering Manager

Lancashire Office-based £65,000 - £75,000 Full-time, reporting to the CTO

The Company

Our client is an established UK B2B SaaS business. Its cloud-based platform is relied on daily by hundreds of public and private sector organisations. Customers depend on the platform being available around the clock, so reliability, security and quality sit at the heart of everything the business does. It holds a range of recognised security and quality accreditations and is in a period of steady growth.

The Role

As Engineering Manager, you'll take day-to-day ownership of the technology function and act as the CTO's deputy. You'll lead multi-disciplinary teams across software, mobile, QA and infrastructure, and you'll own both building the platform and running it. That covers delivering the product roadmap from backlog to release, raising engineering standards, managing incidents and keeping the cloud estate secure and resilient. It's a hands-on leadership role, and its scope will grow as the business does.

Essential Skills

Strong software engineering background, with several years leading development teams
Proven people management: hiring, developing and managing performance
Experience delivering and supporting production SaaS in a high-availability or regulated environment
Solid working knowledge of Microsoft Azure and cloud operations
Agile delivery, CI/CD and automated testing experience
Exposure to a modern stack spanning web, mobile, relational databases and containers
GitHub-based workflows, including pull requests, code review and automation
Clear communicator with both engineers and non-technical stakeholders
Calm under pressure, pragmatic and commercially aware

The Benefits

This is a chance to shape the engineering function of a growing business at a point where the role can genuinely make its mark. You'll work closely with the CTO and have real influence over how the technology is built and run.