Technical Lead

Financial Conduct Authority; Ledston; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days annual leave

Hybrid work model

Non-contributory pension (8–12%)

Private healthcare with Bupa

24/7 Employee Assistance

35 hours of paid volunteering

Job summary

Financial Conduct Authority is seeking a Technical Lead for the Data Technology and Innovation division, working in the Digital Delivery Hub. The role focuses on delivering high-quality digital products using Java and Angular, with leadership responsibilities across teams.

You will mentor colleagues, promote engineering best practices, and collaborate with Product Owners and Architects to drive meaningful outcomes, while ensuring reliable services and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Proven experience with Kotlin/Java, JavaScript/TypeScript and Angular in delivery of digital products.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor teams and manage stakeholders across levels.
• Experience establishing engineering best practices and implementing them across multiple teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead a technical team delivering digital products using Java and Angular.
• Collaborate with Product Owners and Architects to translate requirements into outcomes.
• Promote engineering excellence with consistent processes and quality checks.
• Maintain reliable services and resolve issues for business-critical platforms during office hours.
• Mentor juniors to build team capability and foster a culture of learning.
• Drive initiative and solve complex technical challenges with collaborative approaches.

Skills

Kotlin/Java

JavaScript/TypeScript

Angular

AWS

Team leadership

Mentoring

Engineering best practices

Stakeholder management

Software architecture

Education

Computing or Computer Science degree

Job description

Job Title: Technical Lead

Division: Data Technology and Innovation

Department: Digital Delivery Hub

• Salary: National (Leeds) ranging from £74,900 to £105,000 and London from £82,300 to £115,000 per annum (salary offered will be based on skills and experience)
• This role is graded as: Technical Specialist - Regulatory

About the FCA and team

We regulate financial services firms in the UK, to keep financial markets fair, thriving and effective. By joining us, you’ll play a key part in protecting consumers, driving economic growth, and shaping the future of UK finance services.

The Data, Technology and Innovation (DTI) division enables the FCA to be a digital-first, data-led smart regulator by delivering a secure, agile, and cost-effective technology and data ecosystem that drives better decisions, transparency, and operational efficiency.

Sitting within DTI, the Digital Delivery Hub digitally transforms the FCA's regulatory services to efficiently meet the needs of all stakeholders.

Role responsibilities

• Lead by example in a working technical role, shaping the direction of the team while developing high-quality digital products using Java and Angular
• Help deliver innovative features and solutions by working closely with Product Owners and Architects to turn business requirements into impactful outcomes
• Promote engineering excellence by establishing and promoting best practices, ensuring consistency, quality and continuous improvement across the development lifecycle
• Play a key role in maintaining reliable services, identifying, investigating and resolving issues to support business-critical platforms during office hours
• Develop future skills through mentoring and coaching junior colleagues, helping to improve team capability and create a culture of learning and growth
• Bring initiative and creativity to complex technical challenges, encouraging collaborative problem-solving and encouraging a mindset of continuous improvement
• Accelerate your leadership career in a technology-driven environment, gaining valuable experience in team leadership, stakeholder engagement and technical decision-making
• Contribute to important work on wider society while working alongside a diverse and highly skilled team, gaining exposure to modern technologies, software delivery practices, recognition for your contributions and opportunities for career progression based on performance and leadership potential

Skills required

Minimum:

• Practical and current active technical experience of the following: Kotlin/Java, JavaScript/Typescript, Angular, AWS
• Demonstrable evidence of leading and mentoring teams, combined with effective stakeholder management and an ability to communicate effectively at all levels within an organisation
• Ability to establish a series of engineering best practices and implementing them across multiple teams

Essential:

• Graduate level education (or equivalent experience) in Computing, Computer Science, or equivalent subject
• Adept at leveraging automation to improve development processes and optimise software delivery
• Solid problem-solving abilities and structured thinking, capable of handling complex technical challenges
• Deep understanding of software architecture, design patterns and best practices, with a focus on creating scalable, maintainable, and efficient systems

Benefits

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Hybrid model where employees work a minimum of 40% in the office each month (expectation of 50% for senior leaders). Changing from September to a minimum of 50% in the office each month (expectation of 60% for Directors and Executive Directors)
• Non-contributory pension (8–12% depending on age) and life assurance at eight times your salary
• Private healthcare with Bupa, income protection, and 24/7 Employee Assistance
• 35 hours of paid volunteering annually
• A flexible benefits scheme designed around your lifestyle

Our values & culture

Our colleagues are the key to our success as a regulator. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture: one that’s free from discrimination and bias, celebrates difference, and supports colleagues to deliver at their best. We believe that our differences and similarities enable us to be a better organisation – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation, and delivers better regulation.

If you require any adjustments due to a disability or condition, your recruiter is here to help - reach out for tailored support.

We welcome diverse working styles and aim to find flexible solutions that suit both the role and individual needs, including options like part-time and job sharing where applicable.

Disability Confident: our hiring approach

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, and therefore, people or individuals with disabilities and long-term conditions who best meet the minimum criteria for a role will go through to the next stage of the recruitment process. In cases of high application volumes, we may progress applicants whose experience most closely matches the role’s key requirements.

Useful information and timeline

• Advert Closing: 1st November
• CV Review/Shortlist: 4th November
• First Stage Interviews W/C: 16th November (IN PERSON)
• Second Stage Interviews: 1st – 3rd December (VIRTUAL)
• SC Clearance is required for this role (SC Guidance) - you will hold or will be required to obtain Security Check (SC) level vetting undefined