Technical Lead

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

Benefits offered by this job

28 days annual leave

Hybrid model (office/remote)

Non-contributory pension (8–12%)

Private healthcare

35 hours volunteering annually

Flexible benefits scheme

Job summary

Financial Conduct Authority is seeking a Technical Lead in Leeds within the Data Technology and Innovation division. You will lead a technical team, deliver high-quality digital products using Java and Angular, and work with Product Owners and Architects to turn requirements into impactful solutions.

You will promote engineering best practices, mentor colleagues, and help maintain reliable services for essential regulatory platforms in a hybrid work model.

Qualifications

• Experience with Kotlin/Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Angular and AWS.
• Proven leadership and mentoring of teams with stakeholder management and clear communicatie.
• Ability to establish and apply engineering best practices across multiple teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead in a technical role, shape team direction and deliver digital products.
• Collaborate with Product Owners and Architects to translate requirements into outcomes.
• Promote engineering excellence across development lifecycle.
• Maintain reliable services and resolve issues for business-critical platforms.
• Mentor junior colleagues to grow team capability and learning culture.
• Drive innovation and continuous improvement through collaboration.

Skills

Kotlin/Java

JavaScript/TypeScript

Angular

AWS

Leadership

Mentoring

Stakeholder mgmt

Communication

Engineering practices

Education

Graduate level education in Computing/CS

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 challengesDeep 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 of50% for senior leaders). Changing from September toa minimum of 50% in the office each month (expectation of60% for Directors andExecutive 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

For a full list of our benefits, and our recruitment process as a whole visit our benefits page.

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)
• Your Recruiter will discuss the process in detail with you during screening for the role, therefore, please make them aware if you are going to be unavailable for any date during this time.
• SC Clearance is required for this role (SC Guidance) - you will hold or will be required to obtain Security Check (SC) level vetting undefined