Technical Lead

Searchability®; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Training budget

Bonus scheme

Modern tooling & AI platforms

Social & charity events

Strategic tech direction

Job summary

Searchability® invites a Technical Lead to shape a brand-new platform within a senior AI-first engineering environment in Liverpool. You will steer backend design, APIs, integrations, and data flows while guiding a cross-functional team and maintaining hands-on coding across the stack.

The role emphasizes architectural ownership, AI-assisted development practices, and setting engineering standards to drive the platform forward in a hybrid work setting.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial experience with Node.js and TypeScript.
• Experience with React and Next.js.
• Proven track record designing scalable software architectures.
• Cloud experience across Azure, AWS or GCP.
• Strong understanding of API design, integrations and distributed systems.
• Experience providing technical leadership and mentoring engineers.
• Passion for modern engineering practices and AI‑assisted development.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Strong understanding of software architecture and engineering best practice.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of scalable backend services, APIs, integrations and data flows.
• Provide architectural guidance across the wider engineering team.
• Remain hands-on with development while shaping long-term platform strategy.
• Establish engineering standards and drive adoption of AI-assisted development practices.
• Collaborate with Product teams and stakeholders to align on technical direction.

Skills

Node.js

TypeScript

React

Next.js

API design

Distributed systems

Azure/AWS/GCP

Technical leadership

AI development

Stakeholder management

Software architecture

CI/CD

Tools

Jira

Job description

• Hybrid working – 2 days per week in a Liverpool city centre office
• Opportunity to shape a brand-new platform and influence technical strategy
• Work within a senior, AI-first engineering environment

KEY POINTS

• Senior technical leadership role with significant architectural ownership
• Leading the design and development of a modern platform rebuild
• Strong focus on Node.js, TypeScript, React and cloud technologies
• Opportunity to shape engineering standards, architecture and AI adoption

ABOUT THE CLIENT

We're supporting an established technology-led organisation that is investing heavily in the future of its engineering function. Following continued growth and a major platform transformation programme, they are looking to appoint a Technical Lead to play a key role in defining both the technical direction and engineering standards of the business.

This is an opportunity to join at a pivotal stage, working within a highly experienced team that values innovation, collaboration and modern software engineering practices.

THE TECHNICAL LEAD ROLE:

This is a highly influential technical leadership role where you'll help shape the future of a modern, large-scale platform whilst remaining hands‑on with development.

You'll lead the design and delivery of scalable backend services, APIs, integrations and data flows, whilst providing architectural guidance across the wider engineering team. Although the role is backend‑focused, you'll also maintain strong involvement across the full stack, working with modern frontend technologies and cloud infrastructure.

Working closely with Product teams, stakeholders and fellow engineers, you'll help establish engineering standards, drive adoption of AI‑assisted development practices and provide technical mentorship across the team.

The organisation has embraced an AI‑first approach to software engineering, making extensive use of modern AI tooling and spec‑driven development practices. You'll play a key role in shaping how these technologies are utilised across the engineering function.

This role offers genuine autonomy, giving you the opportunity to influence technology decisions, development processes and long‑term platform strategy whilst remaining close to the code.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS

• Strong commercial experience with Node.js and TypeScript
• Experience with React and Next.js
• Proven track record designing and delivering scalable software architectures
• Cloud experience across Azure, AWS or GCP
• Strong understanding of API design, integrations and distributed systems
• Experience providing technical leadership and mentoring engineers
• Passion for modern engineering practices and AI‑assisted development
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Strong understanding of software architecture and engineering best practice

THE BENEFITS

• Hybrid working model with two office days per week
• Annual training and conference budget
• Company bonus scheme
• Investment in modern tooling and AI‑powered development platforms
• Active social and charity events calendar
• Opportunity to influence technical strategy and platform direction

KEY SKILLS

Technical Lead, Tech Lead, Lead Software Engineer, Node.js, TypeScript, React, Next.js, Azure, AWS, GCP, Software Architecture, Cloud Engineering, API Development, Technical Leadership, Platform Engineering, AI Development Tools, CI/CD