Technical Lead

TipTopJob; Liverpool City Region; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

TipTopJob in Liverpool City Centre is seeking a Technical Lead to guide a cross-functional squad in designing, building and delivering software that powers our products used by thousands of customers daily.

You will lead scalable microservices in .NET and Azure, work with React/Next.js teams to ensure seamless UX, and mentor engineers while promoting clean architecture and strong engineering standards.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading software delivery within a microservice-based environment.
• Strong technical background in .NET and Azure.
• Comfortable working across the stack, with deeper expertise in backend systems.
• Experience mentoring and guiding developers in a collaborative, agile setup.
• Product-focused mindset with an understanding of trade-offs between speed, scalability and user experience.
• Excellent communicator who brings clarity and empathy to technical discussions.
• Passion for clean, maintainable code and continuous improvement.
• Curious and proactive, always looking for better ways to build, measure and deliver.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multidisciplinary squad to deliver high-quality, production-ready software.
• Design and build scalable microservices in .NET and Azure.
• Contribute to the evolution of our microservice architecture and integration patterns.
• Collaborate with frontend developers working in React and Next.js to deliver seamless user experiences.
• Partner with product managers, BAs and designers to translate customer needs into clear technical plans.
• Work closely with QA and automation testers to ensure quality and reliability are built in from the start.
• Stay hands-on with code while mentoring developers and promoting best practices.
• Drive technical discussions, champion clean architecture and improve our engineering standards.
• Contribute to wider engineering initiatives, including developer experience and shared tooling.

Skills

Microservices

.NET

Azure

Leadership

Frontend collaboration

CI/CD

Tools

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

RabbitMQ

Nginx

SQL Server

MongoDB

Redis

Job description

Job Title: Technical Lead

Location: Liverpool City Centre HQ / Hybrid (3 days in office)

Salary: GBP70,000 : GBP85,000 per annum, depending on experience

Job Type: Permanent, Full Time

Working Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Were looking for a Tech Lead to guide a talented, cross:functional squad as they design, build and deliver products that make a real difference for our customers.

Your Impact

The systems youll design, and lead will power key parts of our products, used by thousands of customers every day. Your technical decisions will directly influence product quality, performance and customer experience. Youll help your team deliver features that are reliable, scalable and genuinely improve how people interact with our services.

What Youll Do

• Lead a multidisciplinary squad to deliver high:quality, production:ready software
• Design and build scalable microservices in .NET and Azure
• Contribute to the evolution of our microservice architecture and integration patterns
• Collaborate with frontend developers working in React and Next.js to deliver seamless user experiences
• Partner with product managers, BAs and designers to translate customer needs into clear technical plans
• Work closely with QA and automation testers to ensure quality and reliability are built in from the start
• Stay hands:on with code while mentoring developers and promoting best practices
• Drive technical discussions, champion clean architecture and improve our engineering standards
• Contribute to wider engineering initiatives, including developer experience and shared tooling

Our Tech Stack

• Backend: C, .NET 8.0, Redis, MongoDb, SQL Server, Entity Framework, MassTransit, Mediator
• Frontend: React, Next.js, TypeScript
• Infrastructure: Azure, Docker, Kubernetes (AKS), Nginx, RabbitMQ
• Architecture: Microservices, Event:driven patterns, Clean Architecture
• Observability and Monitoring: Grafana, Loki, Sentry, PostHog
• Tooling and Practices: Git, CI/CD pipelines, Agile methodologies

What Were Looking For

• Proven experience leading software delivery within a microservice:based environment
• Strong technical background in .NET and Azure
• Comfortable working across the stack, with deeper expertise in backend systems
• Experience mentoring and guiding developers in a collaborative, agile setup
• Product:focused mindset with an understanding of trade:offs between speed, scalability and user experience
• Excellent communicator who brings clarity and empathy to technical discussions
• Passion for clean, maintainable code and continuous improvement
• Curious and proactive, always looking for better ways to build, measure and deliver

Why Join Us

• Real autonomy to shape how your squad designs, builds and delivers software
• A modern, cloud:native architecture that encourages experimentation and ownership
• Work with talented developers, designers, testers and product professionals who care about what they build
• Influence technical decisions that shape the direction of our products and platforms
• Opportunities to grow into staff, principal or architecture:f