Technical Lead

DGH Recruitment; Manchester; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A media technology company in Manchester is looking for a Technical Team Lead to guide its development team and direct its technical strategy. The role demands a technology expert with skills in JavaScript, AWS services, and media supply chain processes. Responsibilities include mentoring junior developers and solving complex architectural challenges. This full-time position requires strong leadership and technical abilities in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in technology leadership roles.
• Strong expertise in media codecs and protocols.
• Excellent understanding of media supply chain processes.

Responsibilities

• Guide the development team and drive technical direction.
• Lead a hands-on team and mentor junior developers.
• Resolve complex challenges with scalable architecture.

Skills

JavaScript / Nodejs / TypeScript

DynamoDB

Lambda

EventBridge

CloudWatch

API Gateway

SQS

SNS

RDBMS (Postgres and MySQL)

Git

ci / cd pipelines

Cloudformation

AWS CDK

Bitbucket

Media Services (MediaConvert, MediaPackage, MediaLive)

Job description

My media client works with some of the leading names in the industry and is looking for a Technical Team Lead to guide the development team and drive the technical direction of my client’s technical ecosystem. This is a hands‑on role for a technology expert who can lead an experienced team, mentor juniors, and archive complexed challenges with scalable architecture and influence technical and strategic decisions.

Required Skills :

• JavaScript / Nodejs / TypeScript
• DynamoDB
• Lambda
• EventBridge, CloudWatch, API Gateway, SQS, SNS
• RDBMS (Postgres and MySQL ideally)
• Git, ci / cd pipelines
• Cloudformation
• AWS CDK
• Bitbucket
• Media Services (MediaConvert, MediaPackage, MediaLive)

Desirable :

• AWS Media Services (MediaConvert, MediaLive, MediaPackage etc)
• AWS Certified Developer / Solution Architect qualification
• AWS CDK

Required Experience :

• Experience with media codecs, protocols and container formats
• Excellent understanding of Media Supply Chain
• Exposure to VoD preparation, scheduling system and play‑out