Technical Lead — AI‑Driven Headless Web Architect

Appnovation-Technologies; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Appnovation Technologies is seeking a UK-based Technical Lead to guide and mentor a global team delivering enterprise-grade, headless web properties. You will own architecture decisions, set coding standards, and ensure high-quality delivery across multi-brand sites and regions.

You will bridge business goals with technical plans, communicate risk and progress to stakeholders, and lead a hands-on team through design, development and QA in a fast-paced, AI-enabled environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software development with leadership experience.
• Proven ability to deliver corporate and enterprise-scale web properties across multi-brand or multi-region setups.
• Excellent communication with non-technical audiences; ability to explain options and status clearly.
• Right to work in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Set the team's technical direction and own architecture decisions across the stack.
• Design content models and component libraries that scale across brands and regions.
• Ensure automated testing and CI/CD practices are in place and followed.
• Lead client communications and manage stakeholder expectations with clear trade-offs.

Skills

Composable architecture

Headless CMS

React

Node.js

TypeScript

CI/CD

AI coding tools

Performance budgeting

Tools

Vercel

Netlify

AWS

Azure

n8n

Make

Webhooks

Job description

Appnovation Technologies is seeking a UK-based Technical Lead to guide and mentor a global team delivering enterprise-grade, headless web properties. You will own architecture decisions, set coding standards, and ensure high-quality delivery across multi-brand sites and regions.

You will bridge business goals with technical plans, communicate risk and progress to stakeholders, and lead a hands-on team through design, development and QA in a fast-paced, AI-enabled environment.