Technical Lead Engineer, Social Impact Tech - Hybrid

Spectrum IT; Greater London; Híbrido; GBP 100.000 - 110.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Hybrid working

Salary up to £110,000 plus benefits

Descripción de la vacante

Spectrum IT is seeking a Technical Lead Engineer for a tech-for-good business developing software for the care sector. You will combine technical leadership with hands-on coding and work closely with product and business stakeholders to deliver practical, scalable solutions.

The role balances feature delivery with reliability, involving architecture work, code reviews and mentoring engineers across teams. Hybrid London-based with significant impact on social-good projects.

Formación

• Experience as a Technical Lead, Lead Engineer or Senior Engineer with significant technical ownership.
• Hands-on development with JavaScript/TypeScript and Node.js.
• Experience building APIs, backend services and cloud-based applications.
• Familiarity with modern frontend frameworks such as React or Vue.
• A solid understanding of system design, databases, performance and scalability.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure, ideally AWS, alongside CI/CD and production monitoring.
• A track record of improving existing systems while continuing to deliver useful features.
• An approachable leadership style, with experience mentoring engineers and working across teams.

Responsabilidades

• Lead technical delivery from initial design through development, release and ongoing operation.
• Stay hands-on with coding, architecture and code reviews.
• Help evolve the platform, balancing new features with reliability, maintainability and technical debt.
• Coach engineers and encourage a collaborative approach to problem-solving.
• Work closely with product and business stakeholders to turn user needs into practical technical solutions.
• Improve development workflows, automated testing, deployment processes and monitoring.
• Bring clear thinking to technical decisions, explaining trade-offs to technical and non-technical colleagues.

Conocimientos

JavaScript/TypeScript

Node.js

APIs

AWS

CI/CD

Mentoring

System design

React/Vue

Descripción del empleo

Spectrum IT is seeking a Technical Lead Engineer for a tech-for-good business developing software for the care sector. You will combine technical leadership with hands-on coding and work closely with product and business stakeholders to deliver practical, scalable solutions.

The role balances feature delivery with reliability, involving architecture work, code reviews and mentoring engineers across teams. Hybrid London-based with significant impact on social-good projects.