Technical Lead - Go & Non-Functional Platform

Tyk Technologies; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A software company in the UK is seeking a Technical Lead to oversee non-functional engineering capabilities. This role involves mentoring, defining architectural standards, and hands-on development primarily in Go. Candidates should have strong software engineering experience, leadership skills, and a solid grasp of cloud-native environments. The position offers unlimited paid holidays along with a flexible work culture, promoting employee autonomy and well-being.

Benefits

Unlimited paid holidays

Employee share scheme

Generous maternity and paternity leave

Volunteering Days

Employee Wellbeing platform

Qualifications

• Strong experience in software engineering with significant work on non-functional capabilities.
• Proven leadership experience driving technical initiatives across teams.
• Hands-on experience with client- and server-side systems.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain design principles and tooling standards.
• Lead architectural decisions and create alignment with platform strategy.
• Mentor engineers on design, testing, CI/CD practices.

Skills

Software engineering

Non-functional capabilities (observability, testing)

Leadership experience

Architectural frameworks

Cloud-native environments

Performance optimisation

Advanced Go development

Proficiency with Kubernetes

Tools

Terraform

Static analysis tools

CI/CD tools

Automation frameworks

Job description

A software company in the UK is seeking a Technical Lead to oversee non-functional engineering capabilities. This role involves mentoring, defining architectural standards, and hands-on development primarily in Go. Candidates should have strong software engineering experience, leadership skills, and a solid grasp of cloud-native environments. The position offers unlimited paid holidays along with a flexible work culture, promoting employee autonomy and well-being.