Technical Lead – Node.js, TypeScript & AI

Adria Solutions Ltd; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Company pension

Hybrid working in Manchester

Professional development support

Job summary

Adria Solutions Ltd in Manchester is seeking a Technical Lead for a new digital services platform. This hands-on role combines production coding with technical leadership, shaping architecture and guiding delivery in an early engineering team backed by experienced supporters.

You will mentor engineers, review code, and help establish high engineering standards while applying AI coding tools to maintain secure, reliable software. This role covers APIs and platform integration.

Qualifications

• At least eight years of commercial software development experience.
• Strong experience with Node.js and TypeScript.
• Proven mentoring and leadership of small engineering teams.
• Experience delivering full-stack features and APIs.
• Solid database skills with PostgreSQL/MySQL/SQL Server.
• Experience using AI coding tools in production workflows.
• Commitment to secure, tested, maintainable code.
• Interest in fintech and payments is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design and build platform features using Node.js, TypeScript.
• Contribute production code while guiding a small team.
• Resolve blockers and support engineers with complex issues.
• Mentor through code reviews and knowledge sharing.
• Shape architecture decisions and development standards.
• Improve CI/CD pipelines and shorten feedback cycles.
• Guide AI tool usage and maintain testing and security.
• Develop AI capabilities like assistants and automation.
• Build REST and GraphQL integrations with external services.
• Own features from design through deployment and support.
• Collaborate with product, design, platform and payments teams.

Skills

Node.js

TypeScript

Mentoring / Leadership

Full stack development

APIs (REST/GraphQL)

AI coding tools

CI/CD

Secure coding

Tools

PostgreSQL

MySQL

SQL Server

REST / GraphQL APIs

Job description

Technical Lead - Node.js, TypeScript & AI

Manchester | Hybrid | £80,000-£95,000 + benefits

Adria Solutions is recruiting a Technical Lead for a business building a new digital services platform.

This is a hands‑on role combining production coding with technical leadership. Joining an early engineering team with established backing, you’ll shape the architecture, guide delivery and support the engineers building the platform.

The role

Reporting to the Head of Engineering, you’ll remain actively involved in development while providing technical direction. You’ll resolve complex problems, review code, mentor colleagues and help establish high engineering standards. AI coding tools will be central to your workflow. You’ll support the team in using them effectively while applying sound engineering judgement to maintain reliable, secure and maintainable software.

Key responsibilities

• Design and build platform features using Node.js, TypeScript and related technologies.
• Contribute production code while guiding a small engineering team.
• Resolve technical blockers and support engineers with complex development challenges.
• Mentor colleagues through code reviews, practical guidance and knowledge sharing.
• Shape architecture decisions and establish development standards.
• Work with platform engineers to improve CI/CD pipelines and shorten feedback cycles.
• Guide the use of AI coding tools while maintaining strong testing and security practices.
• Develop useful AI capabilities, including assistants, automation and document processing.
• Build REST and GraphQL integrations with banking systems, payments providers and external services.
• Own features from design through to deployment and ongoing support.
• Collaborate with product, design, platform and payments colleagues.

What we're looking for

• At least eight years' commercial software development experience.
• Strong experience building platforms with Node.js and TypeScript, or a comparable stack.
• Proven experience mentoring and supporting a small engineering team.
• Experience delivering features across the full stack.
• Strong relational database skills, using technologies such as PostgreSQL, MySQL or SQL Server.
• Experience designing APIs and integrating third-party services.
• Regular use of AI coding tools within an enterprise production development workflow.
• Strong foundations in automated testing, version control, CI/CD and secure coding.
• Confidence taking ownership and making technical decisions in an early-stage environment.
• An interest in fintech, payments or improving access to financial services.

Desirable experience

• Designing and delivering platforms from the ground up.
• Working in banking, fintech, payments or another regulated sector.
• Deploying AI or LLM features into production.
• Cloud development using AWS, Azure or GCP.
• Containers and infrastructure as code.

The package

You’ll receive a £80,000-£95,000 salary, a generous holiday allowance with bank holidays on top, a company pension and hybrid working in Manchester.

There’s also support for ongoing professional development, opportunities to progress and significant influence over the platform’s technical direction and the growth of its engineering team.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK without requiring visa sponsorship.