Technical Lead: Node.js, TypeScript & AI — Hybrid

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

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension

Hybrid working in Manchester

Generous holiday allowance

Job summary

Adria Solutions is seeking a Technical Lead in Manchester to lead a hands‑on engineering team building a new digital services platform. You will combine production coding with technical leadership, shaping architecture, guiding delivery and mentoring engineers to adopt high engineering standards.

AI coding tools will be central to the workflow; you’ll ensure secure, reliable software while expanding capabilities like assistants and document processing.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of commercial software development experience.
• Strong experience with Node.js and TypeScript for platform building.
• Proven track record mentoring a small engineering team.
• Experience delivering features across the full stack.
• Strong relational database skills (PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server).
• Experience designing APIs and integrating third‑party services.
• Regular use of AI coding tools in production workflows.
• Strong foundations in automated testing, version control, CI/CD and secure coding.
• Confident in taking ownership and making technical decisions in an early‑stage environment.
• Interest in fintech, payments or improving access to financial services.

Responsibilities

• Design and build platform features using Node.js and TypeScript.
• Contribute production code while guiding a small engineering team.
• Resolve blockers and support engineers with complex development challenges.
• Mentor colleagues through code reviews and knowledge sharing.
• Shape architecture decisions and development standards.
• Improve CI/CD pipelines with platform engineers.
• Guide the use of AI coding tools while emphasizing testing and security.
• Develop AI capabilities such as assistants, automation and document processing.
• Build REST and GraphQL integrations with banking systems and providers.
• Own features from design to deployment and ongoing support.
• Collaborate with product, design, platform and payments teams.

Skills

Node.js

TypeScript

Mentoring

Full stack

Relational databases

APIs & integrations

AI coding tools

Testing & CI/CD

Ownership & decisions

Fintech interest

Tools

PostgreSQL

MySQL

SQL Server

Job description

Adria Solutions is seeking a Technical Lead in Manchester to lead a hands‑on engineering team building a new digital services platform. You will combine production coding with technical leadership, shaping architecture, guiding delivery and mentoring engineers to adopt high engineering standards.

AI coding tools will be central to the workflow; you’ll ensure secure, reliable software while expanding capabilities like assistants and document processing.