Technical Leader & Architect — Hands-On, Scalable Systems

Parser Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Hybrid work model

Travel perks

Job summary

Parser is seeking a Technical Lead in London to combine deep technical expertise with strong engineering leadership. You will stay hands-on with the codebase while guiding architectural decisions and mentoring engineers to deliver scalable solutions.

In this role, you’ll translate business requirements into robust technical designs, review code, drive best practices, and collaborate closely with product teams.

Qualifications

• Experience with Java/Kotlin and modern backend frameworks.
• Hands-on coding experience and ability to review complex designs.
• Strong grasp of distributed systems, scalability, and performance.

Responsibilities

• Provide confident technical leadership and guidance to engineers.
• Stay hands-on with the codebase and contribute when needed.
• Lead architectural reviews and drive design decisions.
• Mentor engineers and promote best practices across teams.
• Collaborate with Product to translate requirements into robust solutions.

Skills

Java

Kotlin

Spring Boot

REST APIs

React JS

AWS

SQL

NoSQL

CI/CD

TDD

DevOps

Distributed systems design

Job description

Parser is seeking a Technical Lead in London to combine deep technical expertise with strong engineering leadership. You will stay hands-on with the codebase while guiding architectural decisions and mentoring engineers to deliver scalable solutions.

In this role, you’ll translate business requirements into robust technical designs, review code, drive best practices, and collaborate closely with product teams.