Technical Squad Lead

Evri; Morley; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A logistics company is seeking a Technical Squad Lead to guide engineers in designing and delivering scalable backend solutions. This hands-on role requires over 8 years in backend engineering, expertise in Java and AWS, and a passion for innovation. You will lead teams, maintain robust architecture, and drive DevEx improvements. An excellent opportunity for a technical leader looking to impact engineering excellence.

Qualifications

• 8+ years’ experience in backend software engineering.
• Experience leading engineers and driving delivery in agile environments.
• Hands-on expertise with AWS (EC2, ECS, Lambda, Fargate).

Responsibilities

• Designing and delivering efficient, scalable applications.
• Writing high-quality, well-tested code.
• Leading engineers and setting goals.

Skills

Java

Maven

Spring Boot

TypeScript

REST APIs

WebSockets

AWS

DevOps automation

Job description

We’re on the lookout for a Technical Squad Lead who’s as passionate about clean, scalable backend engineering as they are about leading brilliant engineers. If you thrive on solving complex problems, championing engineering excellence, and driving innovation across teams this is your next move.

As a hands‑on technical leader, you’ll guide a squad of engineers to design, build, test, and ship high-quality backend solutions. You’ll set the technical direction, raise standards, modernise our tooling and SDLC, and empower your team to deliver at pace.

Interested? Take a look at the below to understand what you'll be doing in your role as a Technical Squad Lead at Evri!

• Designing and delivering efficient, scalable, end-to-end applications
• Writing high-quality, well‑tested code that aligns with modern frameworks and engineering best practice
• Leading engineers of all seniorities, setting goals, and driving performance
• Keeping applications secure, up to date, and fully aligned to our engineering policies
• Driving DevEx improvements, CI / CD standardisation, and automation
• Owning the SDLC - collaborating closely with Test to ensure strong coverage and automation
• Supporting architecture with design decisions, trade‑offs, and solution evaluations
• Prioritising and clearing technical debt
• Delivering cost optimisation and driving adoption of AWS best practices
• Managing repos, documentation, environments, pipelines, and engineering hygiene
• Running demos, championing innovation, and pushing forward POCs

Still interested? Great news! Here’s what you’ll bring :

• 8+ years’ experience in backend software engineering
• Deep experience with Java, Maven, Spring Boot, TypeScript
• Strong understanding of REST APIs, WebSockets & cloud‑native engineering
• Hands‑on expertise with AWS (EC2, ECS, Lambda, Fargate, CloudFormation / CDK)
• Solid grounding in CI / CD, DevOps automation, and modern SDLC (Scrum, BDD, TDD)
• Experience leading engineers and driving delivery in agile environments
• A passion for collaboration, coaching, innovation, and raising the engineering bar