Technical Team Lead

JR United Kingdom; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Insurtech company is seeking a Technical Team Lead for their squad in Cambridge. The role combines 30% hands-on technical work with 70% people leadership, ensuring smooth CI/CD processes and improving deployment efficiency while fostering a culture of ownership within the team.

Benefits

Extensive Benefits

10% Bonus

Qualifications

• Experience leading an engineering team with at least 3 direct reports.
• Strong communication skills to explain technical concepts to diverse audiences.
• Ability to make system design decisions balancing scalability, performance, and maintainability.

Responsibilities

• Oversee a squad of 6 working on the flagship product.
• Provide technical leadership and guide system design decisions.
• Collaborate with product managers to prioritize and execute the roadmap.

Skills

Technical Leadership

Communication

System Design

DevOps Culture

Job description

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?Extensive Benefits and 10% bonus

?Central London, hybrid with 2 days a week onsite

??InsurTech | AI-Powered B2B/B2C SaaS

Technical Team Lead - We have been engaged by a leading Insurtech company to find a Technical Team Lead to oversee a squad of 6 working on their flagship product. Backed by a well-established global parent company, they operate with the agility of a scale-up while enjoying the stability of a larger organisation. Their technology powers underwriting and protection marketplaces, helping insurers and advisors streamline processes and deliver better outcomes for customers.

They are undergoing a multi-year transformation, modernising their architecture and shifting towards a product-focused, SaaS model.

The role of Tech Lead is a combination of hands-on technical expertise (30%) and people leadership (70%). You will report into the Director of Engineering and be part of the technical leadership team for the business vertical.

The tech stack consists of Java21, Spring Boot, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Helm, and various AWS services.

Requirements

• Experience leading an engineering team or squad (minimum of 3 direct reports)
• Experience mentoring engineers and fostering a culture of ownership
• Providing technical leadership and guiding system design decisions
• Collaborating with product managers to prioritize and execute the roadmap
• Driving a DevOps culture, ensuring smooth CI/CD processes, and improving deployment efficiency
• Strong communication skills to explain technical concepts to diverse audiences and stakeholders
• Ability to make system design decisions that balance scalability, performance, and maintainability