Technical Team Lead

JR United Kingdom; Kingston upon Hull; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading InsurTech company is seeking a Technical Team Lead in Kingston upon Hull to oversee an engineering squad. The role combines hands-on technical work with people leadership, focusing on system design and agile methodologies. This position offers substantial benefits, including a competitive salary and a 10% bonus.

Benefits

Extensive Benefits

10% bonus

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years in engineering leadership roles.
• Experience with CI/CD and system design.
• Strong technical background with a modern tech stack.

Responsibilities

• Oversee a squad of 6 engineers working on flagship products.
• Drive technical decisions, balancing scalability, performance, and maintainability.
• Collaborate with product managers to prioritize project roadmaps.

Skills

Technical leadership

Team mentoring

Collaboration

DevOps culture

Strong communication

Tools

Java

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Helm

AWS services

Job description

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Technical Team Lead, Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire

Client:

Burns Sheehan

Location:

Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

EU work permit required:

Yes

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Posted:

04.06.2025

Expiry Date:

19.07.2025

Job Description:

Extensive Benefits and 10% bonus

Location: Central London, hybrid with 2 days a week onsite

Industry: InsurTech | AI-Powered B2B/B2C SaaS

Role: 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 involves hands-on technical work (30%) and people leadership (70%). You will report to the Director of Engineering and be part of the technical leadership team for the business vertical.

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

Requirements

• Experience leading an engineering team/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 the roadmap
• Driving a DevOps culture, ensuring smooth CI/CD processes and improving deployment efficiency
• Strong communication skills to explain technical concepts to different audiences and stakeholders
• Ability to drive system design decisions, balancing scalability, performance, and maintainability