Technical Team Lead

JR United Kingdom; Portsmouth; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading InsurTech company is looking for a Technical Team Lead to manage a squad focusing on innovative product development. In this hybrid role, you will combine hands-on technical expertise with strategic leadership to drive a multi-year transformation in their architecture and service model.

Benefits

Extensive benefits

10% bonus

Qualifications

• Experience leading an engineering team with a minimum of 3 direct reports.
• Experience mentoring engineers to foster ownership.
• Strong communication skills to explain technical concepts.

Responsibilities

• Oversee a squad of 6 engineers on flagship product.
• Provide technical leadership and guide system design.
• Collaborate with product managers on roadmap alignment.

Skills

Technical leadership

Mentorship

Strong communication

Driving DevOps culture

System design

Tools

Java21

Spring Boot

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

AWS

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Technical Team Lead, Portsmouth, Hampshire

Client: Burns Sheehan

Location: Portsmouth, Hampshire, 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

Sector: 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.

The company is undergoing a multi-year transformation, modernising their architecture and shifting towards a product-focused, SaaS model.

The role of Tech Lead involves a combination of hands-on technical expertise (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 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 ensure key initiatives align with 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 drive system design decisions, balancing scalability, performance, and maintainability