Web Platform Architect & Engineering Lead (Hybrid)

Artis Recruitment; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus 10%

Hybrid work

25 days holiday

Pension up to 11%

Healthcare plan

Wellbeing & gym

Family leave

ShareSave & life assurance

Job summary

Artis Recruitment in Bristol is seeking a Web Engineering Manager to lead the development of a key customer-facing platform. The role blends hands-on engineering with people leadership, shaping architecture, APIs and cloud strategy while guiding a growing team.

You will mentor engineers, drive CI/CD, ensure performance and security, manage external partners, and collaborate with stakeholders across the business in a hybrid Bristol-based environment.

Qualifications

• Experience leading software engineering teams.
• Strong JS/TS, Node.js and React/Next.js knowledge.
• Experience with APIs, web architectures and AWS.
• Background in architectural design and complex web platforms.
• Experience with code reviews, engineering standards and CI/CD.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience with headless architecture and multi-brand platforms is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Leading, mentoring and developing the engineering team.
• Defining technical architecture, standards and the engineering roadmap.
• Remaining hands-on with solution design, code reviews and key technical challenges.
• Driving development best practices, testing, automation and CI/CD improvements.
• Supporting the evolution and management of AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Ensuring platform performance, security, scalability and reliability.
• Managing external engineering partners and maintaining delivery standards.

Skills

Leadership

JavaScript/TypeScript

Node.js

React/Next.js

AWS

API design

CI/CD

Stakeholder management

Tools

AWS

CI/CD

Job description

Artis Recruitment in Bristol is seeking a Web Engineering Manager to lead the development of a key customer-facing platform. The role blends hands-on engineering with people leadership, shaping architecture, APIs and cloud strategy while guiding a growing team.

You will mentor engineers, drive CI/CD, ensure performance and security, manage external partners, and collaborate with stakeholders across the business in a hybrid Bristol-based environment.