Tech Lead

Nearform; United States; Remote; USD 119,000 - 172,000; Full time

Job summary

Nearform is seeking a Technical Lead to guide development teams, work with clients to translate business and technical requirements into impactful applications, and ensure delivery across diverse projects. You will shape architecture, enforce DevOps best practices, and drive scalable, secure solutions in a remote UK-based role.

Ideal candidates have significant software engineering experience, leadership capabilities, and strong knowledge of Agile, TDD, and Git, with familiarity in AWS/Azure

Qualifications

• Significant software engineering experience with modern tech stacks.
• Experience leading software engineering teams and mentoring.
• Proven ability to collaborate with clients to translate requirements into solutions.
• Strong understanding of agile methodologies and best practices.
• Solid knowledge of test-driven development and testing practices.
• Experience with version control tools (Git) and DevOps/cloud technologies (AWS/Azure).

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and line-management leadership to your development team.
• Lead successful delivery of projects and manage blockers.
• Ensure best practices in software development, DevOps, and agile methods.
• Work directly with clients, turning requirements into technical briefs.
• Shape architectural decisions for scalability, security, and maintainability.
• Provide status updates to clients and Nearform leadership.

Skills

Team leadership

Software engineering

Client collaboration

Agile methods

Tools

Git

AWS

Job description

This is a permanent full-time remote opportunity for those based in the UK.

About Nearform

Nearform is an independent team of data AI experts, engineers, and designers who build intelligent digital solutions and capability at pace. We create AI-enabled solutions that enhance digital experiences, empower developers, and deliver measurable results. In these ways, we partner with ambitious enterprises to deliver enduring impact.

Our deep expertise in solving the world's most complex digital problems, along with our collaborative, people-first approach, enables enterprises to build breakthrough products and modernise legacy systems by unleashing the power of AI.

Today, our team of 500 experts in 20+ countries is trusted by leading enterprises including Lululemon, Puma, Sun Life, Starbucks, Travelex, Virgin Media 02, and Walmart.

As part of our Engineering function, you will work closely with clients to translate complex business requirements into innovative digital products.

Whether you are a Senior Engineer, Tech Lead, or DevOps Engineer, you will collaborate with distributed teams, leveraging cutting-edge technologies to build secure, high-performance applications. Our Nearform engineers are known for building high quality, scalable solutions that solve real world problems.

About the Technical Lead Role:

As a Technical Lead at Nearform, you will be responsible for leading and guiding development teams while working directly with clients to translate business and technical requirements into impactful applications. However, as you'll likely work on a variety of projects in your time here, your responsibilities may also include:

• Provide technical and line-management leadership to your development team.
• Take responsibility for the successful delivery of projects.
• Identify and resolve blockers before they become issues.
• Ensure best practices in software development, DevOps, and agile methodologies are upheld within the team.
• Work directly with clients, translating requirements into technical briefs.
• Shape and define architectural decisions ensuring scalability, security, and maintainability.
• Provide updates to client and Nearform leadership to ensure clear understanding of project status and drive good decision-making.

What we are looking for in this person:

Significant experience in software engineering as either a Senior Engineer leading projects and mentoring or as a Technical Lead. For this particular role, you will ideally be using Javascript, Python or Golang.

• Experience working directly with clients or customers to understand technical requirements.
• Experience leading software engineering teams through technical delivery and either direct line management or mentoring.
• Deep understanding of agile ways of working, best practices and design patterns.
• Deep understanding of test-driven development and testing best practices.
• Deep understanding of version control tools, e.g. Git.
• Understanding of DevOps practices and cloud technologies (AWS, Az