Technical Lead

Williams Lea; United States; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 81,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Private Medical Insurance

Life Assurance

Dental Insurance

Health Assessments

Cycle-to-work scheme

Retail vouchers

Job summary

Williams Lea is seeking a Technical Lead to drive architectural strategy and integration across enterprise platforms in a remote role. The position emphasizes cloud-native design, secure deployment, and mentorship of AI workflow and integration engineers.

The candidate should have extensive experience with AI/automation platforms, LLM APIs, and strong Azure/AWS knowledge. With a salary of £70,000 per annum and full-time remote work, this role offers opportunities to influence client engagements

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software engineering, cloud architecture or enterprise integration
• Strong enterprise integration and cloud architecture experience
• Experience with AI/automation platforms, LLM APIs and agent frameworks
• Strong understanding of Azure/AWS, security and deployment architecture
• Proven experience with senior client/technical stakeholder management
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related technical field
• Azure certification preferred

Responsibilities

• Lead technical architecture and integration strategy for engagements
• Design scalable, secure cloud-native architectures and deployment models
• Own enterprise integrations, authentication, data pipelines and monitoring
• Review AI Workflow Engineer builds and ensure architectural quality
• Guide teams on architecture, prompt strategy and evaluation
• Manage technical risks and present architecture to senior client stakeholders
• Mentor AI Workflow and Integration Engineers

Job description

Technical Lead Salary: £70,000 per annum, plus company benefits. Location: Remote. Contract: Full Time. Shifts: 37.5 hours per week, Monday – Friday, 9am until 5:30pm with 1 hour unpaid lunch break. Work model: Remote.

Williams Lea seeks a Technical Lead to join our team!

Williams Lea is the leading global provider of tech-enabled business and marketing services helping clients manage and transform processes through resilient, scalable 24/7 operations. We combine deep expertise, agentic AI‑imbedded workflows, and a global delivery model into a tech-enabled, seamless human expert‑in‑the‑loop experience that helps clients achieve superior business outcomes. Built on a strong heritage and great client relationships, we harness deep industry expertise, emerging technology and our global “Optishore™” delivery model to plan, build, execute and measure business processes, driving operational agility and digital transformation at speed and scale.

Purpose of role

This is an exciting opportunity for a person looking to elevate their careers within our technology team!

Key responsibilities

• Lead technical architecture and integration strategy for AIVA engagements
• Design scalable, secure cloud-native architectures and deployment models
• Own enterprise integrations, authentication, data pipelines and monitoring
• Review AI Workflow Engineer builds and ensure architectural quality
• Guide teams on architecture, prompt strategy and evaluation
• Manage technical risks and present architecture to senior client stakeholders
• Mentor AI Workflow and Integration Engineers

Personal attributes

• 8+ years in software engineering, cloud architecture or enterprise integration
• Strong enterprise integration and cloud architecture experience
• Experience with AI/automation platforms, LLM APIs and agent frameworks
• Strong understanding of Azure/AWS, security and deployment architecture
• Proven experience with senior client/technical stakeholder management
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related technical field
• Azure certification preferred

Using AI in your application

We’re happy for you to use AI tools to research us, polish your cv/cover letter, and practice interviews. Please make sure everything you submit reflects your authentic skills and experience. To keep things fair, please don’t use AI to invent or exaggerate achievements, complete assessments (unless we say it’s allowed), or to generate live interview answers.

Rewards and Benefits

• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays(pro-rata for part time or fixed term roles)
• Salary sacrifice schemes
• Retail vouchers – including our TechScheme which can be used on a range of gadgets such as Smart TV’s, laptops and computers or household appliances.
• Life Assurance
• Private Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Health Assessments
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Discounted gym memberships
• Referral Scheme

Equality and Diversity

The Company values the differences that a diverse workforce brings to the organisation and will not discriminate because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race (which includes colour, nationality and ethnic or national origins), religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation (each of these being a “protected characteristic” in discrimination law). It will not discriminate because of any other irrelevant factor and will build a culture that values openness, fairness and transparency. If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format or would like to make a reasonable adjustment to enable you to make an interview please contact us at [e-mail](we do not accept applications to this email address). View our Privacy Notice https://www.williamslea.com/privacy-statement

Longevity driven by innovation

In a rapidly changing world, the ability to innovate and break new ground drives progress. Williams Lea has harnessed this ability for more than 200 years. Our 5,200+ talented employees worldwide are experts in delivering efficient business processes in complex and highly regulated environments. We’re always progressing. Connecting technology with expertise and strong processes to transform support services. As we enter our third century, we continue helping businesses thrive in a future driven by digitization and virtualization.