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Technical Lead | TypeScript, Node.js & AWS | Software Engineering & DevOps | AWS | TypeScript | Hybrid (North West) | £65,000–£85,000
Are you a hands-on Technical Lead who enjoys balancing software engineering, cloud infrastructure, and architecture?
Do you enjoy mentoring engineers while still staying close to the code?
Would you like to play a key role in shaping the future of a business undergoing a significant technology transformation?
I'm currently partnered with a well-established and highly successful UK business that's investing heavily in its digital platforms, engineering capability, and technology strategy.
As part of that journey, they're looking to appoint a Technical Lead to become the most senior day-to-day technical individual within the business, providing leadership across software engineering, cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and systems integration.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join at a pivotal time, taking ownership of a modern technology estate while helping shape the next phase of growth.
The role
They're looking for a genuine hands-on technical leader who can operate across architecture, engineering, cloud infrastructure, and delivery while continuing to contribute to codebases, technical decision-making, and platform improvements.
This role sits at the intersection of software engineering and cloud infrastructure, with your work split between hands-on TypeScript/Node.js development and AWS/DevOps ownership.
You'll lead technical decision-making across several business-critical platforms whilst also owning cloud environments, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, system integrations, and platform reliability.
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The successful candidate will remain hands-on in both code and infrastructure, supporting a small engineering team while helping shape the technical direction of the organisation.
What you'll be doing
- Building and improving internal applications using TypeScript and Node.js
- Owning AWS infrastructure and cloud environments
- Developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
- Driving Infrastructure as Code and automation initiatives
- Supporting architecture decisions across multiple platforms
- Improving reliability, performance, security, and observability
- Designing and maintaining integrations between business-critical systems
- Mentoring software engineers and helping raise engineering standards
- Working closely with stakeholders to deliver scalable technical solutions
- Remaining actively involved in coding, code reviews, and technical problem-solving
What they're looking for
- Strong commercial experience with TypeScript, JavaScript, and Node.js
- Strong AWS experience
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure
- Experience with Terraform, Infrastructure as Code, and modern DevOps practices
- Ability to operate across both software engineering and DevOps
- Experience mentoring engineers and providing technical leadership
- Experience with software architecture, APIs, integrations, and modern engineering practices
- Background as a Technical Lead, Lead Engineer, Principal Engineer, Staff Engineer, Lead Developer, or a Senior Engineer looking to step up
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Bonus points for
- Next.js, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, or Python experience
- Terraform, Kubernetes, or Platform Engineering expertise
- Experience with cloud observability and monitoring tooling
- E-commerce, distribution, logistics, manufacturing, or B2B technology environments
- Experience improving platform reliability, scalability, and engineering effectiveness
Why it's interesting
- Opportunity to influence engineering, architecture, and platform strategy
- Blend of software engineering, DevOps, cloud infrastructure, and leadership
- High-visibility role with genuine impact on technical direction
- Modern cloud-native environment with significant investment planned
- Small team environment where your decisions will directly shape outcomes
- Significant autonomy and ownership
- Chance to improve engineering standards, tooling, automation, and platform reliability
- Join during a period of transformation and growth
Package
- 💷 £65,000–£85,000 DOE
- 🏡 Hybrid working (typically 1–2 days per week in the North West)
- 🚀 High-impact leadership opportunity
- 📈 Genuine scope to influence technology, architecture, and engineering culture
If you're a hands-on Senior Engineer, Lead Engineer, Technical Lead, Principal Engineer, or Staff Engineer looking for a role where you can combine software engineering, AWS, DevOps, architecture, and leadership, drop me a message or click apply!
Technical Lead | TypeScript, Node.js & AWS | Software Engineering & DevOps | AWS | TypeScript | Hybrid (North West) | £65,000–£85,000
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