IT & Software

Technical Lead

2mrw Group

London · Greater London · United Kingdom

TheRole

WeareseekinganexperiencedTechnicalLeadtoleadtechnicaldirectionandarchitectureacrossmultipleproductsandplatforms.

Thisisahands onleadershiprolecombiningsoftwaredevelopmentwithenterprisearchitecture.Youwillguidetechnicaldecisions,improveengineeringstandardsandensuresystemsarescalable,secure,resilientandmaintainable.

YouwillworkcloselywithEngineering,Product,ArchitectureandSecurityteams,leadingthroughtechnicalexpertiseratherthantraditionalpeoplemanagement.

KeyResponsibilities

  • Definetechnicalarchitectureanddirectionacrossmultipleteamsandplatforms.
  • Leadarchitecturaldecisionscoveringscalability,security,performanceandreliability.
  • Remainhands-onwithcoding,codereviewsandcomplextechnicalproblem-solving.
  • Driveplatformmodernisationandreducetechnicaldebt.
  • Establishengineeringstandards,codingpracticesandautomatedtesting.
  • ChampionCI/CD,DevOps,infrastructureascodeandcloud-nativedevelopment.
  • Mentorengineersandtechnicalleads,influencingdecisionsacrossteams.
  • Workwithseniorstakeholderstoaligntechnicalsolutionswithbusinessobjectives.
  • Supportproductionsystems,troubleshootingandcontinuousimprovement.

EssentialSkills&Experience

  • ProvenexperienceasaTechnicalLead,PrincipalEngineer,StaffEngineerorequivalent.
  • Stronghands-onsoftwaredevelopmentandtechnicalleadershipexperience.
  • Experiencedesigningenterprise-scalesystemsacrossmultipleteamsorplatforms.
  • Broadfull-stackknowledgeacrossfrontend,backend,APIs,databasesandcloud.
  • Strongunderstandingofmicroservices,distributedsystemsandevent-drivenarchitecture.
  • Experiencewithcloudplatforms,ideallyAWS,alongsideDocker,KubernetesorTerraform.
  • KnowledgeofCI/CD,automatedtesting,DevOpsandproductionsupport.
  • Abilitytoinfluencetechnicaldecisions,mentorengineersandcommunicatewithseniorstakeholders.

TechnicalStack

Experiencewithaselectionofthefollowing:

  • Languages: TypeScript,JavaScript,Node.js,React,GoorRust.
  • Databases: PostgreSQL,RedisorMongoDB.
  • Cloud&infrastructure: AWS,Docker,Kubernetes,TerraformorAWSCDK.
  • Architecture: Microservices,event-drivensystems,serverlessanddistributedsystems.
  • Delivery: GitHubActions,Jenkins,CI/CDandautomatedtesting.

TheIdealCandidate

Youareanestablishedtechnicalleaderwhocombineshands-onengineeringwitharchitecturalthinking.Youcanguidemultipleteams,makesoundtechnicaldecisionsanddeliverscalable,high-qualitysolutionswhileremainingclosetothecode.

Reference: WJ-756_311970 · Posted 05 Nov 2026

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