Technical Lead Software Engineer

As Technical Lead Engineer you will steer technical delivery from design to deployment while staying hands-on. You’ll shape architecture, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product and business stakeholders to turn user needs into practical solutions. The role balances feature delivery with reliability and technical debt reduction, in a mission‑driven, care‑focused product. You’ll work across teams to improve delivery workflows and monitor systems, making a meaningful impact with technology.

• hybrid working (London two days per week)
• salary 100,000 - 110,000 per annum
• benefits (unspecified)

• Lead technical delivery from design through release and operation
• Stay hands-on with coding, architecture and code reviews
• Evolve the platform balancing features with reliability and maintainability
• Coach engineers and foster collaborative problem-solving
• Collaborate with product and business stakeholders to translate needs into technical solutions
• Improve development workflows, testing, deployment processes and monitoring
• Explain technical trade-offs clearly to technical and non-technical colleagues

• Experience as Technical Lead, Lead Engineer or Senior Engineer with technical ownership
• Strong hands-on development with JavaScript/TypeScript and Node.js
• Experience building APIs, backend services and cloud-based apps
• Familiarity with frontend frameworks such as React or Vue
• Understanding of system design, databases, performance and scalability
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (ideally AWS), CI/CD and production monitoring
• Track record of improving systems while delivering features
• Approachable leadership with mentoring experience across teams
• Experience modernising platforms, building event-driven or distributed systems (valuable)
• Interest in care-sector tech with positive impact
• Previous care-sector experience not essential

• Collaborative problem-solving
• Mentoring and leadership
• Effective communicator across technical and non-technical stakeholders
• JavaScript/TypeScript
• Node.js
• APIs and backend services