Technical Lead – Full or Part time

Company: AutoTrader UK
Apply for the Technical Lead – Full or Part time
Location: Manchester
Job Description:

Overview

In this Technical Lead role, you steer engineering efforts with vision and practical know-how, guiding a diverse team to deliver robust software. You balance leadership with hands-on coding, shaping systems and architecture while mentoring others. You collaborate with leads to define a long-term technical vision and help recruit and grow talent. This role offers a collaborative, hybrid environment and the chance to influence a fast-growing automotive platform.

Pay / Benefits

  • salary 70k+
  • annual bonus via shares (10%)
  • 28 days holiday plus bank holidays
  • private medical cover
  • pension scheme with employer contributions
  • car salary sacrifice scheme

Responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor a diverse engineering team in an inclusive, high-performing environment
  • Deliver software projects efficiently by optimizing team output and collaboration
  • Contribute as an engineer through coding, design, and system shaping
  • Support recruitment by evaluating candidates and participating in hiring processes
  • Conduct code reviews and foster continuous learning and improvement culture
  • Collaborate with other leads to define and execute the long-term technical vision

Key requirements

  • Leadership in guiding and nurturing teams to reach their potential
  • Experience mentoring engineers and providing technical guidance
  • Software engineering background with comfort across languages and tools
  • Proven track record delivering technical projects
  • Strong collaboration and knowledge-sharing mindset
  • Web application design and RESTful API know-how in a microservices context
  • Structured programming approach (TDD) and expertise in architectural/system design
  • Proficiency with SQL/relational databases
  • collaboration
  • continuous improvement
  • communication
  • microservices architecture
  • RESTful APIs
  • web application design

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Posted: October 1st, 2026