Technical Lead (Python, AWS, Terraform Experience)

Overview

In this Tech Lead role, you steer multi-service delivery with hands-on coding and architectural oversight. You’ll drive high-quality software across diverse tech stacks, partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver transformative features for clients. You’ll shape technical strategy, champion quality, and mentor a high-performing team. This is a chance to influence digital services delivery while working across modern platforms and cloud infrastructure.

Pay / Benefits

• Hybrid working model
• 25 days holiday
• Private Medical Health care via Vitality
• Pension contribution
• Life Assurance
• Professional certifications supported

Responsibilities

• Lead technical teams and define architecture for multiple services
• Provide hands-on coding and contribute to design and development lifecycle
• Ensure best practices, QA, and quality across services
• Deliver end-to-end software projects from analysis to QA
• Collaborate with Product, UCD, and Delivery teams
• Mentor developers and foster a collaborative culture
• Balance technical, user, and business needs in decision-making
• Work with diverse technologies (Python, TypeScript, AWS/Azure, Terraform) across projects

Key requirements

• Experience leading technical teams with ability to define technical strategy and architecture
• Full-stack or backend background with Python and TypeScript
• Cloud infrastructure experience with AWS or Azure and Terraform (IaC)
• Experience delivering UK Government digital services and understanding GDS/NHS standards
• Strong collaborative leadership across multidisciplinary teams
• Excellent communication and ability to present to non-technical audiences
• Proven track record of driving QA, code reviews, and process improvement
• Experience end-to-end delivery and stakeholder management
• Mentoring and coaching developers, fostering high-performing teams
• Willingness to travel to client sites in the UK and right to work in the UK
• Hybrid working model acceptable

• Collaborative leadership
• Strong communication
• User-centered mindset
• Python
• TypeScript
• AWS

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