Salary: £85,000 - 100,000 per year Requirements: We need strong experience building modern frontend applications with React and TypeScript in production environments. We need production experience with PHP/Laravel, even if you are not working with it currently. We value backend experience with Node.js or .NET Core. We are looking for a hands-on technical leader who enjoys staying close to engineering rather than moving into pure management. We need strong understanding of software craftsmanship, automated testing, and CI/CD. We want someone pragmatic, commercially aware, and comfortable balancing modernisation with real-world delivery pressures. Interest or experience using AI tooling within engineering workflows is important. React Native experience is a nice to have. Exposure to Azure and modern CI/CD tooling is a nice to have. Background in ecommerce, loyalty, fintech, marketplaces, or consumer-facing digital products is a nice to have. Responsibilities: We will rely on you to contribute around 80% hands-on development alongside technical leadership and mentoring to raise engineering standards and capability. We will expect you to lead architecture, design, and delivery across a modern full-stack environment centred around React, TypeScript, and Node.js. We need you to remain deeply hands-on in the codebase, solving complex engineering problems and leading by example. We will ask you to take ownership of a critical legacy PHP/Laravel platform, helping modernise it safely while keeping delivery momentum high. You will work closely with Product and UX to deliver customer-facing features through fast iteration and experimentation. We will look to you to drive best practices across clean architecture, testing, CI/CD, performance, and maintainability. You will help shape our adoption of AI-assisted and agentic development workflows. You will act as a senior technical voice within our wider engineering function, contributing to platform and architectural decisions. Technologies: AI Azure Backend CI/CD Frontend Laravel PHP React React Native TypeScript UX UI Design ASP.NET NodeJS Cloud CMS JavaScript microservices More: We are a fast-growing Manchester business rebuilding our technology capability from the ground up, and we are hiring a hands-on Tech Lead to drive one of our core product squads. This is a genuine engineering leadership role for someone who still loves being in the code. You will lead a cross-functional squad delivering customer-facing products used by millions of members across retail, rewards, and ecommerce-style digital experiences. We are investing heavily in product, engineering, AI tooling, and internal capability, giving you the opportunity to help shape both technical direction and engineering culture from an early stage. This is a hybrid role based in Manchester, with a salary of £85k to £100k depending on experience, plus a strong benefits package including private healthcare. We offer a collaborative, product-led environment that values speed, ownership, and low-ego teamwork, with real input into business direction through close work with senior leadership. last updated 21 week of 2026