Technical Squad Lead
We’re on the lookout for a Technical Squad Lead whose passion for clean, scalable backend engineering matches their drive for leading brilliant engineers. If you thrive on solving complex problems, championing engineering excellence, and driving innovation across teams, this is your next move.
Responsibilities
* Designing and delivering efficient, scalable end‑to‑end applications.
* Writing high‑quality, well‑tested code that aligns with modern frameworks and engineering best practice.
* Leading engineers of all seniorities, setting goals and driving performance.
* Keeping applications secure, up to date, and fully aligned to our engineering policies.
* Driving DevEx improvements, CI/CD standardisation and automation.
* Owning the SDLC – collaborating closely with Test to ensure strong coverage and automation.
* Supporting architecture with design decisions, trade‑offs and solution evaluations.
* Prioritising and clearing technical debt.
* Delivering cost optimisation and driving adoption of AWS best practices.
* Managing repos, documentation, environments, pipelines and engineering hygiene.
* Running demos, championing innovation and pushing forward POCs.
Qualifications
* 8 years experience in backend software engineering.
* Deep experience with Java, Maven, Spring Boot, TypeScript.
* Strong understanding of REST APIs, WebSockets & cloud‑native engineering.
* Hands‑on expertise with AWS (EC2, ECS, Lambda, Fargate, CloudFormation, CDK).
* Solid grounding in CI/CD, DevOps automation and modern SDLC (Scrum, BDD, TDD).
* Experience leading engineers and driving delivery in agile environments.
* A passion for collaboration, coaching innovation and raising the engineering bar.
Benefits
* 50% discount on sending parcels through Evri.
* Cycle to Work scheme.
* Company funded Life Assurance.
* Employee Assistance Programme with free counselling.
* Retailer discounts.
* Great career progression.
* Up to 26 days holiday.
* Voluntary flexible benefits at discounted corporate rates.
About Us
Every parcel, every person, every place, every delivery made for you. Evri is leading the way in creating responsible delivery experiences for everyone everywhere. And we’re doing that by offering the most convenient way to send, receive and return parcels without costing the earth.
Whether it’s a customer sending a present to a friend, a marketplace trader shipping in bulk, or a major retailer such as John Lewis, Asos or Next, we’ve got it covered. With our team of 30,000 couriers, thousands of local ParcelShops and a growing network of hubs and depots across the country we safely get parcels from A to everywhere.
And it’s not just customers and retailers who trust us. We’ve won loads of industry awards over the past few years including gongs for IT innovation and our green fleet.
But we wouldn’t be the biggest dedicated parcel delivery company in the UK without amazing people. We’re a friendly, ambitious and diverse bunch united by a passion for delivering the best customer experience. We have great opportunities throughout the business so take a look to see where you might fit in. We can’t wait to hear from you.
Key Skills
* Administrative Skills
* Facilities Management
* Biotechnology
* Creative Production
* Design And Estimation
* Architecture
Additional Information
Employment Type: Full‑Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1
Yearly Salary: 50,001 – 999,999,999
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