🐾 Contract Tech Principal (Discovery Phase) — Greenfield Pet Wellness Startup
📍 UK (Remote or Hybrid)
💼 Contract (Outside IR35)
💷 £550-£600 per day
🧩 AWS, React Native, Typescript
⏱ Mid-November start (8 weeks, likely extension)
Time Zone: Requirement for some client calls in Florida USA outside of usual GMT.
We’re looking for an experienced Tech Principal / Solutions Architect to lead the Discovery Phase for a founder-led greenfield startup in the wellness for pet space!
This is an opportunity to define the technical direction from day one — shaping how the mobile app, web platform, and backend infrastructure fit together to bring an entirely new product to life. You’ll work closely with two founders, guiding them through key decisions on product, architecture, and delivery.
🌟 The Opportunity
This role sits at the intersection of strategy, architecture, and delivery. You’ll work alongside senior product and design leads to help define what gets built, how it’s built, and why — turning ambitious ideas into an actionable roadmap.
You’ll:
* Lead the technical discovery and architecture for the first phase of the product.
* Define system architecture, integration points, and technical documentation (ADRs, C4 diagrams, Draw.io, Miro, Lucidchart).
* Prototype and validate early experiences (mobile + web).
* Communicate complex technical topics in clear, founder-friendly language.
* Balance strategic thinking with hands-on tactical delivery during the discovery phase.
* Build a foundation that scales into a second build phase early next year.
🧠 What You’ll Bring
* Experience in software engineering, with recent years in principal, lead, or architect-level roles.
* Proven success delivering 0→1 mobile products in startup or innovation environments.
* Hands-on experience with AWS, TypeScript, React Native, and modern web stacks (including eCommerce or CMS integrations).
* Strong grounding in solution architecture, API design, and cloud infrastructure.
* Experience communicating architectural decisions clearly to non-technical founders.
* Confidence working across backend, frontend, mobile, and integration layers.
* Pragmatic, delivery-minded, and collaborative — someone who gets things done while bringing people along.
👉 Apply now or message me directly to learn more.