Sanderson are working with an ambitious SportsTech organisation that is embarking on a major greenfield platform rebuild and is looking for a hands-on Technical Lead to drive the project from both a technical and delivery perspective.
This role will take ownership of rebuilding a large-scale legacy platform using a modern React and Node stack, leading a newly formed engineering team while remaining close to the code and technical decision making. The organisation is particularly interested in individuals who actively embrace AI-assisted development practices and modern engineering workflows, with a strong interest in how AI tooling can accelerate delivery and improve engineering quality.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead the technical direction and architecture of a greenfield platform rebuild
* Remain hands-on across both React frontend and Node backend development
* Guide and mentor engineers within a newly formed product team
* Drive engineering standards, code quality, and delivery practices
* Collaborate closely with product, delivery, and leadership stakeholders
* Contribute to system design, scalability, security, and platform performance
* Champion modern development practices including AI-assisted engineering workflows
* Support technical planning, estimation, and delivery execution
Skills & Experience
1. Strong commercial e...