Lead TypeScript Engineer
Remote (must be UK based)
£80,000-90,000
No sponsorship available
Futureheads are partnered exclusively with an established eCommerce client within the sports industry, who are looking for a skilled Lead TypeScript Engineer to drive the evolution of their platform, building scalable cloud-native applications in Typescript.
This is a strategic and hands on role, where you will have the opportunity to lead on architectural decisions, define and enforce best practices, and own testing strategy across an event-driven, serverless-first platform.
Key Responsibilities:
* Lead the design, implementation, and optimisation of high-quality, event-driven cloud services using AWS and TypeScript.
* Collaborate closely with DevOps, Frontend, and Backend teams to align on architecture, service design, and developer workflows.
* Support and lead platform-wide initiatives to for security, observability, testing and reliability.
* Guide and own architectural decisions across services and systems.
* Build and mentor a high-performing team, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.
* Partner with stakeholders to streamline developer experience — including onboarding, tooling, and documentation.
Experience we are interested in:
* Building distributed systems and cloud-native applications in Typescript
* Deep understanding of AWS services, especially serverless and event driven components (e.g. Lambda, EventBridge, Step Functions, DynamoDB)
* Designing and maintaining production grade services and infrastructure.
* Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferably)
* Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, etc.)
* Understanding of cloud-native testing strategies and quality automation
* Have led engineering initiatives that improve reliability, scalability, and delivery velocity
* Excellent communication skills