Senior/Technical Lead – Cloud & Full-Stack
£70,000 | Hybrid (1–2 days per week in Birmingham)
A specialist engineering and software company at the forefront of rail innovation is hiring a Technical Lead to guide architecture, standards and best practice across a growing product team.
This is a hands‑on leadership role where you’ll shape technical direction, mentor engineers, and ensure scalable, maintainable software across a modern cloud stack.
The company develops advanced simulation and analytics software used globally to improve rail safety, efficiency and infrastructure planning — saving the industry millions each year and supporting safer passenger and freight transport.
The Role
You’ll act as the bridge between product, delivery and engineering — translating requirements into clear, scalable technical solutions while keeping technical debt under control.
This role blends
* Mentoring & technical leadership
Key Responsibilities
* Lead architecture across Node, React and .NET
* Design scalable SQL/NoSQL data solutions
* Own CI/CD standards and engineering quality
* Reduce technical debt and improve maintainability
* Translate product requirements into technical plans
* Support agile planning, estimation and refinement
* Mentor developers and raise coding standards
* Ensure solutions are secure, testable and observable
* Document architecture and share knowledge
Frontend: React, TypeScript
Data: SQL, MongoDB / NoSQL
What They’re Looking For
* 5+ years full-stack development
* 2+ years in a senior/lead role
* Experience mentoring engineers
* Strong understanding of scalable cloud architecture
* Experience with distributed systems, security and resilience
* Comfortable being hands‑on in the code
* Enhanced parental leave
* Performance bonus
* Flexible working (core hours 9–3)
* Training & mentoring from senior leadership
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