Product Engineering Team Lead

Reference: 51251

Product Engineering Team Lead

Paddington, London
3 days onsite
90,000 base + benefits
Overview

Our client is looking for a Product Engineering Team Lead to join a client-facing engineering organisation delivering large-scale digital solutions for enterprise customers.
This role combines technical leadership, stakeholder management and people leadership while remaining hands-on with architecture and solution design.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering teams of approximately 10-40 people

• Provide technical direction across delivery teams

• Contribute to architecture, design and technology decisions

• Work directly with clients and stakeholders on requirements, delivery planning and technical solutions

• Manage technical risks, dependencies and delivery challenges

• Support engineers through mentoring, coaching and technical guidance

• Ensure solutions are delivered to high engineering standards

Technical Background

The client is looking for someone who is an expert in:

• Java

• Spring Boot

• React

Along with strong experience in:

• Microservices

• Cloud technologies

• APIs and integrations

• Modern software delivery practices

Candidates with broader technology exposure beyond their primary stack and are comfortable discussing architecture, cloud, DevOps, infrastructure, security and engineering governance when needed would have an advantage.

Stakeholder & Client Leadership

A significant part of the role involves working directly with clients.
The successful candidate will be expected to:

• Manage stakeholder expectations

• Explain technical trade-offs and delivery constraints

• Challenge unrealistic timelines or requirements when necessary

• Defend technical recommendations and proposed solutions

• Act as the technical authority in client discussions