Lead Developer - Remote

Technical Lead • Salary Range: £115,000 - £125,000 • Location: London| Hybrid, 3 days in office Our client is a PE-backed, SaaS scale-up building a secure, cloud-based platform for a complex and highly regulated environment. A new Tech Lead I needed to help keep up with growing customer demand for their platform. This is an opportunity to take ownership of delivery, technical direction, and engineering operations within a small, high-agency team where your decisions will directly influence product scale, customer outcomes, and future hiring. The Technical Lead will combine hands-on engineering leadership, architecture, delivery management, and technical operations. The Technical Lead will: • Own technical delivery across an offshore engineering team, improving code quality, velocity, and performance • Own cloud production operations, including deployments, patching, incident resolution, and reporting • Hands-on experience of a broad technology stack including PostgreSQL, .NET, React Native, and AWS • Strong technical knowledge of cloud platforms, production operations, and secure software delivery • Experience using generative AI tools in software development, with sound judgement around quality and governance • Eligibility for UK Security Check clearance and availability to work in London three days per week A chance to improve how AI tools are used across planning, coding, testing, review, and operational workflows • A platform already live in a high-impact, regulated environment, with substantial room to scale • This Technical Lead role will suit someone who can bring structure without unnecessary process. You will work with an offshore delivery team to establish clear expectations around code review, testing, documentation, release quality, delivery throughput, and operational performance. You will also have the opportunity to assess where AI-assisted development can create measurable gains, from faster prototyping and automated testing through to stronger documentation and more effective engineering workflows. As the platform grows, you will help determine the right balance between outsourced expertise and in-house hiring. This includes identifying the engineering capabilities needed for the next phase, supporting recruitment where appropriate, and creating a delivery model that protects quality while increasing pace.