Technical Lead

Title: Technical Lead (Payments)

Below covers everything you need to know about what this opportunity entails, as well as what is expected from applicants.
Salary: £90,000 - £95,000 + 10% Cash Benefit + 10% Pension
Location: Fully Remote (UK)
Are you an experienced Tech Lead or Engineering Lead who enjoys driving technical direction, leading high-performing agile teams, and shaping scalable backend platforms?
We're partnering with a fast-growing product-led technology business looking for a senior technology leader to oversee a backend engineering function delivering highly scalable, customer-facing products used at scale.
This role is primarily leadership and architecture focused (approximately 80% hands-off / 20% hands-on), ideal for someone who enjoys mentoring engineers, guiding delivery, influencing architecture, and working closely with product and business stakeholders.
What You'll Be Doing
Leading and mentoring an agile engineering squad of 10+ engineers
Driving technical delivery across backend services and platform initiatives
Providing architecture oversight and ensuring scalable, resilient solution design
Working closely with Product, Delivery and Engineering leadership on roadmap planning and execution
Championing engineering best practices, quality standards and continuous improvement
Supporting technical decision-making, code reviews and high-level solution design
Helping shape team structure, delivery processes and technical strategy
Acting as a senior technical stakeholder across the wider business
What We're Looking For
Proven experience leading engineering squads or agile delivery teams
Strong background in backend engineering and distributed systems
Experience providing architecture guidance and technical oversight
Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
Strong understanding of agile delivery methodologies
Ideally experience within financial services, fintech, or payments environments
Tech Environment (Nice to Have)
Node. xwzovoh js / TypeScript
AWS cloud environments
REST APIs and event-driven architectures
CI/CD and modern engineering practices
What's On Offer
Salary up to £95,000 plus 10% Cash Benfit
Discretionary Bonus
Fully remote working within the UK
30 days holiday plus bank holidays
12 month Paternity/Maternity Cover
10% pension
Private medical cover
Fast-moving 2-stage interview process
This is an excellent opportunity for a senior technical leader who wants to remain close to technology while focusing primarily on leadership, architecture, delivery, and team enablement.
If you're interested in this role or know someone who would be, then please apply to this advert and reach out to c.winchcomb@ .uk