Senior Software Engineer Technical Lead

Not every leadership role has to mean stepping away from engineering.

My client is a fast-growing eCommerce business investing heavily in its technology platform and engineering team. They're looking for a Technical Lead who enjoys solving complex technical problems, designing scalable systems and writing production code, whilst helping a small team of engineers perform at their best.

This is a genuine hands‑on leadership role where you'll influence architecture, engineering standards and technical direction without becoming a full‑time people manager.

If you're the person your team relies on for the toughest technical challenges and you're ready to take on greater ownership, this could be the perfect next step.

Working closely with senior technology leadership, you'll help shape the future of the engineering function whilst remaining actively involved in day‑to‑day software development.

You'll be responsible for:

• Providing technical leadership to a team of four Software Engineers.
• Remaining hands‑on, writing clean, scalable production code.
• Designing robust architectures and technical solutions.
• Leading code reviews and improving engineering quality.
• Championing best practices across testing, CI/CD and software delivery.
• Working closely with Product and stakeholders to deliver business‑critical features.
• Mentoring engineers and helping develop technical capability across the team.
• Contributing to recruitment and the continued growth of the engineering function.
• Node.js
• Type Script
• React
• AWS
• Serverless technologies
• REST APIs
• CI/CD
• Third‑party integrations

You could currently be working as a:

• Technical Lead
• Lead Software Engineer
• Senior Software Engineer
• Principal Engineer
• Hands‑on Engineering Manager

The important thing is that you're still passionate about software engineering and want to remain technically involved whilst taking ownership of technical direction and mentoring others.

Experience with in Shopify or eCommerce would be highly beneficial, although engineers from retail, logistics or other high‑volume customer‑facing platforms would also be of strong interest.

• 10% annual bonus
• Hybrid working (4 days onsite in Manchester)
• Birthday off
• Enhanced pension
• Free on‑site gym

This is an opportunity to join a business where technology is central to its future growth. You'll have genuine influence over architecture, engineering standards and the direction of the platform whilst continuing to do what you enjoy most—building great software.