Technical Lead

Developer/Technical Lead – Technology

Location & Work Type

West Yorkshire – Initially based in Bradford, moving to Leeds Valley Park (summer 2026). Hybrid working 1-2 days in office per week (Bradford/Leeds). Permanent, 37 hours per week, Monday–Friday.

Benefits

• Competitive salary: £57,156 – £71,445 depending on experience
• Annual incentive bonus up to £1,000
• Attractive pension scheme, up to 12% company contribution
• Development opportunities via Technical Lead progression plan
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, plus 2 wellness days
• Life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary
• Health cash plan scheme, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, life assurance flex, partner cover
• Retail savings scheme
• Online GP service, cycle to work scheme, gym membership discounts and more

Responsibilities

• Act as Technical Lead on large or complex projects, owning end‑to‑end solution design and ensuring alignment with architectural principles
• Manage risks and oversee delivery quality
• Balance coding with people leadership, including running 1:1s, performance reviews, and mentoring direct reports
• Ensure effective documentation, operational readiness, and seamless handover into support
• Lead investigations into performance issues or outages and help ensure smooth transitions into BAU
• Shape and influence technology strategy roadmaps, championing best practice and driving high‑quality solutions
• Stay up to date with emerging technology and bring fresh ideas on how to use it to improve services
• Encourage innovation, share expertise, and help grow skills and resilience of the wider team
• Work closely with technology partners to ensure great service, value for money, and continuous improvement

Qualifications

• Strong technical leadership skills with experience building applications with C# .NET (including .NET 3.5/4.8, .NET Core) and SQL Server
• Confident writing and optimising SQL queries, scripts, and stored procedures
• Practical experience with Octopus Deploy, Azure Pipelines, and RESTful APIs
• Solid understanding of clean code practices, Agile delivery, and thorough code review
• Able to troubleshoot production issues and improve or refactor legacy codebases
• Excellent communicator capable of simplifying complex technical concepts for all audiences
• Proven leadership experience managing and developing engineering teams

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