Contract Tech Lead - Fullstack (Java/React)

We are seeking a Technical lead (hands-on Architect and Engineering Leader) to lead on a complex modernisation programme., * Technology Engineering Leadership: You have a proven track record of leading complex software engineering engagements. You excel at navigating enterprise-scale problem-solving, turning technical challenges into opportunities.

• Stakeholder Management: You are a master of client-facing delivery. You can translate complex architectures into tangible business value.
• Hands-on Mindset: You are comfortable leading engagements from the front. You bring a bias for technical delivery and are ready to roll up your sleeves when it matters, helping teams succeed.

Your Strategic Mindset:

• Quality Advocate: You take personal pride in the integrity of your work. You champion quality assurance, security, and performance as a mindset - ensuring the solutions we build for clients are robust, reliable, and respected.
• Industry Stewardship: You are a lifelong learner who keeps a pulse on industry standards, emerging software engineering patterns, platforms, and best practices.

Do you have experience in Test-driven development?, * You lead by example. While your primary focus is client delivery, you maintain the technical depth required to guide work end-to-end from initial architecture through to production and operational run

• Engineering: Full stack experience across several languages & data including; Java and React. An advanced understanding of engineering practices such as pair programming, TDD, security by design, observability, resiliency and disaster recovery, AI use in development with tools like CoPilot/Claude, and a general shift left approach.
• Cloud Experience: You possess expertise across the Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud ecosystem, adopting cloud-native approaches like serverless and event-driven architectures, and managing diverse Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) workloads. Your approach is strongly guided by the Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) and the Well-Architected Framework (WAF).
• DevOps Practices: You are fluent in CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and container orchestration, with hands-on experience across a broad technology range.
• Security & Governance: You understand Zero Trust architecture principles and have practical experience with compliance, FinOps, observability, BCDR, monitoring, logging, and SIEM.
• Architecture Design: You produce clear, considered architectural documentation, HLDs, LLDs, ADRs, and can lead solutions workshops, articulating complex ideas confidently to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Certifications: Hold, or be willing to achieve, relevant solutions-focussed certifications (e.g. Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or similar).

AND Digital are a tech company focused on accelerating digital delivery and dedicated to closing the digital skills gap. We've been helping organisations build better digital products and stronger digital teams since 2014. We believe our work should always make a remarkable impact for our clients. We do this through our regional offices (or 'Clubs') building strong relationships with our partners, so that they are always prioritised by a team within close proximity. This unique model has driven success for our clients and ourselves, evidenced by our remarkable organic growth since 2014. Today we number more than 1,300 people with Clubs all over the UK, Europe and the USA with plans for global expansion in the next couple of years. Join us - and help us fulfil our mission to close the world's digital skills gap.