Senior Technical Lead / Founding Engineer

We are looking for a Senior Technical Lead to join a founder-led business group and help build a range of internal and commercial software products.

This role will involve leading the development of new SaaS-style platforms, data-driven tools, dashboards, workflow systems, and AI-enabled automation products. You will also help develop tools for our established businesses, including reporting dashboards, operational systems, and automated workflows/agents that improve efficiency and decision-making.

This is not a standard developer role. We want someone who can take ideas and business goals and turn them into practical, scalable products. You will play a key role in shaping architecture, systems, development standards, and the overall technical direction, while working closely with the founder and a second developer.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the technical design and architecture of new internal and commercial software products
• Translate business ideas into structured development plans and phased deliverables
• Define the stack, coding standards, architecture, and development approach
• Build core systems across frontend, backend, database, and infrastructure
• Develop dashboards, workflow tools, internal systems, and AI-enabled process automation
• Help create reporting and operational tools for established businesses within the group
• Manage the codebase, deployment process, environments, and release structure
• Review and oversee the work of a second developer
• Ensure products are secure, scalable, maintainable, and well structured
• Use AI-assisted development tools effectively to improve delivery speed where appropriate

• Strong experience as a Senior Full-Stack Developer, Technical Lead, or similar senior hands-on role
• Proven track record building software products, internal systems, or tools from scratch
• Strong knowledge of frontend, backend, databases, cloud deployment, and system architecture
• Experience with dashboards, portals, workflow systems, admin tools, or automation platforms
• Comfortable making technical decisions and taking ownership of delivery
• Able to work directly with a founder and convert high-level ideas into practical solutions
• Strong communication skills and able to explain technical thinking clearly

Nice to Have

• Experience with data platforms, ETL, reporting systems, or business intelligence tools
• Experience with AI-assisted coding tools such as Cursor, Copilot, Claude, ChatGPT, or similar
• Experience with workflow automation, internal tools, or agent-based systems
• Experience in a founder-led or fast-moving business environment
• Experience developing multi-user SaaS products or internal operational platforms

What We're Looking For

We want someone who is:

• commercially minded
• practical and delivery-focused
• comfortable with ownership
• fast, but sensible
• good at turning ideas into systems
• able to lead technical execution without needing heavy supervision