Technical Lead

Acorn Recruitment Ltd
Formby, UK
1 day ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Compensation
£85,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

ASP.NET .NET Framework Microsoft Azure C Sharp (Programming Language) Cloud Computing Continuous Integration DevOps MongoDB Nginx RabbitMQ Redis Standard Sql
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Next.js TypeScript ReactJS Grafana Backend Git Build Management Kubernetes Sentry Front End Software Development Docker Microservices

Job description

  • Lead a multidisciplinary squad to deliver high-quality, production-ready software
  • Design and build scalable microservices in .NET and Azure
  • Contribute to the evolution of our microservice architecture and integration patterns
  • Collaborate with frontend developers working in React and Next.js to deliver seamless user experiences
  • Partner with product managers, BAs and designers to translate customer needs into clear technical plans
  • Work closely with QA and automation testers to ensure quality and reliability are built in from the start
  • Stay hands-on with code while mentoring developers and promoting best practices
  • Drive technical discussions, champion clean architecture and improve our engineering standards
  • Contribute to wider engineering initiatives, including developer experience and shared tooling

Technologies:

  • Azure
  • Backend
  • Cloud
  • Frontend
  • Support
  • React
  • microservices
  • ASP.NET
  • Architect
  • C#
  • CI/CD
  • DevOps
  • Docker
  • Git
  • Grafana
  • Kubernetes
  • MongoDB
  • Nginx
  • Project Manager
  • RabbitMQ
  • Redis
  • SQL
  • Sentry
  • TypeScript

Requirements

  • Proven experience leading software delivery within a microservice-based environment
  • Strong technical background in .NET and Azure
  • Comfortable working across the stack, with deeper expertise in backend systems
  • Experience mentoring and guiding developers in a collaborative, agile setup
  • Product-focused mindset with an understanding of trade-offs between speed, scalability and user experience
  • Excellent communicator who brings clarity and empathy to technical discussions
  • Passion for clean, maintainable code and continuous improvement
  • Curious and proactive, always looking for better ways to build, measure and deliver

Benefits & conditions

We are hiring a Technical Lead based at our Liverpool City Centre HQ with a hybrid working pattern of three days in the office. This is a permanent, full-time role offering a salary of £70,000 to £85,000 per annum depending on experience, with 37.5 working hours per week Monday to Friday. You will join a talented cross-functional squad working on modern, cloud-native software built on Azure and microservice architecture. We offer real autonomy, a supportive and transparent culture, opportunities for professional development, conferences and innovation time, and the chance to grow into staff, principal or architecture-focused leadership roles. We also support a collaborative workplace and can provide adjustments during the recruitment process or once you join the team.

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