Technical Lead - #1775482

Pertemps


Date: 7 hours ago
City: Edinburgh
Contract type: Full time
Work schedule: Full day
Pertemps

Technical Lead – Contract

Edinburgh or Glasgow (Hybrid in office part of week)
37 hours per week | Start ASAP – 12-month contract
£500 per day | Outside IR35
Basic Disclosure required (£25)

Our client is seeking a skilled Technical Lead to support and enhance digital services across key sectors. You'll guide a cross-functional team, lead on new feature development and refactoring, and ensure the maintainability and resilience of digital platforms.


Key Responsibilities:



  • Lead feature development and backend refactoring using AWS and serverless tech

  • Design/document public APIs and ensure high-quality support for digital registers

  • Collaborate on product/technical roadmaps and backlog prioritisation

  • Promote and uphold best practices in architecture and engineering

  • Guide Agile delivery, continuous improvement, and system resilience

  • Mentor team members and support disaster recovery planning


Essential Skills & Experience:



  • Strong AWS expertise (CDK, Lambda, S3, API Gateway, Aurora/Postgres)

  • TypeScript, React, modern JS frameworks, HTML/CSS, accessibility

  • Experience leading high-performing development teams

  • Working knowledge of XP practices, Agile, DevOps, and CI/CD pipelines

  • Skilled in testing (e.g. Cypress), monitoring (Grafana), and IaC

  • Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills

Some out-of-hours work may be required to support service continuity.

Apply now to join a high-impact team delivering modern public sector digital services


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