Software Engineering Tech Lead

AI Product Technology scale up hiring Tech Lead! Equity on offer, with amazing annual leave and the chance to future proof your career! MCS Group is partnering with a high-growth AI scale-up on a mission to build intelligent, scalable platforms powering next-gen products and agent-driven services.

They're now looking for a Software Engineering Tech Lead to take ownership of a talented software engineering team and drive the development of high-performance APIs, microservices, and cloud-native systems.

This is a hands-on leadership role - ideal for someone who enjoys setting technical direction while still being close to the code.

What you'll be doing:

• Leading and mentoring a team of backend engineers
• Designing and delivering scalable APIs and microservices
• Driving best practice across code quality, testing, and architecture
• Working closely with product and design to ship features at pace
• Owning cloud infrastructure across GCP and Kubernetes

What we're looking for:

• Strong backend experience with Node.js and TypeScript
• Proven track record leading engineering teams
• Solid cloud and containerisation experience (GCP, Kubernetes, Docker)
• Experience building reliable, scalable distributed systems

Nice to have:

• Exposure to AI/ML or event-driven architectures
• Experience with Python or frontend technologies

Salary

• Up to £90,000 plus equity and amazing annual leave.

To speak in absolute confidence about this opportunity, please send an up-to-date CV via the link provided or contact Chris Busby, Associate Director - IT Recruitment, at MCS Group

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