Fanatics
Senior Staff Engineer Tech Lead- iCasino (UK - Remote) United Kingdom (Remote) Job Description As a Senior Staff Engineer Tech Lead at Fanatics, you are both a hands-on technical expert and a driving force behind the success of your team. You lead by influence-aligning engineers, product managers, designers, and backend partners to deliver exceptional customer-facing experiences with speed, quality, and purpose. You combine deep technical expertise with strong communication and relationship-building skills to guide the team through complex challenges, balance priorities, and maintain a high-performing, well-oiled product. You will operate at both strategic and implementation levels-owning, designing and evolving robust Backend-For-Frontend (BFF) solutions that power personalisation and content delivery across our platforms. You are responsible for the scalability, performance, and long-term technical direction of the BFF layer that enables our mobile and web client experiences, while fostering collaboration across organizations to move the business forward. Your leadership sets the tone for excellence, reliability, and teamwork. We own the iCasino experience across Fanatics platforms-including the Standalone Casino App, iCasino within our Fanatics Sportsbook & Casino App, and the Casino Desktop website. Each of these experiences is powered by Kotlin Multiplatform, and the BFF plays a critical role in delivering high-quality, consistent, and fast-paced innovation across all ecosystems. Our ambition is to build the top online casinos in the U.S-fun, dynamic, personalised, entertainment-focused products built with cutting-edge mobile technology. Responsibilities Lead the team in delivering high-impact customer-facing capabilities within the BFF, maintaining platform quality, guiding engineers through technical and execution decisions. Collaborate across engineering, product, design, and backend organizations to align goals, unblock dependencies, and ensure successful delivery. Drive the design, development, testing, and deployment of high quality, stable and scalable BFF services in Java and Kotlin that power Android, iOS, and web experiences. Balance short-term delivery needs with long-term architectural vision, ensuring maintainable, performant, and reusable service patterns. Lead feature delivery end-to-end, from ideation through launch and iteration, ensuring quality and velocity across platforms. Set and uphold engineering standards, development principles, and best practices for API design, service architecture, and BFF patterns. Champion collaboration and relationship-building within the team and across partner orgs, acting as a trusted technical liaison. Participate in sprint planning, architecture discussions, and design reviews, contributing technical insight and organizational leadership. Drive operational excellence-monitoring reliability, test coverage, and observability, and ensuring issues are resolved with ownership and urgency. Mentor engineers across multiple levels and platforms, modeling proactive communication, problem-solving, and accountability. Be open to occasional travel to Fanatics offices or events for planning, collaboration, and team-building activities. Required Qualifications More than 10 years of experience building and maintaining production distributed systems. Deep expertise in Java and/or Kotlin and Spring Boot, with experience designing scalable APIs and service layers. Experience building or evolving Backend-for-Frontend (BFF) or client-facing service architectures. Experience partnering closely with mobile or web client teams to deliver performant, user-centric APIs. Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional efforts and drive execution across teams without direct authority. Excellent communication and collaboration skills-able to translate technical strategy into clear, actionable team direction. Proven success in Agile/SCRUM environments, balancing delivery speed with quality. A hands-on builder with a team-first mindset and a passion for coaching and elevating others. A Bachelor's degree, or professional certification, or a combination of education and experience Preferred Qualifications Production experience with Kotlin in backend systems, or demonstrated interest in adopting Kotlin where appropriate. Experience in sports, gaming, fintech, or other regulated, high-velocity environments. Passion for developer experience, performance optimization, and platform tooling. Strong focus on clean API design, service maintainability, and scalable architecture patterns. Not sure if you check every box? If you're excited about this role, Kotlin Multiplatform, and building best-in-class mobile experiences, we encourage you to apply-even if you don't meet every single qualification. We value passion, curiosity, and a growth mindset, and we believe great engineers come from diverse backgrounds and paths. Please note, you do need to be living in the UK for this position and we do NOT offer sponsorship. About Us Fanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform. We ignite the passions of global sports fans and maximize the presence and reach for our hundreds of sports partners globally by offering products and services across Fanatics Commerce, Fanatics Collectibles, and Fanatics Betting & Gaming, allowing sports fans to Buy, Collect, and Bet. Through the Fanatics platform, sports fans can buy licensed fan gear, jerseys, lifestyle and streetwear products, headwear, and hardgoods; collect physical and digital trading cards, sports memorabilia, and other digital assets; and bet as the company builds its Sportsbook and iGaming platform. Fanatics has an established database of over 100 million global sports fans; a global partner network with approximately 900 sports properties, including major national and international professional sports leagues, players associations, teams, colleges, college conferences and retail partners, 2,500 athletes and celebrities, and 200 exclusive athletes; and over 2,000 retail locations, including its Lids retail stores. Our more than 22,000 employees are committed to relentlessly enhancing the fan experience and delighting sports fans globally. About the Team Launched in 2021, Fanatics Betting and Gaming is the online and retail sports betting subsidiary of Fanatics, a global digital sports platform. The Fanatics Sportsbook is available to 95% of the addressable online sports bettor market in the U.S. Fanatics Casino is currently available online in Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Fanatics Betting and Gaming operates twenty-two retail sports betting locations, including the only sportsbook inside an NFL stadium at Northwest Stadium. Fanatics Betting and Gaming is headquartered in New York with offices in Denver, Leeds and Dublin. Job Info Posting Date 03/03/2026, 09:03 PM Locations Richmond House, Leeds, LS16 6QY, GB (Remote)
Senior Staff Engineer Tech Lead- iCasino (UK - Remote) United Kingdom (Remote) Job Description As a Senior Staff Engineer Tech Lead at Fanatics, you are both a hands-on technical expert and a driving force behind the success of your team. You lead by influence-aligning engineers, product managers, designers, and backend partners to deliver exceptional customer-facing experiences with speed, quality, and purpose. You combine deep technical expertise with strong communication and relationship-building skills to guide the team through complex challenges, balance priorities, and maintain a high-performing, well-oiled product. You will operate at both strategic and implementation levels-owning, designing and evolving robust Backend-For-Frontend (BFF) solutions that power personalisation and content delivery across our platforms. You are responsible for the scalability, performance, and long-term technical direction of the BFF layer that enables our mobile and web client experiences, while fostering collaboration across organizations to move the business forward. Your leadership sets the tone for excellence, reliability, and teamwork. We own the iCasino experience across Fanatics platforms-including the Standalone Casino App, iCasino within our Fanatics Sportsbook & Casino App, and the Casino Desktop website. Each of these experiences is powered by Kotlin Multiplatform, and the BFF plays a critical role in delivering high-quality, consistent, and fast-paced innovation across all ecosystems. Our ambition is to build the top online casinos in the U.S-fun, dynamic, personalised, entertainment-focused products built with cutting-edge mobile technology. Responsibilities Lead the team in delivering high-impact customer-facing capabilities within the BFF, maintaining platform quality, guiding engineers through technical and execution decisions. Collaborate across engineering, product, design, and backend organizations to align goals, unblock dependencies, and ensure successful delivery. Drive the design, development, testing, and deployment of high quality, stable and scalable BFF services in Java and Kotlin that power Android, iOS, and web experiences. Balance short-term delivery needs with long-term architectural vision, ensuring maintainable, performant, and reusable service patterns. Lead feature delivery end-to-end, from ideation through launch and iteration, ensuring quality and velocity across platforms. Set and uphold engineering standards, development principles, and best practices for API design, service architecture, and BFF patterns. Champion collaboration and relationship-building within the team and across partner orgs, acting as a trusted technical liaison. Participate in sprint planning, architecture discussions, and design reviews, contributing technical insight and organizational leadership. Drive operational excellence-monitoring reliability, test coverage, and observability, and ensuring issues are resolved with ownership and urgency. Mentor engineers across multiple levels and platforms, modeling proactive communication, problem-solving, and accountability. Be open to occasional travel to Fanatics offices or events for planning, collaboration, and team-building activities. Required Qualifications More than 10 years of experience building and maintaining production distributed systems. Deep expertise in Java and/or Kotlin and Spring Boot, with experience designing scalable APIs and service layers. Experience building or evolving Backend-for-Frontend (BFF) or client-facing service architectures. Experience partnering closely with mobile or web client teams to deliver performant, user-centric APIs. Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional efforts and drive execution across teams without direct authority. Excellent communication and collaboration skills-able to translate technical strategy into clear, actionable team direction. Proven success in Agile/SCRUM environments, balancing delivery speed with quality. A hands-on builder with a team-first mindset and a passion for coaching and elevating others. A Bachelor's degree, or professional certification, or a combination of education and experience Preferred Qualifications Production experience with Kotlin in backend systems, or demonstrated interest in adopting Kotlin where appropriate. Experience in sports, gaming, fintech, or other regulated, high-velocity environments. Passion for developer experience, performance optimization, and platform tooling. Strong focus on clean API design, service maintainability, and scalable architecture patterns. Not sure if you check every box? If you're excited about this role, Kotlin Multiplatform, and building best-in-class mobile experiences, we encourage you to apply-even if you don't meet every single qualification. We value passion, curiosity, and a growth mindset, and we believe great engineers come from diverse backgrounds and paths. Please note, you do need to be living in the UK for this position and we do NOT offer sponsorship. About Us Fanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform. We ignite the passions of global sports fans and maximize the presence and reach for our hundreds of sports partners globally by offering products and services across Fanatics Commerce, Fanatics Collectibles, and Fanatics Betting & Gaming, allowing sports fans to Buy, Collect, and Bet. Through the Fanatics platform, sports fans can buy licensed fan gear, jerseys, lifestyle and streetwear products, headwear, and hardgoods; collect physical and digital trading cards, sports memorabilia, and other digital assets; and bet as the company builds its Sportsbook and iGaming platform. Fanatics has an established database of over 100 million global sports fans; a global partner network with approximately 900 sports properties, including major national and international professional sports leagues, players associations, teams, colleges, college conferences and retail partners, 2,500 athletes and celebrities, and 200 exclusive athletes; and over 2,000 retail locations, including its Lids retail stores. Our more than 22,000 employees are committed to relentlessly enhancing the fan experience and delighting sports fans globally. About the Team Launched in 2021, Fanatics Betting and Gaming is the online and retail sports betting subsidiary of Fanatics, a global digital sports platform. The Fanatics Sportsbook is available to 95% of the addressable online sports bettor market in the U.S. Fanatics Casino is currently available online in Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Fanatics Betting and Gaming operates twenty-two retail sports betting locations, including the only sportsbook inside an NFL stadium at Northwest Stadium. Fanatics Betting and Gaming is headquartered in New York with offices in Denver, Leeds and Dublin. Job Info Posting Date 03/03/2026, 09:03 PM Locations Richmond House, Leeds, LS16 6QY, GB (Remote)
Project Eleven
About Project Eleven Project Eleven is an applied lab of builders and technologists working at the intersection of quantum computing and cryptography. We build impactful solutions that push the digital-asset ecosystem to a more secure future. Our focus is post-quantum migration: upgrading wallets, identity, and settlement rails to quantum-safe primitives without breaking UX, composability, and developer workflows. Our mission is to future-proof digital assets and preserve self-sovereignty in a post-quantum world. We do that by building the canonical tooling and products teams can adopt: crypto agile infrastructure, reference implementations, and integrations that fit real constraints like latency, cost, compatibility, key rotation, and recovery. We work with leading ecosystems to make this migration real through products we build, audits, testnets, and cutting edge research. The vision we are have is clear: a proven upgrade path, production ready tooling and users retaining control of their assets and identity, before CRQC exists. The role We're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our growing Product Engineering team. As a Backend Engineer, you'll play a pivotal role in helping to build the canonical tools and products to protect digital assets and preserve self sovereignty in a post quantum world. This role is a full time, fully remote position in Europe (GMT to GMT+2). What you'll be responsible for Own and evolve a security critical core library used by multiple applications and runtimes Design, implement, and maintain execution logic for blockchain transactions, signing flows, and protocol interactions Build and maintain robust abstractions over blockchain RPCs, transaction construction, and network interactions Enforce strict security boundaries around key handling, signing, and cryptographic operations Define and uphold API stability guarantees, versioning strategy, and backward compatibility policies Contribute to internal security standards, documentation, and engineering best practices What you bring Strong proficiency in Rust & Typescript (ideally both) Experience building performant backend services, APIs and libraries at production scale Practical experience in Web3 development e.g. Ethereum JSON RPC, Viem/Ethers, Contract ABIs, call encoding/decoding etc Good knowledge of CI/CD, service deployments, containerisation Strong security knowledge e.g. authentication/authorization, signature verification, secrets management, encryption (especially post quantum) High competency with automated testing e.g. unit, integration and e2e testing Strong English communication What we'd love to see Understanding of ERC 4337 smart wallet patterns e.g. EOA vs AA concepts, multisig basics, validation flows, bundlers/paymasters Experience with frontend development in React (or similar) Experience with iOS development or mobile development using React Native Experience developing and maintaining protocols Experience with decentralised identity, DIDComm, encrypted messaging protocols Open source contributions to Web3, Account Abstraction, Decentralised identity, Cryptography Equal Opportunity We are committed to equal employment opportunity and believe that diverse teams build better products. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to any protected characteristic under applicable law.
About Project Eleven Project Eleven is an applied lab of builders and technologists working at the intersection of quantum computing and cryptography. We build impactful solutions that push the digital-asset ecosystem to a more secure future. Our focus is post-quantum migration: upgrading wallets, identity, and settlement rails to quantum-safe primitives without breaking UX, composability, and developer workflows. Our mission is to future-proof digital assets and preserve self-sovereignty in a post-quantum world. We do that by building the canonical tooling and products teams can adopt: crypto agile infrastructure, reference implementations, and integrations that fit real constraints like latency, cost, compatibility, key rotation, and recovery. We work with leading ecosystems to make this migration real through products we build, audits, testnets, and cutting edge research. The vision we are have is clear: a proven upgrade path, production ready tooling and users retaining control of their assets and identity, before CRQC exists. The role We're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our growing Product Engineering team. As a Backend Engineer, you'll play a pivotal role in helping to build the canonical tools and products to protect digital assets and preserve self sovereignty in a post quantum world. This role is a full time, fully remote position in Europe (GMT to GMT+2). What you'll be responsible for Own and evolve a security critical core library used by multiple applications and runtimes Design, implement, and maintain execution logic for blockchain transactions, signing flows, and protocol interactions Build and maintain robust abstractions over blockchain RPCs, transaction construction, and network interactions Enforce strict security boundaries around key handling, signing, and cryptographic operations Define and uphold API stability guarantees, versioning strategy, and backward compatibility policies Contribute to internal security standards, documentation, and engineering best practices What you bring Strong proficiency in Rust & Typescript (ideally both) Experience building performant backend services, APIs and libraries at production scale Practical experience in Web3 development e.g. Ethereum JSON RPC, Viem/Ethers, Contract ABIs, call encoding/decoding etc Good knowledge of CI/CD, service deployments, containerisation Strong security knowledge e.g. authentication/authorization, signature verification, secrets management, encryption (especially post quantum) High competency with automated testing e.g. unit, integration and e2e testing Strong English communication What we'd love to see Understanding of ERC 4337 smart wallet patterns e.g. EOA vs AA concepts, multisig basics, validation flows, bundlers/paymasters Experience with frontend development in React (or similar) Experience with iOS development or mobile development using React Native Experience developing and maintaining protocols Experience with decentralised identity, DIDComm, encrypted messaging protocols Open source contributions to Web3, Account Abstraction, Decentralised identity, Cryptography Equal Opportunity We are committed to equal employment opportunity and believe that diverse teams build better products. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to any protected characteristic under applicable law.
Project Eleven
About Project Eleven Project Eleven is an applied lab of builders and technologists working at the intersection of quantum computing and cryptography. We build impactful solutions that push the digital-asset ecosystem to a more secure future. Our focus is post-quantum migration: upgrading wallets, identity, and settlement rails to quantum-safe primitives without breaking UX, composability, and developer workflows. Our mission is to future-proof digital assets and preserve self-sovereignty in a post-quantum world. We do that by building the canonical tooling and products teams can adopt: crypto-agile infrastructure, reference implementations, and integrations that fit real constraints like latency, cost, compatibility, key rotation, and recovery. We work with leading ecosystems to make this migration real through products we build, audits, testnets, and cutting edge research. The vision we are have is clear: a proven upgrade path, production-ready tooling and users retaining control of their assets and identity, before a cryptographically-relevant quantum computer exists. The role We're looking for a Research Engineer to join our growing R&D Engineering team. As a Research Engineer, you'll take part in cutting-edge research and development paving the way for products that protect digital assets and preserve self-sovereignty in a post-quantum world. This role is a full-time, fully remote position in Europe (GMT to GMT+2). What you'll be responsible for Research, design and build high-fidelity proof-of-concepts for upcoming features Serve as a bridge to the Product Engineering team, providing cryptographic guidance, code reviews, and troubleshooting for complex protocol-level issues Uphold rigorous security standards and best-practice cryptographic principles before they transition to production Own and maintain key R&D initiatives and drive community contributions Work closely with clients and partners, helping them to navigate and implement post-quantum migrations Monitor the evolving blockchain and post-quantum cryptography landscape, identifying emerging threats or new primitives for adoption Translate complex concepts into digestible technical blog posts, documentation, and whitepapers solidifying P11's thought leadership in the space What you bring Strong experience in Rust. You'll be expected to work on performance-critical research or protocol-level code. Strong proficiency in a similar systems programming language may also be acceptable Experience writing, testing, and deploying secure smart contracts in Solidity Experience building robust applications or tooling in TypeScript. You should be comfortable using TypeScript to model complex logic and interact with cryptographic libraries Demonstrable experience writing clean, secure code that was shipped to a production system in a Web3 company Deep understanding of cryptographic primitives (hashes, signatures, encryption) and their practical implementation/limitations Comprehensive understanding of EVM internals, cross-chain dynamics, and the broader modular/L2 ecosystem Demonstrated excellence in problem solving, e.g. hard problems solved in a company, high achievements in academic problem solving, hackathon wins Strong technical writing skills. The ability to explain "why it matters" to a non-technical audience and "how it works" to a technical one Public contributions to the blockchain ecosystem, e.g. blog posts, valuable forum engagement, valuable social media contributions, useful open source projects What we'd love to see Understanding of ERC-4337 smart wallet patterns e.g. EOA vs AA concepts, multisig basics, validation flows, bundlers/paymasters Experience with frontend development in React (or similar) Experience with post-quantum cryptography schemes Experience developing and maintaining protocols Experience with decentralised identity, DIDComm, encrypted messaging protocols Experience using AI to maximize work efficiency Experience with formal verification Equal Opportunity We are committed to equal employment opportunity and believe that diverse teams build better products. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to any protected characteristic under applicable law.
About Project Eleven Project Eleven is an applied lab of builders and technologists working at the intersection of quantum computing and cryptography. We build impactful solutions that push the digital-asset ecosystem to a more secure future. Our focus is post-quantum migration: upgrading wallets, identity, and settlement rails to quantum-safe primitives without breaking UX, composability, and developer workflows. Our mission is to future-proof digital assets and preserve self-sovereignty in a post-quantum world. We do that by building the canonical tooling and products teams can adopt: crypto-agile infrastructure, reference implementations, and integrations that fit real constraints like latency, cost, compatibility, key rotation, and recovery. We work with leading ecosystems to make this migration real through products we build, audits, testnets, and cutting edge research. The vision we are have is clear: a proven upgrade path, production-ready tooling and users retaining control of their assets and identity, before a cryptographically-relevant quantum computer exists. The role We're looking for a Research Engineer to join our growing R&D Engineering team. As a Research Engineer, you'll take part in cutting-edge research and development paving the way for products that protect digital assets and preserve self-sovereignty in a post-quantum world. This role is a full-time, fully remote position in Europe (GMT to GMT+2). What you'll be responsible for Research, design and build high-fidelity proof-of-concepts for upcoming features Serve as a bridge to the Product Engineering team, providing cryptographic guidance, code reviews, and troubleshooting for complex protocol-level issues Uphold rigorous security standards and best-practice cryptographic principles before they transition to production Own and maintain key R&D initiatives and drive community contributions Work closely with clients and partners, helping them to navigate and implement post-quantum migrations Monitor the evolving blockchain and post-quantum cryptography landscape, identifying emerging threats or new primitives for adoption Translate complex concepts into digestible technical blog posts, documentation, and whitepapers solidifying P11's thought leadership in the space What you bring Strong experience in Rust. You'll be expected to work on performance-critical research or protocol-level code. Strong proficiency in a similar systems programming language may also be acceptable Experience writing, testing, and deploying secure smart contracts in Solidity Experience building robust applications or tooling in TypeScript. You should be comfortable using TypeScript to model complex logic and interact with cryptographic libraries Demonstrable experience writing clean, secure code that was shipped to a production system in a Web3 company Deep understanding of cryptographic primitives (hashes, signatures, encryption) and their practical implementation/limitations Comprehensive understanding of EVM internals, cross-chain dynamics, and the broader modular/L2 ecosystem Demonstrated excellence in problem solving, e.g. hard problems solved in a company, high achievements in academic problem solving, hackathon wins Strong technical writing skills. The ability to explain "why it matters" to a non-technical audience and "how it works" to a technical one Public contributions to the blockchain ecosystem, e.g. blog posts, valuable forum engagement, valuable social media contributions, useful open source projects What we'd love to see Understanding of ERC-4337 smart wallet patterns e.g. EOA vs AA concepts, multisig basics, validation flows, bundlers/paymasters Experience with frontend development in React (or similar) Experience with post-quantum cryptography schemes Experience developing and maintaining protocols Experience with decentralised identity, DIDComm, encrypted messaging protocols Experience using AI to maximize work efficiency Experience with formal verification Equal Opportunity We are committed to equal employment opportunity and believe that diverse teams build better products. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to any protected characteristic under applicable law.
Mexa Solutions LTD
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Tech Lead / Lead Developer £60,000 to £70,000 Central Glasgow, hybrid working, 1 to 2 days a week in the office Ready to lead, but not ready to stop building? A lot of "Tech Lead" roles are code for more meetings, more process, and less actual development. This isn't one of them. This is a chance to step into a hands-on leadership role with a financially strong SaaS product house, building software used across the UK public and private sector. Their platforms support real-world services at scale, and their Glasgow development hub is growing around modern engineering, not legacy chaos. If you enjoy setting direction, mentoring good people, and still being close to the code, this one is well worth a look. Your new role You'll provide technical direction to the team, support other developers day to day, and lead by example through hands-on development and problem solving. This is not about sitting on the sidelines pointing at diagrams. You'll still be properly involved in engineering, helping shape solutions, driving standards, and making sure the team is building well. You'll be working on modern product development across TypeScript, AWS CDK, microservices, and mobile/web front ends, so this suits someone who likes depth, but also enjoys seeing the bigger picture. You'll have the chance to influence how things are built, not just deliver tickets someone else has already defined. Why this one stands out There's a big difference between joining a business that says it takes engineering seriously, and joining one that actually proves it. Here, the development team is based in a central Glasgow office, and they currently have 4 developers seconded in from AWS. So alongside your own leadership remit, you'll also be working in an environment where cloud best practice, modern architecture and strong engineering habits are being reinforced by people who live and breathe AWS. That is a massive selling point. For the right person, this is the kind of role that sharpens both your technical leadership and your cloud capability at the same time. You're also joining a product-led business with established customers, a strong market position and the financial stability to invest properly. So you get the mix a lot of developers want but don't often find: meaningful product work, solid backing, and a leadership role with real influence. The organisation You'd be joining a SaaS product business whose software supports major organisations across the UK public and private sector. They're already trusted in high-volume, business-critical environments, and they've built a strong development base in Glasgow. It's collaborative, fast-paced and product focused, with the kind of roadmap that gives good engineers plenty to get their teeth into. This is a team that values people who think for themselves, bring ideas, and care about building things properly. What you'll bring You'll need strong commercial experience with TypeScript and AWS, plus solid infrastructure as code capability. If you've worked with AWS CDK and microservice architecture, even better. You've probably already operated as a senior engineer, lead developer or tech lead in a modern product environment, and you'll be comfortable giving technical direction, supporting other developers and raising the bar without becoming a blocker. You do not need to be the loudest person in the room. But you do need enough technical credibility to earn trust, enough judgement to make good calls, and enough maturity to help others improve around you. This will suit someone who still enjoys being hands-on, but wants more ownership, more influence and more scope to shape how the team works. It probably won't suit someone who wants a fully remote role, or someone who wants leadership in title only without the technical depth underneath it. Interested? You do not need a perfect CV to have a conversation. If this feels like the right sort of step up, give me a shout and we can talk it through properly. Please drop me an email - simon com
Tech Lead / Lead Developer £60,000 to £70,000 Central Glasgow, hybrid working, 1 to 2 days a week in the office Ready to lead, but not ready to stop building? A lot of "Tech Lead" roles are code for more meetings, more process, and less actual development. This isn't one of them. This is a chance to step into a hands-on leadership role with a financially strong SaaS product house, building software used across the UK public and private sector. Their platforms support real-world services at scale, and their Glasgow development hub is growing around modern engineering, not legacy chaos. If you enjoy setting direction, mentoring good people, and still being close to the code, this one is well worth a look. Your new role You'll provide technical direction to the team, support other developers day to day, and lead by example through hands-on development and problem solving. This is not about sitting on the sidelines pointing at diagrams. You'll still be properly involved in engineering, helping shape solutions, driving standards, and making sure the team is building well. You'll be working on modern product development across TypeScript, AWS CDK, microservices, and mobile/web front ends, so this suits someone who likes depth, but also enjoys seeing the bigger picture. You'll have the chance to influence how things are built, not just deliver tickets someone else has already defined. Why this one stands out There's a big difference between joining a business that says it takes engineering seriously, and joining one that actually proves it. Here, the development team is based in a central Glasgow office, and they currently have 4 developers seconded in from AWS. So alongside your own leadership remit, you'll also be working in an environment where cloud best practice, modern architecture and strong engineering habits are being reinforced by people who live and breathe AWS. That is a massive selling point. For the right person, this is the kind of role that sharpens both your technical leadership and your cloud capability at the same time. You're also joining a product-led business with established customers, a strong market position and the financial stability to invest properly. So you get the mix a lot of developers want but don't often find: meaningful product work, solid backing, and a leadership role with real influence. The organisation You'd be joining a SaaS product business whose software supports major organisations across the UK public and private sector. They're already trusted in high-volume, business-critical environments, and they've built a strong development base in Glasgow. It's collaborative, fast-paced and product focused, with the kind of roadmap that gives good engineers plenty to get their teeth into. This is a team that values people who think for themselves, bring ideas, and care about building things properly. What you'll bring You'll need strong commercial experience with TypeScript and AWS, plus solid infrastructure as code capability. If you've worked with AWS CDK and microservice architecture, even better. You've probably already operated as a senior engineer, lead developer or tech lead in a modern product environment, and you'll be comfortable giving technical direction, supporting other developers and raising the bar without becoming a blocker. You do not need to be the loudest person in the room. But you do need enough technical credibility to earn trust, enough judgement to make good calls, and enough maturity to help others improve around you. This will suit someone who still enjoys being hands-on, but wants more ownership, more influence and more scope to shape how the team works. It probably won't suit someone who wants a fully remote role, or someone who wants leadership in title only without the technical depth underneath it. Interested? You do not need a perfect CV to have a conversation. If this feels like the right sort of step up, give me a shout and we can talk it through properly. Please drop me an email - simon com
