Technical Lead

Technical Lead | React Native | TypeScript | AWSRemote UK | £70k-£80kpa

We’re working with a growing health and wellness technology business that is investing heavily in a new generation of digital products.

They are now looking for a Technical Lead to take a key role in the design and delivery of a modern, cloud-native platform. This is a genuine opportunity to influence architecture, engineering standards and technical direction from an early stage, while remaining hands-on with the code.

You’ll lead delivery across mobile, backend and web, with React Native forming an important part of the customer-facing product.

The environment

• React Native / Expo
• TypeScript
• AWS, including ECS and Lambda
• RDS and ElastiCache
• AWS CDK
• GitHub and modern CI/CD
• Automated testing, observability and monitoring
• AI-assisted development tooling

What you’ll be doing

• Leading the architecture and development of a new scalable platform
• Remaining hands-on with TypeScript and AWS
• Taking technical ownership of React Native applications across iOS and Android
• Building and integrating secure APIs and third-party services
• Establishing strong engineering, testing and deployment practices
• Owning mobile release processes and app-store delivery
• Mentoring engineers and helping build a high-performing development team
• Working closely with product and business stakeholders to turn commercial objectives into technical solutions

What we’re looking for

You’ll ideally already be working as a Technical Lead, Lead Engineer or experienced Senior Engineer and have strong commercial experience across:

• TypeScript
• AWS
• React Native applications running in production
• Modern cloud architecture
• CI/CD and automated testing
• Infrastructure as Code, ideally AWS CDK
• API and third-party integrations

Experience with Expo, mobile release engineering, payment integrations, offline mobile applications or health / fitness technology would be particularly useful.

This would suit someone who enjoys the combination of technical leadership and hands-on engineering, and wants considerably more influence than they might have within an established engineering environment.

Remote within the UK (preference for candidates within a commutable distance from Manchester for occasional team meetings)

If you’d like to hear more, apply or drop me a message for a confidential conversation.