894 Engineering Team Lead jobs in the United Kingdom

About Lyst

Lyst is a global fashion shopping platform founded in London in 2010 and catering to over 160M shoppers per year. We offer our customers the largest assortment of premium & luxury fashion products in one place, curating pieces from 27,000 of the world's leading brands and stores. In 2025, Lyst joined Zozo, operators of Zozotown, the leading fashion e-commerce platform in Japan. This partnership marks a bold new era for Lyst, as we accelerate our vision and work together to transform the future of fashion shopping through AI and technology. 

At Lyst, we obsess over the customer, providing a search & discovery experience which offers inspiration, fulfilment, and personalisation. We believe that fashion is amazing but shopping for fashion often isn't, and use our technology, data and creativity to bring more joy, greater choice and fewer fails. Our mission is to help fashion shoppers make better choices and help fashion partners find better audiences as the category-leading destination for every fashion shopper.

The Role 

Lyst is looking for an experienced Engineering Lead to join a Product Development tribe. We are building a fashion e-commerce platform that our users love, that brands are excited to partner with, and that we, as engineers, are proud to work on.

The technical leadership of a squad entails optimising delivery cadences, resolving cross-squad issues, and ensuring effective communication throughout the product lifecycle while ensuring sustainably-built and operational services. This involves closely collaborating with the product lead, prioritising roadmaps, and engaging in effective interactions with stakeholders. Additionally, it involves fostering a nurturing environment that combines a focus on people’s growth, delivery, and innovation.

As a Engineering lead, you have key accountabilities. Your job is to make sure it happens and leverage your team to do so.

Key accountabilities include:

• Unblocking cross-squad issues.
• Responsible for communication of any issues/concerns/delays especially during the build phase of the product lifecycle in a timely manner.
• Effective resourcing (or escalation of resourcing issues) to suit the business needs.

• Working on a joint prioritisation across product and technical roadmaps.
• Feed in and adjustment of product solutions, balancing out feasibility, scope and technical quality.

• Responsible for communication of incidents to relevant stakeholders in a timely manner.
• Gathering / identifying missing needs / requirements.

• Ensure the team’s development practices, environment and lifecycle adequately supports the technical and business needs.
• Maintain adequate test automation.
• Suitable deployment and release approaches/tooling.
• Ensures we avoid and remove knowledge silos.

• Encourages coaching between peers.
• Finds and leverages opportunities for team members growth in context of the squad’s work.

• Create an environment fostering innovation (for improving the tech stack or to solve the business problem)

• Ensure a solid monitoring and alerting for squad owned services.
• Maintain runbooks for incidents and general documentation of services in good shape.
• Delivering sustainable software by covering technical debt, operability, documentation.

• Understand and monitor infrastructure and services cost.

• Maintaining a 6-month technical strategy collaborated, communicated & understood by the squad lead and the team.
• Owning a 3 sprint technical roadmap with demonstrable progress

• prioritised with the squad lead.
• Ensuring consistency and compliance of the squad’s outputs & dependencies in relation to the technical strategy and best practices (API contracts in line with the guidance, BFF adherence, Data owned by the Squad adheres to a compliant strategy)

Within the first three months, you will be able to:

• Contribute to every part of our system, tests, documentation, as well as code and process.
• Collaborate with product managers, engineers, analytics, QA and designers.
• Ensure the stability of our system by improving the monitoring tools we use.
• Write resilient code that is well tested (unit, integration, etc.) and quality controlled.
• Mentor and support other engineers through code reviews and pair programming
• Be curious —not just the code, but the architecture of our platforms and everything that makes them work as well as the product itself.
• Participate and organise all team ceremonies and have direct input in the team's ways of working and (sometimes with donuts).
• Work inside Product Development tribe towards the success of the Lyst Marketplace, collaborating with key teams from Discovery, CRM or Paid Marketing. 
• Participate in and help drive the Front-end chapter and champion best practices across the company.
• Gain expertise over our tools and services: React, Typescript, Python, Docker, Github Actions, PostgreSQL, AWS, etc.

About the teams

• We build seamless and trustworthy shopping experiences, ensuring customers feel confident and supported.
• We are dedicated to helping our customers find the products they love in our massive (largest in the industry) product catalogue.

• We are a multidisciplinary team which spans the full stack as well as web + mobile app development.
• We are a Python shop, and build our stack through a Backend for Front-end approach building a common front-end for our Web, iOS and Android clients.
• We are passionate about testing, unit tests and end to end tests with a preference towards BDD.
• We document and are accountable for the system's stability - No blame game.
• We scale, improve and maintain our integrated checkout system for processing customer orders.
• We strive to understand business requirements to improve monitoring.
• We are fully AWS hosted and use a range of tools and setups: ECS, Docker, GitHub, GHA, Postgresql, Redis, SQS, and SNS.

Requirements

• You have experience with efficient processes, and can help us leverage them to make delivery painless.
• Proven experience with web fundamentals and designing systems.
• Communication: You can communicate clearly and be humble when sharing ideas with everyone on the team. You can explain your ideas clearly and transform them into plans. You can design the solution to a complex problem.
• Quality - You strive to write code that is readable by everyone, well tested and robust in production. Code without rigorous tests helps no one. 
• You aren’t afraid to refactor existing code in favour of working around shortcomings.
• Experience delivering and optimising front-end features for a high-traffic website.
• A thorough knowledge of automated testing, particularly unit testing (ideally using React Testing Library).
• Design and implement APIs and backend services using Python (Django) that serves all front end including web + app.
• Build and evolve high-performance web applications with React, TypeScript and StoryBook
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines i.e. GitHub Actions.

Benefits

• Our Ways of Working: We all come into the office on Tuesdays and Thursdays , with the option to work remotely or come into the office on the other days. We believe that in person collaboration and community spirit is super important, which is why we spend some of our time in the office and some of our time at home.
• Time Off: In addition to the 8 statutory bank holidays, you will receive 29 holidays per year. Lyst’s holiday year runs from 1 April to 31 March.
• Competitive Family Leave Package: This includes Enhanced Family Leave for those eligible, paid Time off for Dependents and Support for Fertility Treatment & Loss.
• Clothing Benefit: We want you to enjoy using the Lyst app and site as much as our customers, so we provide you with a clothing allowance to use on Lyst every year. This starts at £250 when you join and increases up to £,000 with your length of service.
• Private Healthcare: Our healthcare provider is Vitality. Your health is important to us which is why we offer all employees a comprehensive healthcare scheme from the day you start.
• Training Allowance: We’re big on continuous learning and growth, so all employees are currently entitled to an annual training allowance of £1 00. This can be used to attend conferences, industry events, training courses and to purchase resources.
• Pension Scheme: Our pension provider is The People’s Pension. We offer a minimum employee contribution of 5% and 3% employer contribution.
• Eye Tests and Vouchers: Employees can make a saving on their eye test and glasses through our chosen provider. You’ll receive a free eye test every year and a discount towards glasses.
• Cycle-to-Work Scheme: Lyst will purchase a bicycle from your chosen retailer, you will then receive a voucher to pick up your bicycle from them.
• Transport Season Ticket Loan: Employees can apply for an interest free season ticket loan to support your travel to work.
• Social Events: Frequent company wide social events including Christmas & summer parties, sports days, themed drinks, quizzes, cook alongs, as well as smaller team socials. We also have plenty of interest based groups such as football, running club, book club, culinary and more.

We want to build a world where fashion works for everyone, and we want teams that are just as inclusive. Diversity and inclusion is an integral part of our culture at Lyst. We recognise and celebrate the value and impact diversity brings to our company and are committed to ensuring this is a consistent focus, for which we are held to account. We are committed to treating all applicants fairly and equally, and encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply for this role. We are happy to talk about flexible working arrangements.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Lyst we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

About Radilink

Join Radilink and play a key role in the stablecoin network. Our state-of-the-art API framework provides 24/7 infrastructure for global transactions with stablecoin-powered transfers that are fast, low-cost, and fully compliant with regulatory standards.

About The Role:

We’re looking for an Engineering Lead to drive and execute the product vision and technology roadmap, responsible for leading the engineering team at Radilink.

You will work directly under the CEO and will act as both a technology and business expert, making decisions that will impact the current and future operations of the company.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Design and implement architecting of the Radilink platform.
• Oversee the security of the organization and product ecosystem broadly.
• Set and manage software development processes, from setting team cadences to growing high quality and velocity.
• Work closely with the Product team to foresee their needs on the platform/Infrastructure side and manage the team's capacity on the Platform.
• Ensure that technological resources meet the company's short and long-term needs.
• Act as a mentor to team members.
• Manage technology budgets and time frames.
• Ensure all technology practices adhere to regulatory standards.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering with a strong track record of designing and implementing scalable solutions.
• 2+ years as a Lead, managing and inspiring engineering teams.
• Proven experience in fast-paced FinTech environments, scaling horizontal products.
• Deep expertise in fintech, especially in payments, smart contracts, and stablecoin technologies.
• Skilled in building and launching products from ideation through iteration and scaling.
• Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• Advanced English proficiency with excellent leadership and communication skills.
  

We'd Love If You Have:

• Experience building within web3 / with blockchain technologies, understanding of financial markets, and stablecoin economics.
• Contributions to open-source blockchain projects.
• Advanced degrees or relevant certifications.

Benefits

Why join Radilink?

• Impact: Powering global stablecoin payments, fiat payouts, collections, and embedded crypto services.
• Remote Flexibility: This is a fully remote position with flexible working hours.
• Growth Environment: Join a dynamic and passionate team, working on a challenging and innovative project with the potential to shape the future of finance.
• Career Advancement: This role comes with opportunities for promotion to a Head position as the company scales.
  

Interview Process

From the first to the final stage, we do our best to keep the entire process under three weeks. Our interviews take place via Meet and typically consist of the following stages:

• Internal Recruiter Call : 45 - 60 minutes
• Technical Workshop : 60 minutes
• Final Interview : 60 minutes
  

Location: Remote (EU time zone)

What do we offer?

• Competitive salary
li>Company performance bonus scheme
• Pension scheme - up to 10% employer contribution
• Private medical insurance
• Comprehensive health cash plan
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Flexible benefits programme (buy & sell holiday allowance, discounted gym memberships, Maternity/ adoption leave- up to 52 weeks, first 26 weeks at full pay, subsequent 26 at 50% (basic pay) and Paternity/Non-Pregnant Parent/ Co-adopter leave 4 weeks full pay)
• Structured training & opportunities to progress

What does the role look like?

We’re seeking a Manufacturing Engineering Lead to take on a key leadership role within our Wolverhampton site. You’ll lead a team of Manufacturing Engineers—covering system engineers and module support engineers—supporting production areas and delivering high-impact project work packages. As a skilled people manager, you’ll be responsible for driving performance, supporting technical excellence, and leading improvement initiatives across manufacturing systems, technology, and processes.

What will your day-to-day responsibilities look like?

• Lead nd coordinate a team of technical contributors to deliver against business and engineering objectives.
• Set policy deployment goals and ensure alignment across your team to drive strategic outcomes.
• Develop and manage annual engineering plans, ensuring successful delivery of agreed objectives and KPIs.
• Represent the Manufacturing Engineering (ME) function at Tier process reviews and business project reviews.
• Oversee the commissioning and quality assurance of work packages related to production and system improvement.
• Drive best practice across manufacturing areas, establishing and upholding high standards.
• Coach, manage, and review performance of engineering staff, including supporting recruitment, training, progression, and succession planning.
• Lead multi-functional teams to resolve complex manufacturing issues.
• Manage risks and issues related to achieving engineering and business goals.
• Support the Head of Manufacturing Engineering in building a best-in-class ME function.
• Ensure accurate documentation and system transactions in line with customer and financial requirements.
• Provide regular progress updates to senior stakeholders on engineering and project performance.

What will you bring to the role?

Essential skills:

• Experience of aerospace manufacturing, assembly, or test.
• Project management experience.
• HNC or equivalent in Mechanical or Production Engineering.

Desirable skills :  

li>Degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, or Business Management.
• Understanding of manufacturing concepts and processes.
• Project management qualifications (e.g., PRINCE2, APMP).
• Experience leading and developing technical teams.
• Knowledge of Lean principles and Six Sigma methodologies.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.).

About us:

Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aviation (propulsion, equipment and interiors), defense and space markets. Its core purpose is to contribute to a safer, more sustainable world, where air transport is more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Safran has a global presence, with 100,000 employees and sales of 27.3 billion euros in 2024, and holds, alone or in partnership, world or regional leadership positions in its core markets.
Safran is in the 2nd place in the aerospace and defense industry in TIME magazine's "World's best companies 2024" ranking.

Safran Electronics & Defense offers its customers onboard intelligence solutions allowing them to understand the environment, reduce mental load and guarantee a trajectory, even in critical situations, in all environments: on land, at sea, in the sky or space. The company harnesses the expertise of its 13,000 employees towards these three functions: observe, decide and guide, for the civil and military markets.

Our Water company client are seeking an MEP Engineering Lead for their Havant Thicket Reservoir project on a permanent basis.

Our client are seeking a MEP (Mechanical, Electrical and Process) Engineering Lead for the Havant Thicket Reservoir project to provide critical support to the Engineering Manager in delivering a landmark infrastructure development.

The role involves managing design reviews and technical queries in collaboration with experts, ensuring compliance with reservoir safety standards and contractual timelines. The MEP Engineering Lead will oversee specific engineering work packages, act as the technical lead on smaller project components, and ensure the availability of accurate data for contractors. Additionally, the role requires engagement with internal teams and stakeholders to secure alignment on solutions, as well as contributing to the development of improved engineering assurance systems and processes.

Responsibilities

• Chair regular meetings with the Design Guardians to discuss the lookahead, open actions and ongoing issues
• Manage the response to Technical Queries and Design Submissions by the main works contractors and manage the liaison, input and expectations of all stakeholders
• Monitor and assess the performance of the Design Guardian against KPIs and regularly review this with them and provide feedback
• Coordinate general requests from and to contractors on engineering matters
• Participating in collaborative planning with Main Works Contractors.
• Chair weekly meetings with Operations to discuss, answer and resolve outstanding queries and issues
• Chair technical workshops between Operations, mains works contractors and the Design Guardian to ensure alignment and buy-in of proposed solutions
• Provide engineering representation at Early Warning meetings to assist in either responding to them or take them away for later resolution
• Provide regular updates and reports to the HTR Engineering Manager, on progress, forecasts and issues
• Undertake monthly reviewers of the Contractors Programme to inform resource forecasting
• Manage and or produce Engineering led papers to support stakeholder engagement and governance processes
• Attend regular meetings with the HTR Engineering Manager

Skills/experience/qualifications

• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Effective stakeholder engagement skills
• Good understand and appreciation of the "design process" and its commercial implications
• Strong team player with good communication, interpersonal and presentation skills
• The ability to manage and coordinate inputs from multiple parties
• Ability to work to deadlines with a focus on results and quality
• High competency in Excel/PowerPoint/Word/Teams
• Bachelor's degree in an Engineering related field of study
• Experience of design management

Benefits

• Salary starting at 73k with discussion as part of interview process
• Ideally 4 days on site with some hybrid/flexibility
• 27 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Excellent water company pension
• Company benefits/discounts
• Company discretionary bonus up to 6%
• 38 hour working week
• Candidate will need to live in a commutable distance from the project site

Software Technical Lead

Rate: 500 - 600 a day

Location: Bristol hybrid one day every other week

Duration : 6 months initially

Clearance: SC Clearance required

You will join a global IT consultancy delivering digital transformation to a public sector body.

This is a hands-on leadership role responsible for actively supporting and guiding the team of seven through complex technical challenges.

The role involves breaking down complex tasks into manageable components, delegating effectively, and empowering team members to take ownership of their work.

Key responsibilities include:

• Providing clear technical direction and mentorship to the team.
• Applying sound judgment to make technical decisions.
• Driving improvements in system documentation, team processes, and overall developer experience.
• Delivering direct, constructive feedback to foster individual and team growth.
• Promoting a collaborative, accountable, and high-performance team culture.

Tech stack:

• Node.js, ReactJS, JavaScript, TypeScript, npm, AWS, Jenkins, Terraform, and PostgreSQL.
• The client is however open to strong candidates with adjacent skill sets. The technical stack is flexible for the right person.

Data Engineering Lead

I am working with a forward-thinking professional services organisation that is expanding its Data & Innovation capabilities and looking for a Data Engineering Lead to join their team. This is a fantastic opportunity to take on a hands-on leadership role where you will guide a small team of technical specialists while shaping the future of data engineering, automation, and systems development across the business.

You'll be at the heart of strategic technical delivery, blending architectural oversight with hands-on execution, and mentoring others to build scalable, modern solutions using technologies like Databricks and the Azure tech stack.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership to a small team focusing on data engineering and development
• Define and maintain scalable internal data and systems architecture aligned with business needs
• Lead the design and delivery of complex engineering solutions, ensuring best practices
• Guide the team on prioritised initiatives, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery
• Deliver hands-on technical change and development where required

Skills & Experience Required:

• Strong Data Engineering experience
• Hands-on expertise with the Azure tech stack (Synapse, Data Factory, Data Lake Storage) and Databricks
• Proven ability to lead and mentor technical teams in agile environments
• Ability to work closely with other leaders across the business and have input into strategy planning sessions focusing on technical execution

Benefits:

• Salary of up to 95,000 per year
• 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
• Private healthcare schemes and life insurance policies
• Enhanced parental leave policies
• Lifestyle benefits such as cycle to work schemes, retail discounts and vehicle salary sacrifice schemes

Below are the details of the position:

Platform Engineering Lead
Location: Bromley, UK

Job Description:

Required Skills:

• 20+ years’ experience in building and maintaining applications with focus on performance, scalability, security, and reliability.
li>7+ years’ experience overseeing enterprise-grade platform solutions < i>Experience in a highly Agile continuous integration and continuous deployment environment, preferably within a financial domain.
• Strong experience in Java/J2EE, Spring Boot, Mule, web Services, Kafka, SQL & PL/SQL (Oracle)
• Strong knowledge of XML, JSON and its usage within API and Microservice implementations at scale.
• Significant expertise in cloud-native deployment using OpenShift, Kubernetes or any one the container platform.
• Experience maintaining on-premises environments, containerized applications and hybrid cloud solutions.
• Experience using leading app servers and integration technologies like Mule ESB, Anypoint Platform, MQ, Kafka.
• Experience in Splunk, Dynatrace or AppDynamics (APM tools).
• Proven ability to leverage knowledge of infrastructure automation, DevOps, cloud technologies and platform architecture to build resilient, scalable and maintainable solutions
• Experience implementing best practices, optimizing performance, ensuring compliance with security standards, and providing leadership to the engineering team
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to delve in low level details with a technical audience and explain concepts at a high level to a non-technical audience.