Technical Lead

Salary: £46,000 - 86,000 per year

Requirements

• Leadership in guiding and nurturing teams to achieve their full potential, fostering an environment of collaboration and continuous improvement
• Experience managing and mentoring other engineers, providing support and guidance
• A software engineering background and comfort working with a range of tools and technologies
• Experience leading the delivery of technical projects
• Collaboration skills and the ability to share technical expertise with others
• Web application design and RESTful API experience, particularly within a microservices architecture
• A structured programming approach, including TDD
• Strong architectural and system design expertise
• Proficiency in SQL and relational databases

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a diverse team of engineers, fostering a supportive and inclusive environment where everyone can excel
• Deliver software projects by leveraging our team efficiently and cultivating an engaging, productive environment
• Contribute as an engineer yourself through coding, designing, and shaping systems
• Support our recruitment process by evaluating candidates at all stages
• Conduct code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and promote a culture of continuous learning and improvement

Technologies

• API
• Excel
• Support
• SQL
• TDD
• Web
• microservices
• Architect

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We are Autotrader, the UKs most trusted and most visited automotive marketplace, bringing together vehicle buyers and sellers and offering real choice across everything from cars to e-bikes and caravans. We are a heritage brand and a tech innovator, and we pride ourselves on being a collaborative, diverse, and vibrant place to work. We are hiring a Technical Lead to help shape our engineering direction with creativity, vision, and expertise. The role offers a salary of 70k+ plus 10% of salary in shares each year, 28 days holiday plus bank holidays, comprehensive private medical cover, pension contributions, enhanced family leave provisions, a car salary sacrifice scheme, share-save options, wellbeing support, and a hybrid Connected Working model with at least 3 days a week in the office. We also offer remote-first periods during set times in summer and winter, allowing remote work anywhere in the UK and from certain locations abroad.

last updated 35 week of 2026