Technical Lead (Golang) - EMEA

We're looking for a seasoned Technical Lead who will own and advance all non-functional engineering capabilities across the organisation, covering observability, performance, testing infrastructure, CI/CD optimisation, and developer experience. The ideal candidate is a hands-on systems thinker, primarily coding in Go, who can design complex solutions, mentor engineers, and improve reliability and productivity through measurable impact.

Requirements

• Strong experience in software engineering with significant work on non-functional capabilities (observability, testing, CI/CD, reliability, developer productivity).
• Proven leadership experience driving technical initiatives across multiple engineering teams.
• Deep knowledge of architectural frameworks and principles (e.g., TOGAF)
• Experience designing long-term target-state architectures and architectural blueprints.
• Demonstrated success delivering measurable productivity, reliability, or efficiency improvements with quantified ROI.
• Experience line-managing, mentoring, and coaching engineers.
• Hands-on experience with both client- and server-side systems.
• Strong understanding of cloud-native environments: Kubernetes, observability, CI/CD, testing at scale.
• Experience in performance optimisation, test infrastructure, and quality automation.
• Experience with IaC, automation frameworks, and modern software quality tooling.

Benefits

• Everyone has unlimited paid holidays.
• Employee share scheme
• Generous maternity and paternity leave
• Volunteering Days
• Company retreats
• Employee Wellbeing platform