About this role
Salary: £90,000 - 90,000 per year
Requirements: Strong production C# and .NET 7 experience, not hobby-level.NET MAUI experience for Android, or strong Xamarin/native Android experience with readiness to move to MAUIAndroid platform development experience, including activities/intents, lifecycle, background execution limits, device-owner APIs, and MDM/EMM conceptsHands-on device and hardware integration experience, including scanners, imagers, card readers, printers, serial, and GPSProven ownership of a delivery teams outcomes, including sprint commitments, quality, and operational healthReal people leadership experience, including regular 1-2-1s, developmental feedback, and hiring inputExperience owning on-call and incidents through to resolutionComfort working in a regulated, high-throughput product environmentHonest and early risk communication as a habitStrong messaging and communications experience, including MQTT, HTTP clients, and offline/online state handlingExperience with logging and observability tools, ideally log4net and structured logging / OpenTelemetry / OTLPNative interop experience, including JNI, Android binding libraries, and P/InvokeExperience with SQLite, XML-based configuration, and key-value storesStrong technical judgement without escalating every decisionAbility to work UK hours with high-level written and spoken EnglishMust hold ILR or a British passport; no sponsorship availableSubject to background checks Responsibilities: Lead a single delivery team of around 5 to 8 engineers, including embedded QAOwn the teams delivery end to end and grow every person in the teamStay technically credible while leading the teamRun ceremonies that produce real outcomes, including standups, planning, and retrospectivesOwn sprint and quarterly commitments, surfacing risk early and honestlyBreak complex features into team-sized workManage team capacity properly, including explicit space for tech debtLead regular 1-2-1s and honest development conversationsSupport hiring against a competency matrixOwn the teams on-call rota and incident resolutionMake sound day-to-day technical decisions and record significant ones as ADRsPartner closely with Product on team commitments and prioritiesEscalate cross-team risk and capacity conflicts before they become misses Technologies: AndroidC#EmbeddedHardwareHTTPSupportMatrixMQTTOpenTelemetrySQLiteXMLXamarinASP.NETAzureCloudDevOpsPythonRust More:
We are partnering on an exclusive Tech Lead search for an established, market-leading business operating mission-critical devices deployed at national scale in a regulated, high-volume payments environment. This is a genuine leadership role, not a title in waiting, and it offers a fully remote working model in the UK with a salary of £90,000 plus excellent benefits. We are looking for someone who wants deep technical work alongside real people leadership, with responsibility for a delivery team of around 5 to 8 engineers. The role requires ILR or a British passport, no sponsorship is available, and the position is subject to background checks. Immediate availability is preferred, with a maximum notice period of 4 weeks.
last updated 30 week of 2026