Technical Lead - Product in London

We're looking for a Product Technical Lead to take ownership of our established AI enabled software product, guiding it through its next phase of evolution – roadmap features, scalability, and user experience as it grows in reach and capability. At the same time, you'll play a key role in shaping and building new product ideas from the ground up, helping Daintta expand its digital product portfolio. This is a hands‐on leadership role that blends strategic technical direction with active development. You'll work closely with product and business teams to define roadmaps, make architectural decisions, and deliver high‐quality, production‐ready software that meets real‐world needs. If you enjoy balancing long‐term vision with practical delivery refining proven systems while exploring new opportunities this role offers both.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the technical design, architecture, and implementation of a complex, user‐facing software product.
• Write high‐quality backend code in Python, taking features from definition through to release.
• Work closely with the Product Manager to translate product goals into technical plans, milestones, and deliverables.
• Make key architectural and implementation decisions to ensure scalability, performance, and maintainability.
• Guide the development team through Agile delivery cycles, leading sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Establish and uphold engineering best practices, code quality, testing, documentation, and security.
• Conduct code reviews and mentor developers, supporting their technical growth and productivity.
• Collaborate with UX/UI designers to ensure technical feasibility and excellent user experience.
• Continuously improve the development process and infrastructure to enhance product velocity and quality.

Skills/knowledge

• Degree educated, with extensive industry experience.
• Strong background in software engineering, ideally with experience delivering end‐to‐end software products.
• Proven ability to lead or mentor development teams within an Agile environment.
• Advanced Python development skills, ideally with FastAPI or similar frameworks.
• Strong understanding of relational databases, schema design, and SQL.
• Familiarity with front‐end development (TypeScript, React) is highly desirable.
• Experience designing scalable systems and working with cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines.
• Excellent communication skills, able to collaborate with both technical and non‐technical stakeholders.
• A product‐oriented mindset, you care about users, usability, and delivering tangible outcomes.
• Experience in cyber security, data‐driven applications, or SaaS platforms is advantageous.

We believe in supporting our people both professionally and personally. Here's what you can expect when you join us:

Time Off

• 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
• Up to 5 days annual training leave with a dedicated training budget
• Up to 3 days annual volunteering leave – give back to the community
• Competitive maternity, paternity, shared parental leave & compassionate leave
• Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 support services
• £2,000 Flex Cash Allowance, paid pro‐rata over the year
• Discretionary company awards and bonuses, based on performance and company targets
• Access to Electric Vehicle (EV) Salary Sacrifice scheme

Professional Development

• Up to £1000 annual training budget (access to additional training and development budget via business case)
• Up to 5 days annual training leave
• 1 professional membership paid annually
• Up to £200 of additional IT budget for new joiners
• Free breakfast every Tuesday in the London office
• Fortnightly drinks – in London
• Regular social events, quizzes, and guest workshops
• Huckletree perks – including gym and restaurant discounts
• Employee referral programme
• Monthly breakfast club in our Cheltenham office

Security Information

Due to the nature of this position, you must be willing and eligible to achieve a minimum of SC clearance. To qualify, you must be a British Citizen and have resided in the UK for the last 5 years.