At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a tech team to build innovative software that enhances mental health.
- Company: Join Unmind, a forward-thinking company focused on mental health and wellbeing.
- Benefits: Enjoy flexible working, private medical care, equity, and generous holiday.
- Other info: Remote-first role with monthly meet-ups and a supportive, inclusive culture.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on mental health while working with top brands like Uber and Disney.
- Qualifications: Experience in software engineering and strong collaboration skills with product teams.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 85000 £ per year.
Location: UK Based, Remote-first (with monthly travel to London)
At Unmind, we're here to create better mental health. We believe mental health should be a source of strength, not struggle – for people, teams, and entire organisations. We combine science, technology, and human care to help companies like Uber, Disney, Major League Baseball, and the NHS improve mental health and drive performance.
Our Values:
- Outpace the rest – Move fast. Deliver excellence.
- Stronger together – We go further, faster, together.
- Client first – We win, when our clients win.
Inclusion & Belonging: We’re building a place where everyone feels seen, heard, and supported – and where difference is celebrated. If you need adjustments during the process, tell us when you apply or email talent@unmind.com.
The Role — Technical Lead: We're looking for a Technical Lead to join one of our product teams, reporting to an Engineering Manager. You'll play a key role in enabling the team to build at pace and to a quality our users and clients can rely on. This means partnering with the Product Manager to find lean ways of moving the team's metrics, representing technology needs for the roadmap and owning the team's technical direction, quality and approach.
The role is hands-on - building alongside the team's other Engineers and managing your own time between delivery and leadership work. You'll also work with our Staff Engineers to align the team's work with longer-term technical direction across our domains. Our stack includes TypeScript, React, GraphQL, Node.js, Python, Golang and SQL. You don't need hands-on experience with every tool; we're more interested in strong software engineering fundamentals and curiosity to learn.
In this role, you'll:
- Partner with the Product Manager as their technical counterpart - finding lean ways of moving the team's metrics while meeting our technical governance needs; pressure-testing priorities and approach; and shaping what gets built using technical and business knowledge.
- Represent technology in product and roadmap conversations - technical goals, non-functional requirements and the technical investments needed to keep the team moving.
- Own the technical direction of the team - architecture, day-to-day technical decisions and technical risk.
- Own the technical quality of the team's work - reviewing technical plans, raising the team's technical thinking and making sure what we ship works as intended.
- Own the technical sequencing of the team's work - how technical work breaks down, how dependencies are handled and where the risks lie.
- Build alongside the team - taking on complex work, raising the quality bar and mentoring the engineers around them on craft.
About You: Experience in the following is important for this position:
- Proven track record as a Senior Engineer in product-focused teams - you've designed and shipped complex software, made architectural decisions and raised the bar of those around you through review and mentoring.
- Strong track record of partnering with Product Managers, or similar product leadership roles.
- A product and business mindset - you understand the business context of what you build.
- Experience making technical trade-offs with confidence.
- Comfortable communicating technical context to non-engineers.
- Able to operate with sound judgement and independence.
Tip for candidates: If you’re unsure whether to apply – do. We know great people don't always tick every box.
Life at Unmind: We believe wellbeing and performance go hand-in-hand – and we build our environment to support both. A few highlights:
- Private medical for you & your family
- Equity in Unmind
- Generous gender-neutral parental leave
- 25 days holiday + birthday + celebration days
- Revive & Thrive Days – company-wide Friday off monthly
- Flexible working + early Friday summers
- Remote-first within the UK, with monthly in-person meet-ups and access to a London co-working space
- Annual learning budget + learning leave
- Free weekly therapy or coaching sessions
- Wellbeing support via WellHub & Bippit
Technical Lead in London employer: Unmind
Unmind is an exceptional employer that prioritises employee well-being and innovation in the health tech sector. With a strong focus on flexible working arrangements, generous leave policies, and private medical care, we foster a supportive work culture that encourages professional growth and collaboration. Join us to make a meaningful impact in the realm of AI and healthcare while enjoying the benefits of a dynamic and inclusive team environment.
