Technical Lead in Newcastle upon Tyne

We are seeking an experienced Technical Lead to join our Digital Data & Cloud Practice. Our Digital Practice is expanding rapidly and there will be an opportunity for you to achieve medium and long‑term career goals. There will be a fantastic opportunity to work on some challenging and interesting, large‑scale transformational and migration projects within both public and private sector.

Job Responsibilities & Qualifications

• Designing, developing, testing, and maintaining cloud‑based software applications.
• Technical leadership within a team to coordinate and deliver scalable, secure solutions in line with good industry software engineering practices (code quality, CI/CD, security, etc.).
• Working within a project management/agile delivery methodology.
• Experience in technical ownership for a product or software solution, covering design, estimation, shaping and user story/requirement creation.
• Documentation of solutions (e.g., architecture, configuration, release, support‑handover).
• Collaborate and liaise with other Version 1 and customer stakeholders/end users in the software development lifecycle – PMs, BAs, Testing, Product, etc.
• Able to communicate technical designs simply and clearly in conversation, documentation, and presentations to stakeholders of various technical abilities.
• Provide effective knowledge transfer to team members and customers.
• Manage, coach and develop junior members of your team and the wider community.
• Fostering a positive working environment and facilitating team collaboration and communication.
• Deep understanding of coding best practices and modern architectural patterns, including microservices and message‑driven architectures.
• Hands‑on developing/coding experience using the following technologies: Frontend (Angular), Backend (.NET, C#).
• NFR / Non‑Functional requirement understanding and experience developing applications with this in mind.
• Strong experience with Test‑Driven Development (TDD) approach, writing unit and integration tests to ensure high‑quality code, and maintaining a robust testing suite for continuous integration and delivery.
• Experience developing REST‑based APIs.
• Strong experience with DevOps and CI/CD tools (such as Jenkins, Ansible, Packer, Docker).
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes or OpenShift for containerisation and orchestration of applications.
• Experience in developing and deploying solutions on AWS Cloud, with expertise in AWS services such as Lambda, DynamoDB, S3 and EC2 (AWS Certified Developer or Solutions Architect preferred).
• Ability to lead and co‑ordinate stakeholder engagements and meetings.
• Ability to mentor and guide junior team members.

Benefits

• Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance‑Related Profit Share Scheme.
• Strong career progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme.
• Flexible/remote working.
• Financial wellbeing initiatives including pension, private healthcare cover, life assurance, financial advice and an employee discount scheme.
• Employee wellbeing schemes including gym discounts, bike‑to‑work, fitness classes, mindfulness workshops, employee assistance programme and much more; generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies.
• Educational assistance, incentivised certifications and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle and Red Hat.
• Reward schemes including Version 1's Annual Excellence Awards & "Call‑Out" platform.
• Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allowing you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes.

Version 1 is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone feels valued and able to thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and lived experiences, and we value the different perspectives people bring, including those shaped by disability and neurodiversity. We want every candidate to have a positive and accessible recruitment experience. If you need reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process, please contact your recruiter at Version 1. We will consider all requests carefully, respectfully and confidentially.