2302 IT & Software Developer jobs in the UK
Requirements
Must:
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- Strong experience across the stack: TypeScript, React Native, React, Node, Postgres, GCP/Firebase.
- Full-stack mindset: Comfortable working on mobile apps, web apps, backend, and SQL.
- Proven ability to write efficient, production-ready code that is reliable, observable, and maintainable.
- Comfortable with a fast-paced release culture (multiple deploys per day).
- Product-focused, with the ability to empathize with users and steer feature development.
- 5+ years of software engineering experience, ideally in a fast-moving startup or product-led environment.
- Strong problem-solving skills, ownership mentality, and ability to work in GMT-friendly time zones.
- Experience with AI-powered software engineering tools (Cursor, Windsurf, v0, etc.) and enthusiasm for pushing productivity.
- Preferred: Ability to work from the London office 3 days per week.
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Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end development and delivery of core features across mobile, backend, and internal tooling.
- Shape the technical roadmap and make high-impact architectural decisions in partnership with the founders.
- Own the quality, reliability, and performance of applications in production.
- Mentor engineers through code reviews, pairing, and establishing strong engineering practices.
- Drive AI-accelerated engineering productivity, leveraging modern tools to ship faster and smarter.
- Be hands-on: ship code daily, unblock the team, and take responsibility for critical systems.
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Description
We are a growing company based in London looking for an experienced Tech Lead to take ownership of our technology stack and guide our engineering team through its next phase of growth. This is a hands-on leadership role that combines technical delivery with strategic oversight. As our Tech Lead, you'll act as a player-coach,” shipping critical code while mentoring engineers, driving technical strategy, and ensuring our platform scales with rapid international growth. You'll work closely with our founders, translating business goals into a clear technical roadmap and high-quality execution. What You’ll Be Working On: - Mobile Apps: Core customer apps built with TypeScript, React Native, Expo. - Backend: TypeScript, GCP/Firebase Cloud Functions, GCP Pub/Sub, Postgres, Prisma. - Web Apps: Customer-facing portals for sign-up and account management (TypeScript, React, Vercel). - Internal ERP: Mission control for stock, customers, and operations (TypeScript, Next.js, Vercel). - We maintain a high-velocity release culture, deploying multiple times per day to tens of thousands of users.
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