Technical Lead
Acorn Insurance · Liverpool
Job description
About the role
We’re looking for a Tech Lead to guide a talented, cross‑functional squad as they design, build and deliver products that make a real difference for our customers. You’ll lead a team of backend and frontend developers, QA and automation testers, designers, product managers and business analysts.
Key responsibilities
- Lead a multidisciplinary squad to deliver high‑quality, production‑ready software.
- Design and build scalable microservices in .NET and Azure.
- Contribute to the evolution of our microservice architecture and integration patterns.
- Collaborate with frontend developers working in React and Next.js to deliver seamless user experiences.
- Partner with product managers, business analysts and designers to translate customer needs into clear technical plans.
- Work closely with QA and automation testers to ensure quality and reliability from the start.
- Stay hands‑on with code while mentoring developers and promoting best practices.
- Drive technical discussions, champion clean architecture and improve engineering standards.
- Contribute to wider engineering initiatives, including developer experience and shared tooling.
Required profile
- Proven experience leading software delivery within a microservice‑based environment.
- Strong technical background in .NET and Azure.
- Comfortable working across the stack with deeper expertise in backend systems.
- Experience mentoring and guiding developers in a collaborative, agile setup.
- Product‑focused mindset with an understanding of trade‑offs between speed, scalability and user experience.
- Excellent communicator who brings clarity and empathy to technical discussions.
- Passion for clean, maintainable code and continuous improvement.
- Curious and proactive, always looking for better ways to build, measure and deliver.
Required skills
- C#
- .NET 8.0
- Azure
- Redis
- MongoDB
- SQL Server
- Entity Framework
- MassTransit
- Mediator
- React
- Next.js
- TypeScript
- Docker
- Kubernetes (AKS)
- Nginx
- RabbitMQ
- Grafana
- Loki
- Sentry
- PostHog
- Git
- CI/CD pipelines
- Agile methodologies
What we offer
- Real autonomy to shape how your squad designs, builds and delivers software.
- Modern, cloud‑native architecture that encourages experimentation and ownership.
- Collaboration with talented developers, designers, testers and product professionals.
- Influence over technical decisions that shape product and platform direction.
- Opportunities to grow into staff, principal or architecture‑focused leadership roles.
- Supportive, transparent culture where craftsmanship, curiosity and learning are celebrated.
- Regular professional development, conferences and dedicated innovation time.
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Acorn Insurance
Liverpool