Affiliate Tech Lead – 5 month contract

About the role

We are seeking an Affiliate Java/Angular Tech Lead to work two days a week on site in Leeds. This is a five‑month contract starting in October and ending in February, supporting AND Digital’s digital delivery teams.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and guide a development team, overseeing technical delivery for digital products and cross‑cutting initiatives.
• Establish and enforce engineering principles and best practices to ensure consistency and quality.
• Provide engineering insight to the Strategy and Architecture team to identify improvement opportunities.
• Mentor and coach junior staff, enhancing overall team capability.
• Address complex technical challenges with a proactive, creative approach.

Required profile

• Proven experience as a Lead Engineer in a commercial team with deep knowledge of Java, TypeScript and Angular.
• Strong understanding of AWS cloud technologies.
• Experience working with agile methodologies.
• Ability to consider broader client business concerns when making technical decisions.
• Experience implementing architecture, DevOps, performance or security practices and ownership of best‑practice standards such as TDD, SOLID and XP.

Required skills

• Java
• TypeScript
• Angular
• AWS
• Test‑Driven Development (TDD)
• SOLID principles
• Extreme Programming (XP)