Full Stack - Tech Lead (Node.js, React, Java Script)

Overview

Provide technical leadership across development teams to ensure the design and delivery of high-quality, scalable, and maintainable software solutions. The role combines hands-on development expertise with leadership responsibilities, translating business requirements into robust technical solutions while driving engineering excellence, delivery consistency, and collaboration across onshore and offshore teams.

Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Solution Delivery
Lead the design and development of key features, components, and services across the application stack
Provide hands-on guidance in building scalable applications using React, Node.js, and TypeScript
Own critical technical decisions, ensuring alignment with architectural standards and long-term scalability goals
Act as the primary escalation point for complex technical challenges and design issues
Solution Design & Requirement Translation
Translate business and functional requirements into technical designs and implementation plans
Collaborate with product owners, business analysts, and stakeholders to refine requirements and define solution approaches
Produce and review technical design documentation, API specifications, and architectural artefacts
Engineering Excellence & Governance
Define and enforce coding standards, development best practices, and quality benchmarks
Conduct code reviews to ensure maintainability, performance, and security compliance
Ensure adherence to DevSecOps practices, including CI/CD, automated testing, and secure coding
Monitor and improve non-functional requirements such as performance, scalability, reliability, and resilience
Team Leadership & Offshore Coordination
Guide and mentor offshore and distributed development teams, ensuring alignment to delivery standards
Allocate tasks, oversee progress, and provide regular technical direction to team members
Facilitate knowledge transfer, technical upskilling, and team capability development
Ensure effective coordination between onshore and offshore teams, managing dependencies and delivery risks
Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement
Work closely with architects, QA teams, DevOps engineers, and business stakeholders
Participate in and contribute to design reviews, sprint planning, and governance forums
Communicate technical decisions, risks, and progress clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
Delivery & Agile Execution
Support Agile delivery processes including backlog refinement, sprint planning, estimation, and retrospectives
Ensure timely and predictable delivery of features aligned with sprint and programme objectives
Identify risks and proactively implement mitigation strategies

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience

Essential skills

Core Technologies
Front-end: React.js, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript
Back-end: Node.js (Express.js/NestJS)
API Development: RESTful services, microservices architecture
Databases: SQL (PostgreSQL/MySQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB)
Architecture & Design
Strong understanding of software architecture patterns (microservices, layered architecture, event-driven systems)
Experience with scalable and cloud-native solution design
Knowledge of system integration patterns and API design principles
DevOps & Cloud
Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins)
Familiarity with cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP)
Exposure to containerisation (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes)
Engineering Practices
Strong grounding in clean code principles and design patterns (SOLID, DRY)
Experience with test automation, code quality tools, and static analysis
Understanding of security best practices and compliance requirements

Experience

Overall experience with strong hands-on development background
Proven experience in technical leadership or senior development roles
Experience delivering enterprise-scale applications in Agile environments
Exposure to distributed delivery models (onshore/offshore teams)
Non-Functional Expectations
Strong leadership, mentoring, and team management capabilities
Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
Ability to balance technical depth with delivery and business priorities
Proactive problem-solving and decision-making mindset
High level of accountability and ownership
Expected Outcomes & Success Measures
Solution Quality & Delivery
Delivery of high-quality, scalable, and production-ready solutions aligned with business requirements
Strong alignment between functional requirements and technical implementation
Reduction in defects and improved system stability
Team Performance & Coordination
Efficient coordination between onshore and offshore teams, resulting in predictable delivery outcomes
Improved team productivity, technical capability, and adherence to standards
Engineering Excellence
Consistent enforcement of coding standards, architecture principles, and best practices
Measurable improvements in code quality, test coverage, and deployment reliability
Stakeholder Value
Positive stakeholder feedback on solution quality, responsiveness, and collaboration
Contribution to successful delivery of programme and release milestones

Benefits

Collaborative working environment - we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges
We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects
Expleo Academy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses
Competitive company benefits
Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo

As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committed to:
Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
Communicating and promoting vacancies
Offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job
Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people"We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age".

We treat everyone fairly and equitably across the organisation, including providing any additional support and adjustments needed for everyone to thrive