Technical Lead

We are looking for an experienced Technical Lead to own and drive the full software

development lifecycle for Provider Passport a modern, microservices-based platform built

on Spring Boot, Angular, AWS, and Firebase. You will be the technical decision-maker

responsible for architecture, code quality, delivery timelines, and engineering best practices

across the entire stack.

This is a leadership role. You will set the technical direction, make hands-on architectural

decisions, and ensure the team delivers high-quality software on schedule. We need

someone who has done this before not just contributed to engineering teams, but actively

led them through complex product builds.

What Youll Own

Lead architecture decisions and technical strategy across backend, frontend, and

cloud infrastructure

Own the end-to-end software development lifecycle: planning, design,

implementation, testing, deployment, and maintenance

Establish and enforce engineering standards for code quality, testing, CI/CD,

security, and documentation

Drive sprint planning, technical scoping, and delivery execution to ensure on-time,

high-quality releases

Evaluate technical trade-offs, manage technical debt, and make pragmatic

build-vs-buy decisions

Collaborate closely with Product Management to translate product requirements into

technical specifications and delivery plans

Conduct code reviews and architectural reviews to maintain consistency and

scalability

Identify and resolve bottlenecks in the development process, from infrastructure to

team workflows

Required Technical Experience

You must have deep, hands-on experience with the following technologies:

Backend: Spring Boot (3.x preferred), Java, micro services architecture, RESTful API design

Messaging: Apache Kafka real-time streaming pipelines, event-driven architecture

Database: MySQL schema design, query optimisation, data modelling at scale

Frontend: Angular component architecture, state management, performance

optimisation

Cloud: AWS EC2, ECS/EKS, RDS, S3, CloudFront, IAM, VPC, and deployment

automation

Firebase: Authentication, Realtime Database, Storage, and Security Rules

DevOps: CI/CD pipelines, containerisation (Docker), infrastructure-as-code, monitoring and

logging

Qualifications

6+ years of professional software engineering experience with at least 3 years in a

technical lead or engineering manager role

Proven track record of leading engineering teams through full product builds from

zero-to-one or major platform overhauls

Strong experience with micro services architecture in production environments at

scale

Demonstrated ability to own SDLC end-to-end: requirements gathering, system

design, sprint execution, release management

Excellent understanding of cloud-native patterns, distributed systems, and

event-driven architecture

Experience setting up and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, automated testing

frameworks, and deployment strategies

Strong communication skills able to translate complex technical concepts for

non-technical stakeholders

Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a

related field (or equivalent experience)

Nice to Have

Experience in healthcare technology, credentialing, or provider data management

Background in building multi-tenant SaaS platforms

Experience with performance engineering, load testing, and scalability planning