Software and Platform Technical Lead

We’re looking for a Software and Platform Technical Lead to join our Castle Fintech team, an exciting venture to assemble a new financial services platform. What will you do as a Software and Platform Technical Lead at N Brown?

• Guiding the technical direction and execution within their agile delivery squad, ensuring high-quality engineering practices and robust software and platform solutions.
• Providing technical leadership, mentoring, and support to software engineers and platform engineers within the squad, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Working closely with the Principal Engineer and other Technical Leads, contributing to the Software Engineering Centre of Excellence by implementing best practices, reusable patterns, and consistent engineering standards across squads.
• Play a key role in technical decision-making, balancing delivery speed with long-term maintainability, scalability, and resilience.
• Participates in architectural discussions, code reviews, and hands-on development, ensuring that solutions align with business objectives, security requirements, and industry standards.
• Track and manage technical debt within their squad, collaborating with other leads to ensure it is addressed proactively and sustainably across the platform.

What skills and experience will you have as Software and Platform Technical Lead?

• Taking technical responsibility across all stages and iterations of software and platform development.
• Planning and driving software construction activities, adopting and adapting appropriate software development methods, tools and techniques.
• Deploying automation to achieve well-engineered and secure outcomes.
• Designing large or complex software applications, components and modules.
• Coaching colleagues in developing target skills and capabilities in line with team and personal goals.

Technical Skills Node/JavaScript Microservices Development

• JavaScript/Typescript & JavaScript frameworks/tools: Node
• Microservices development through Containers or AWS Lambdas
• Development IDE (e.g., Visual Studio Code, WebStorm)
• Unit testing framework, e.g., Jest
• API Testing

DevOps

• IaC, specifically Terraform
• AWS e.g. EC2/ECS/Fargate
• Monitoring and alerting tooling e.g. Grafana/Kibana/Mpulse/Rigor
• Containerisation e.g. Docker

What’s in it for you?

• Hybrid working  
• 24 days holiday (+ 8 bank holidays) plus paid volunteer time
• Annual bonus scheme 
• Enhanced maternity and adoption leave 
• Company pension with up to 8% N Brown contribution 
• Mental Health support both internally and externally, including access to our wellbeing champions and counselling services  
• A range of financial wellbeing support  
• Colleague discount across all N Brown brands 
• Onsite café with subsidised rates and local restaurant discounts! 
• Life Assurance and Private Medical Insurance 

N Brown – who we are and why work for us? At N Brown, we’re committed to building a diverse workforce and creating an inclusive environment that values equality for all. Our vision is that by ‘championing inclusion, we’ll become the most loved and trusted fashion retailer’. Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging are, therefore, at the heart of our culture. We’re a forward-thinking digital retailer with a financial services proposition to be proud of. We’re customer-obsessed, serving them through three core brands: JD Williams, Simply Be, and Jacamo. We’re experienced, with over 160 years of trading under our belt. We’re inclusive, as we believe in fashion without boundaries; and we’re sustainable, striving to make as little impact on the planet as possible. In May 2024 we were delighted to be named one of The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024. We work hard to create a happy and inclusive culture for everyone and we’re so proud to have made this list - as voted for by our very own colleagues!Ways of Working We offer hybrid working which varies across the business depending on the role you’re in. Our Head Office is located in the Northern Quarter in Manchester City Centre. So, if you are travelling by train, tram or bus we’re perfectly located, plus we’re surrounded by cool cafes, trendy bars and the best places to eat! Our working hours are 36.17 per week and our core working hours are between 10am - 4pm. Given we don’t have strict working hours you can find the working pattern that’s right for you.Our promise to you: We’re an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.What happens when you apply to this role as Software and Platform Technical Lead N Brown? As soon as we receive your application, we’ll send you an email to let you know. We always aim to come back to you as soon as possible with an update and we really appreciate you taking the time to apply for a role with us. Good luck!