Technical Lead
Technical Leader (Python)
Location: London, UK (Hybrid – 2-3 days per week onsite)
Salary: Competitive + Benefits
Recruitment Partner: Searchability
About the Opportunit
ySearchability is partnering with a rapidly growing technology consultancy delivering large-scale software, data and AI solutions for enterprise clients
.We are seeking an experienced Technical Leader with a strong Python background to lead multidisciplinary engineering teams across frontend, backend, DevOps and design functions. This is a hands-on leadership role that combines technical ownership, people management, client engagement and delivery responsibility
.You'll play a key role in shaping engineering strategy, driving best practices and ensuring the successful delivery of complex technology solutions while working closely with stakeholders and senior decision-makers
.
The Ro
leAs a Technical Leader, you will be responsible for leading engineering teams, overseeing project delivery and ensuring technical excellence across multiple workstreams. You'll balance strategic leadership with hands-on technical involvement, helping teams deliver scalable, high-quality software while fostering a collaborative and high-performance cultur
e.This role is ideal for someone who enjoys mentoring engineers, influencing technical direction and acting as a trusted advisor to both clients and internal stakeholder
s.
Key Responsibilit
iesLeadership & Team Managem
- entLead, mentor and develop multidisciplinary engineering tea
- ms.Foster a collaborative, high-performing engineering cultu
- re.Support hiring, onboarding, succession planning and team grow
- th.Monitor team performance and provide coaching and development opportuniti
- es.Ensure appropriate team capacity and resource planning across projec
ts.
Project Ownership & Deli
- veryManage and prioritise engineering backlogs and sprint objecti
- ves.Oversee the full software development lifecycle from design through to production deploym
- ent.Ensure delivery timelines, quality standards and business objectives are achie
- ved.Drive engineering best practices, code quality and maintainabil
- ity.Conduct technical reviews and support architectural decision-mak
ing.
Client & Stakeholder Engag
- ementWork closely with clients, product teams and stakeholders to understand business object
- ives.Act as a trusted technical advisor, identifying opportunities for improvement and innova
- tion.Translate complex technical concepts into clear business-focused outc
- omes.Build strong relationships with both technical and non-technical stakehol
ders.
Technical Lead
- ershipContribute to architecture design and technology str
- ategy.Develop new features and support existing production sy
- stems.Promote continuous improvement across engineering processes, tooling and delivery prac
- tices.Evaluate emerging technologies and drive adoption where approp
- riate.Ensure systems remain scalable, secure and maintai
nable.
Operational Exc
- ellenceTrack delivery milestones and proactively manage risks and depend
- encies.Balance scope, quality and timelines to ensure successful project ou
- tcomes.Identify and resolve technical bottl
- enecks.Drive sustainable engineering practices and reduce technica
l debt.
Required Ex
- perience7+ years of commercial software engineering exp
- erience.3+ years of engineering leadership and people management exp
- erience.Strong expertise in Python deve
- lopment.Experience leading cross-functional engineerin
- g teams.Strong understanding of modern software architecture and engineering pri
- nciples.Experience delivering cloud-native applications within AWS envir
- onments.Proven experience managing stakeholders and technical d
- elivery.Excellent communication and interpersonal
- skills.Strong problem-solving and decision-making ab
ilities.
Desirable E
- xperienceExperience with data platforms, ETL pipelines and data eng
- ineering.Exposure to Data Science or Machine Learning envi
- ronments.Experience with additional cloud platforms such as Azur
- e or GCP.Experience working within consultancy or client-facing envi
- ronments.Knowledge of modern DevOps practices and CI/CD p
ipelines.
Technology E
nvironmen
- tLangu
agesPython
Clou
- d P
- latformsAWSAzure
- (desirable)GCP
(desirable)
- ArchitectureDistrib
- uted SystemsCloud-Native
- ApplicationsScalable Back
end Services
Engineer
- ing PracticesAgil
- e Dev
- elopmentCI/C
- DCode ReviewsTechnic
- al LeadershipSoftware
Architecture
Wh
- at's on Offer Competitive
- salary packagePrivate med
- ical insuranceHybrid
- working modelOpportunity to work on large-scale enter
- prise projectsExposure to modern cloud, AI and dat
- a technologiesLeadership role with significant influence over techn
- ical directionCollaborative and multicultural engineeri
- ng environmentCareer progression within a rapidly growing technolo
gy consultancy
If you're a senior engineering leader with strong Python expertise, a passion for technical excellence and experience leading high-performing teams, we'd love to