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Lead Developer/Tech Lead
Posted 1 day 1 hour ago by Skillsearch
Permanent
Not Specified
Other
London, United Kingdom
Job Description
Are you a seasoned technical leader with a passion for educational games and cross-platform development?
A creative learning company is looking for a Lead Developer to drive the evolution of a playful literacy platform designed to help children thrive through humour, illustration, animation, and game-based learning.
What you'll be doing:
- Leading the technical architecture, design, and delivery of both the Unity product (for kids and families) and a web-based version (for educators and schools)
- Shaping the technical roadmap in alignment with broader product and platform strategies
- Collaborating with a platform team to solve shared technical challenges and align infrastructure
- Acting as the go-to technical authority on scalable, cross-platform architecture
- Working side by side with Product and Design leads to support rapid product discovery and iteration
- Communicating technical decisions, risks, and progress across teams and time zones
- Leading on technical delivery, including sprint planning, team handovers, and milestone tracking
- Mentoring both local and remote engineers, supporting code quality and cross-team knowledge sharing
- Contributing hands-on during discovery or when solving technical blockers
- Helping hire and onboard additional development talent as the team grows
What we're looking for:
- Proven experience as a Tech Lead, Lead Developer, or Senior Engineer with deep expertise in JavaScript, React, Node.js, and TypeScript
- Demonstrated ability to design scalable web architecture and lead cross-platform projects
- Experience working across distributed teams and collaborating with platform and infrastructure teams
- Comfortable with API design, optimisation for performance, and cross-device compatibility
- Strong track record of delivering in fast-paced, iterative, consumer-facing product environments
- Excellent communicator who thrives in cross-functional, multi-time zone teams
- Passion for mentorship, technical excellence, and process improvement
- Background in educational technology, games, or other creative product environments is a plus
- Ideally based in Copenhagen or another EU location in a similar time zone
If you're ready to build something meaningful that helps kids learn through laughter, we'd love to hear from you.Apply now, or get in touch with Alfie Brear -
Skillsearch
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