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Technical Lead
Posted 1 day 11 hours ago by Onyx-Conseil
Job Title: Technical Lead
Location: Liverpool
Salary: £70,000 - £85,000 depending on experience
Job Type: Permanent
We're looking for a hands-on Technical Lead with a passion for delivering robust, modern web and mobile solutions, leading up one of our tech squads. You will set technical direction, mentor engineers, and work closely with Product, BA, and QA to shape our platforms. You'll have deep expertise in either back-end or front-end technologies and a strong appreciation of the entire development lifecycle-from design to build, deploy, and operate.
What you'll do:
- Lead a multidisciplinary delivery team (front-end, back-end, QA, analysts) to deliver high-quality software
- Drive architectural decisions and ensure solutions are secure, scalable, and maintainable
- Act as a technical mentor and coach, fostering professional growth across the team
- Collaborate with Product Owners, BAs, and Designers to translate business needs into technical solutions
- Maintain alignment with our standards on DevOps, testing strategies, and resilience
- Advocate for performance, security, and continuous improvement across our products
- Manage 3rd-party technical relationships where necessary
- Support incident response and BAU priorities when required
What you'll bring to the team:
- Strong experience as a Technical Lead, Senior Engineer, or Architect on complex web applications
- Expertise in either front-end or back-end development:
- Front-End: React, TypeScript, Next.js, modern build tools
- Back-End: C#, .NET Core, event-driven systems, microservices architecture
- Good knowledge of DevOps pipelines, CI/CD practices, and cloud platforms (Azure preferred)
- Ability to design and communicate robust architecture and coding standards
- Experience leading or mentoring teams in an agile environment
- Familiarity with modern security practices (OAuth, JWT, etc.)
- Collaborative mindset with the ability to work across disciplines
- Bonus: Experience with Docker, RabbitMQ, MediatR, Masstransit, Keycloak, Loki or Grafana
Why Join Us?
- Modern tech stack and a strong culture of engineering excellence
- Hybrid working
- Career progression into senior leadership or architecture
- Supportive environment with clear standards and plenty of opportunity to innovate
About Acorn Insurance
With over 40 years of experience, Acorn Insurance is a specialist provider dedicated to helping individuals secure motor insurance across the UK. We proudly serve more than 50,000 customers, ensuring they find policies that meet their needs and provide the peace of mind that comes with high-quality cover.
At Acorn Insurance, we offer comprehensive training and continuous in-house coaching. You'll receive in-depth, FCA-regulated industry knowledge and all the tools necessary to grow your career with us.
We celebrate diversity and are committed to fostering a culture where everyone feels respected and valued. As a Disability Confident employer, we ensure our workplace is accessible and inclusive, encouraging our people to bring their best selves to work every day. The Acorn Group has been recognised as a Great Place to Work for 2024/5.
Benefits:
Wellbeing:
- Enhanced Annual Leave entitlement starting at 31 days and potentially increasing to 35 days per year depending on grade & length of service (including bank holidays)
- Enhanced paternity pay and 16 weeks full maternity pay.
- Colleague Assistance programme offers a suite of wellbeing services such as:
- 6 Free Counselling sessions per year o Unlimited access to a telephone councillor 24/7
- Access to a free 4-week programme of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) with a trained therapist mentor.
- Network of internal qualified mental health first aiders are available to provide support to colleagues.
Financial:
- A core level of life assurance with the option to increase cover via salary sacrifice
- Ability to access your earnings before payday via Dayforce Wallet.
- Refer a friend scheme with a £250 bonus for every colleague recommended on passing their probation period.
- Access to a flexible benefits platform including an annual flex pot allowance to spend on over 15 benefits of your choice.
- Ability to give back. You can opt into donating money to charity to climate positive organisations directly from your salary.
- Reward, Recognition and Culture:
- Long Service Award paid on 5,10- and 15-years service
- Consistent and engaging company events including company awards, competitions and charity fundraisers.
- Budgets for department leaders to use for social and engagement events.
All roles are subject to DBS and Financial checks, any offer made will be conditional until checks are completed to a satisfactory standard.
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Candidates with experience or relevant job titles of; Technical Lead, Technical Team Lead, Technical Engineering Lead, Lead Programmer, Lead Software Engineer, Technical Architect, Solutions Architect, Technical Project Manager, Technical Manager, Technical Account Manager, Technical Engineering Manager, Principal Software Engineer, Principal Architect, Software Engineering Manager, Systems Engineer, Insurance IT Specialist, Insurtech Specialist, Cyber Insurance Specialist, Product Development Manager, Functional Lead (Insurance) will all be considered.
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