Technical Lead, Core Services

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the technical architecture and strategic direction for Aveni’s core platform services.

• Develop and implement scalable, event-driven services utilizing AWS.

• Enhance client data ingestion processes to facilitate configuration-based onboarding.

• Create and manage APIs to ensure consistent access to client and CRM data.

• Design robust multi-tenant systems ensuring strong data isolation, security, and operational controls.

• Lead the management of data lifecycle, encompassing retention, deletion, residency, and GDPR compliance.

• Establish resilient third-party platform and API integrations, incorporating authentication, rate limiting, retries, reconciliation, and failure recovery.

• Document architectural decisions and represent Core Services in discussions at the Architecture Review Board.

• Elevate engineering standards across testing, observability, security, reliability, and operational accountability.

• Stay engaged with production code, primarily working with Node.js and AWS.

• Mentor engineers through pair programming, code reviews, design discussions, and technical coaching.

• Assist the team in utilizing AI-assisted engineering tools while implementing appropriate controls.

• Provide technical guidance to a team of approximately six to seven engineers.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive software engineering background with a proven history of technical leadership and architectural decision-making.

• In-depth production experience with Node.js, especially in backend, API, and distributed systems.

• Strong expertise in designing and managing cloud-native systems on AWS.

• Experience in constructing event-driven architectures and a solid understanding of asynchronous distributed systems.

• Proficient in designing production systems that involve complex multi-tenancy, data isolation, or data lifecycle requirements.

• Significant experience in integrating with third-party APIs, including handling rate limits, partial failures, retries, and reconciliation.

• Comprehensive understanding of reliability, observability, security, and operational ownership.

• Ability to make architectural trade-offs and communicate technical decisions effectively.

• Proven track record of mentoring engineers and enhancing engineering standards.

• Willingness and ability to remain hands-on while providing technical direction.

• Production experience with Python in addition to Node.js (desirable).

• Familiarity with Auth0, AWS Cognito, or similar identity and access management technologies (desirable).

• Strong grasp of OAuth 2.0 and authentication/authorization patterns (desirable).

• Experience in financial services or another regulated setting (desirable).

• Knowledge of managing data residency, retention, and GDPR erasure requirements at scale (desirable).

• Experience contributing to Architecture Review Boards or similar governance bodies (desirable).

• Background in establishing or enhancing AI-assisted software engineering practices (desirable).

🏝️ Benefits

• Remote-first working environment throughout the UK.

• Policy allowing for work abroad.

• Access to co-working spaces.

• 34 days of holiday (including flexible bank holidays) plus your birthday off.

• Company-wide off-site events.

• Optional Personal Development Plan.

• Flexible benefits platform.

• Life insurance coverage.

• Income protection plan.

• Critical illness coverage.

• Pension scheme with up to a 5% matched employer contribution and options for increased contributions.

• Private health and dental insurance.

• Potential share options.

• Enhanced family leave benefits.