Technical Lead - Head of Engineering - 2 Days Peterborough or London

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ZENZO DIGITAL LTD

Technical Lead - Head of Engineering - 2 Days Peterborough or London

£90,000

City of London

Hybrid

Graduate

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Leader

Description

Our client is undertaking a bold technology transformation, modernising the systems that power one of the UKs leading media groups.

Were looking for a hands-on Tech Lead moving into a Head of Engineering role or current Head of Engineering to lead this change from the front, a full-stack technologist who codes with confidence, architects with foresight, and inspires teams to deliver with purpose.

Youll own the engineering direction across multiple domains; designing scalable cloud-native platforms, embedding DevSecOps excellence, and ensuring our technology foundation accelerates the business. DevSecOps would be desirable to have but so long as you have DevOps that is fine.

This is a role for a technical leader who still builds, who thrives on solving complex problems, automating intelligently, and mentoring the next generation of engineers.

Technology doesnt sit on the sidelines here, it drives their growth, their data, and their customer experience.

Your Impact Define and execute the engineering strategy across Azure cloud, integration, and legacy modernisation, aligned to the clients long-term digital roadmap. Design and deliver cloud-native solutions that scale efficiently, perform reliably, and integrate seamlessly across business functions. Lead by example in Azure DevSecOps: create and manage pipelines (YAML), infrastructure-as-code (Bicep, Terraform), and container orchestration (AKS, Docker). Embed engineering best practice: implement CI/CD, code quality gates, automated testing, and observability from build to production. Guide platform evolution: re-engineer legacy .NET and SQL systems into modular, API-driven architectures. Build and empower teams: mentor full-stack, DevOps, and Automation Test engineers fostering autonomy, innovation, and accountability. Champion security and reliability by design: integrate compliance, performance, and monitoring into every stage of delivery. Collaborate widely: partner with Product, Data, and Infrastructure teams to ensure alignment between technology capability and commercial goals. Drive innovation: pilot emerging technologies (AI, automation, data services) that improve efficiency and insight.

Your Technical Toolkit

Frontend HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript React.js (preferred), Angular, or Vue.js Responsive design (Bootstrap, Tailwind), state management (Redux, Context API) Front-end testing (Jest, React Testing Library, Cypress)

Backend C#, ASP.NET Core / .NET 6+ RESTful and GraphQL APIs Entity Framework Core, LINQ Authentication & authorisation (OAuth2, JWT, Azure AD) Secure coding and API versioning

Data & Integration SQL Server, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB ORM optimisation, caching (Redis, Azure Cache for Redis) Data migration and ETL integration (APIs, pipelines)

Cloud & DevSecOps Azure DevOps (Repos, Pipelines, Boards, Artifacts, Test Plans) CI/CD automation, gated releases, and environment governance Infrastructure-as-Code (Bicep, ARM, Terraform) Containerisation (Docker, AKS) and serverless (Azure Functions) Monitoring and observability (Application Insights, Log Analytics) Secrets management and vulnerability scanning (Key Vault, SonarQube, OWASP)

Architecture & Design Microservices and event-driven design (Service Bus, Event Grid, Kafka) Domain-Driven Design (DDD) principles Resilient and scalable system patterns (circuit breakers, retries) Integration of legacy and modern platforms within hybrid environments

What Success Looks Like 8+ years in software engineering, with deep full-stack and cloud experience. Proven record of leading engineering teams through modernisation or platform rebuilds. Hands-on mastery of Azure DevOps and enterprise-scale CI/CD, DevSecOps highly desirable Excellent architectural judgement balancing delivery speed, stability, and cost efficiency. Track record of developing high-performing, collaborative technical teams. Strong communication and leadership presence able to influence peers and executives alike. A continuous learner, passionate about automation, clean code, and scalable design.

Your Journey with the company: We believe great leaders inspire by doing. From your first week, youll work alongside engineers, architects, and data specialists shaping not just what we build, but how we build it. Youll have open access to the leadership team, visibility into our transformation roadmap, and the chance to leave a lasting mark on how technology powers the business.

The role can be based 2 days a week out of London (City Area) or Peterborough and the rest remote. If London then occasional trips to Peterborough

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