Engineering Tech Lead - Search

Company Description

At Frasers Group we’re rethinking retail. Through digital innovation and unique store experiences, we’re serving our consumers with the world’s best sports, premium and luxury brands globally. As a leader in the industry, we’re elevating the retail experience for our consumers through our collection of established brands, including Sports Direct, FLANNELS, USC, Frasers, and GAME. 

Why join us?

Our mission- we are building the worlds most admired and compelling brand ecosystem

Our purpose – we are elevating the lives of the many with access to the world’s best brands and experiences

At Frasers Group, we fear less and do more. Our people are forward thinkers who are driven to operate outside of their comfort zone to change the future of retail, embracing challenges along the way. The potential to elevate your career is massive, the experience unrivalled. To be able to make the most of it you need to live and breathe our principles:

• Think without limits - Think fast, think fearlessly, and take the team with you
• Own it and back yourself - Own the basics, own your role and own the results
• Be relevant - Relevant to our people, our partners and the planet

Are you ready to join the Fearless?

Job Description

We are looking for an Engineering Tech Lead to join our dynamic Digital Engineering team, guiding the development of key platform components, including search, CMS, and the pages at the heart of our websites.

This is a unique opportunity to lead technical innovation at scale, driving the evolution of platforms that support over 50 websites and 10 mobile applications for some of the UK’s most iconic retail brands.

As an Engineering Tech Lead, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping your squad’s technical direction while contributing hands-on as a coder and mentor. You’ll wear many hats—serving as an architect, engineer, coach, and trusted advisor to stakeholders.

You’ll split your time between coding (approximately 30%) and leadership responsibilities, ensuring your team delivers high-quality, scalable solutions. From defining roadmaps and breaking down work to championing best practices and Agile principles, you’ll ensure the squad operates at its best.

• Lead a high-performing squad focused on building and enhancing search, CMS, and the pages at the heart of our websites.
• Spend approximately 30% of your time coding, contributing to key projects and setting high technical standards.
• Mentor and support your team through pair programming, code reviews, and sharing best practices.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define roadmaps and priorities, breaking down Epics into manageable Stories and Tasks.
• Design and implement integrations with headless CMS platforms and SaaS search solutions, ensuring scalability, performance, and seamless content management.
• Ensure your team follows Agile processes and ceremonies, implementing and maintaining best practices.
• Balance technical and leadership duties, shifting between a “maker’s schedule” (coding and deep work) and a “manager’s schedule” (team leadership and collaboration).
• Advocate for and implement modern engineering principles, including microservices, API-first development, and event-driven systems.
• Foster a culture of continuous learning, sharing articles, advice, and ideas to inspire your team.

Location: Hybrid, with 2 days at home and 3 days in our Shirebrook HQ

Qualifications

What We’re Looking For

• Proven experience leading software engineering teams, balancing technical and leadership responsibilities.
• Strong React, Next.js, GraphQL, TypeScript, and Node.js expertise.
• Hands-on experience with NoSQL/SQL databases and REST APIs in a microservices architecture.
• A pragmatic, delivery-focused attitude, with the ability to guide technical decisions and align with business objectives.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and a strong understanding of team dynamics and processes.
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to effectively engage technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Desirable Skills

• Experience with MACH and Composable Commerce architectural principles.
• Knowledge of event-driven architectures and tools like Redis.
• Familiarity with Azure, AWS, and Infrastructure as Code tools.
• Experience with DevOps practices and principles.
• Knowledge of Algolia and/or Amplience.

Additional Information

Along with your benefits package we also offer a wide range of perks for our colleagues:

Reward, Recognition and Opportunities

Frasers Champion- Our employees are at the heart of our business and we ensure individuals are recognised every single month for their hard work. Frasers Champion is a peer nominated scheme where 8 winners will receive double their pay for a month where they have thought without limits, owned it or been relevant.

Fearless 1000 – By October 2025, we want our share price to hit £10. If that happens for 30 or more consecutive trading days, all colleagues across the business will receive a bonus! The top 1000 performers in the company will receive unprecedented bonuses, worth from £50,000 to £1million! Senior leaders across the business nominate these performers twice a year for embodying our core values and delivering exceptional performance*.

*subject to terms and conditions

Frasers Festival – an event like no other! Our Frasers Festival is our celebration for Head Office and Retail Staff across the UK and Europe – hosting a MEGA brand village, guest speakers from the world's biggest brands, evening entertainment, the ultimate Frasers Fearless Fitness Challenge and much more.

CEO Sessions – Once a quarter we offer 20 employees the opportunity to attend our “CEO Sessions” ran by our CEO and leadership team. Employees have the chance to connect, network and submit questions around specific topics such as our Sports or Luxury business.

Retail Reconnect – In order to build the planets most admired and compelling brand ecosystem, all employees must understand our business, product and customers. Each financial year, Head Office employees will gain insights by spending two days in one of our stores or the Warehouse. The goal is to learn how the work you do impacts our teams on the frontline, and to bring ideas back to the office which will improve how we work.

Employee Welfare

Frasers Fit – Our Everlast Gyms Team are on a mission to make our workforce the best, and fittest on the planet! We run free gym classes for employees as well as discounted memberships to our clubs. Frasers Fit is our wellbeing programme which aims to support and improve colleagues Physical, Financial & Mental wellbeing. The app is accessible for every employee and includes training, nutrition and lifestyle advice- all completely free.

Retail Trust – We know that its not just about physical health, mental wellness is equally important which is why all of our employees get free access and support from the Retail Trust charity. This includes a 24 hour wellbeing helpline, wellness hub, counselling and financial/legal support.

What’s next?

Our Recruitment Team will be reviewing applications and all candidates will receive a response, whether you are successful or unsuccessful. Shortlisted applicants may be asked to confirm a few key details before being booked in for a first stage interview with the Recruiter- this will be behaviourally focussed and centred around how you align with our Culture and Values. If successful we anticipate two further interview stages with the Hiring Manager/wider team which will be more technically focussed and could include a presentation/task so we can see your skills in action.