Tech Lead - Contract

Posted 17 Days Ago
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London, Greater London, England, GBR
In-Office
Entry level
Mobile • Software
The Role
Lead backend engineering and platform enablement work across shared retail capabilities, designing scalable APIs, microservices, integrations, and cloud-native AWS solutions. Own architecture, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, testing, security, observability, and production operations. Influence technical decisions, mentor engineers, collaborate with stakeholders, and deliver iteratively within Agile teams. Previous CRM experience is essential, ideally with Clavio.
Summary Generated by Built In

Mindera are currently looking for an experienced Tech Lead to operate within a Platform Enablement team in the retail sector. This will be a small team that looks after capabilities that are shared across products and channels. For this role, previous experience with CRMs is essential, ideally Clavio but not limited to.


Requirements
  • Strong software engineering expertise – deep backend development experience, building scalable APIs and microservices; broader experience with technologies such as Node.js, TypeScript or React is beneficial.
  • Architecture & system design – proven ability to design and evaluate scalable services and integrations, applying appropriate architecture patterns while balancing product goals, security, reliability and long-term system health.
  • Cloud, DevOps & Infrastructure as Code – hands-on experience building and operating cloud-native solutions in AWS, using modern CI/CD practices and Infrastructure as Code, ideally Terraform and GitHub.
  • Engineering quality & operational excellence – strong understanding of automated testing, code quality and security best practices, with experience troubleshooting distributed systems and using observability to improve performance and reliability.
  • Technical leadership & collaboration – able to contribute to and influence technical decisions, communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders, and mentor engineers through code reviews, pairing and knowledge sharing.
  • Agile delivery & continuous improvement – comfortable taking ownership from design through to production within Agile product teams, with a strong focus on customer value and continuous improvement. Experience with AI-assisted development tools is desirable; exposure to business rules engines, loyalty platforms or the travel industry would be advantageous.

Benefits

Competitive day rate

Skills Required

  • Strong software engineering expertise with deep backend development experience building scalable APIs and microservices
  • Experience designing and evaluating scalable services and integrations using appropriate architecture patterns
  • Hands-on experience building and operating cloud-native solutions in AWS
  • Experience with modern CI/CD practices and Infrastructure as Code
  • Understanding of automated testing, code quality, security best practices, distributed systems troubleshooting, and observability
  • Technical leadership, stakeholder communication, mentoring, code reviews, pairing, and knowledge sharing
  • Experience taking ownership from design through production within Agile product teams
  • Previous CRM experience
  • Node.js, TypeScript, or React experience
  • Terraform and GitHub experience
  • Experience with AI-assisted development tools
  • Exposure to business rules engines, loyalty platforms, or the travel industry

Mindera Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Mindera and has not been reviewed or approved by Mindera.

  • Healthcare Strength — Company materials highlight health insurance, medical assistance, and wellbeing programs across locations, with the UK explicitly offering private medical including mental‑health, optical, and dental coverage. Country pages position healthcare as a core element of the package.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, sick leave, and flexible vacation policies are described as standard, with some locales referencing generous or unlimited PTO. Flexible schedules and remote options further support time away when needed.
  • Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Flexibility, remote/hybrid work, and wellness initiatives (e.g., mental‑health sessions and onsite activities) are emphasized as part of the employee experience. Cultural perks such as team gatherings and trips add lifestyle value.

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The Company
HQ: Leicester
490 Employees
Year Founded: 2014

What We Do

At Mindera we craft software with people we love. Software Engineering Applications, including Web and Mobile, are at the core of what we do at Mindera. You get to work with a bunch of great people, where the whole team owns the project together. Our culture reflects our lean and self-organization attitude. We encourage our colleagues to take risks, make decisions, work in a collaborative way and talk to everyone to enhance communication. We partner with our clients, to understand their product and deliver high performance, resilient and scalable software systems that create an impact in their users and businesses across the world Our offices are located in: Portugal | UK | USA | India | Romania | Brazil

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