The Role
The Tech Lead directs technical strategy, mentors developers, manages projects, and ensures alignment between technology and business goals with hands-on coding responsibilities.
Summary Generated by Built In
The Tech Lead serves as a hands-on technical expert, combining deep development expertise with leadership, strategic thinking, and project oversight. This role involves guiding technical direction, mentoring the development team, and ensuring alignment between technology and business goals.
Key Requirements
- Minimum 6 to 8 years of professional experience in software development, with at least 2 to 3 years in a leadership or senior developer role.
- A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Information System (or equivalent).
- Proven experience in leading development teams, guiding technical direction, and managing project delivery.
- Demonstrated expertise in hands-on development across web, mobile, or AI-related solutions.
- Strong background in full-stack development, including front-end, back-end, and database technologies.
- Prior experience in mentoring junior developers and fostering a collaborative team environment.
- Excellent problem-solving, critical thinking, and technical decision-making abilities.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Proven ability to mentor and lead development teams effectively.
- Extensive hands-on experience with PHP and JavaScript, including real-world use of frameworks such as Laravel 8 and above, React, Vue.js, and Node.js.
- Practical experience with CSS and modern styling frameworks, especially Bootstrap, in production environments.
- Proven, hands-on expertise in WordPress development, including setup, theme customisation, plugin integration, and performance optimisation. Strong practical knowledge of CMS architecture and how to tailor WordPress solutions to meet custom business needs.
- Strong knowledge of Linux-based environments, especially Ubuntu and Red Hat.
- Familiarity with configuring and optimising Apache and Nginx web servers for scalability and security.
- Strong command of Git for version control and team collaboration.
- Experience with cloud hosting platforms, with AWS as a plus.
- AI & NLP Integration: Hands-on experience with integrating OpenAI APIs (including ChatGPT) for conversational AI solutions, along with practical use of Python-based AI frameworks such as TensorFlow for developing machine learning models and natural language processing applications.
- Experience with headless CMS (e.g., Strapi, Contentful, Hygraph)
- Familiarity with CI/CD and cloud-based infrastructure scaling
- AR/VR: WebXR, Unity, ARKit/ARCore, Three.js
- Prior work in an agency or fast-paced product environment
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A Plus:
Responsibilities
- Define and enforce best practices in coding standards, architecture, and development processes.
- Lead strategic technical decision-making, ensuring alignment with business goals and technical feasibility.
- Guide project architecture, identify risks, and provide scalable, maintainable solutions.
- Review code and enforce quality standards across the team.
- Actively contribute code, particularly in complex or high-impact areas.
- Collaborate with account managers, creative team, business analysts, and stakeholders to translate requirements into actionable technical plans.
- Break down complex project scopes into manageable tasks and allocate them to team members.
- Monitor project progress, mitigate technical risks, and resolve blockers.
- Advise on timelines, phasing strategies, and platform recommendations in collaboration with project managers.
- Mentor and support developers in both technical execution and career growth.
- Promote continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and a culture of code ownership.
- Act as the go-to expert for troubleshooting, architecture decisions, and complex challenges.
- Lead by example through hands-on coding, prototyping, and development.
- Ensure seamless implementation of UI/UX designs with responsive and performant front-end and back-end code.
- Participate in the full SDLC, from planning to deployment.
- Serve as a communication bridge between technical and non-technical teams.
- Clearly articulate technical decisions, trade-offs, and recommendations to stakeholders.
- Ensure alignment across engineering, product, and business objectives.
- Communicate professionally with clients and internal teams, demonstrating strong reasoning and decision-making skills.
Technical Leadership & Strategy:
Project Oversight & Execution:
Team Mentorship & Development:
Hands-On Development:
Communication & Collaboration:
Top Skills
Apache
AWS
Bootstrap
CSS
Git
JavaScript
Laravel
Linux
Nginx
Node.js
PHP
Python
React
Red Hat
TensorFlow
Ubuntu
Vue
Wordpress
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The Company
What We Do
Zeno Group is the fiercely independent and global integrated communications agency, born from PR.
We bring together the boldest and brightest talent to help clients across industries and sectors unleash the power of strategic communications. Guided by our ‘Fearless Pursuit of the Unexpected,’ we push the boundaries to achieve real business value and societal impact for clients. Winner of the industry’s most coveted awards including the 2022 PRWeek Global Agency of the Year, 2022 PRWeek U.S. Large Agency of the Year, 2022 PRovoke Best Large Agency to Work For in North America, 2021 PRovoke Global Creative Agency of the Year, 2021 PRovoke North American Agency of the Year, 2021 PRWeek Agency of the Year and a three-time winner of PRWeek’s Best Places to Work. Zeno has also been previously recognized by the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.
Zeno is a DJE Holdings Company.
