Technical Lead
Salary: £70,000 per annum, plus company benefits
Location: Remote
Contract: Full Time
Shifts: 37.5 hours per week, Monday – Friday, 9am until 5:30pm with 1 hours unpaid lunch break
Work model: Remote
Williams Lea seeks a Technical Lead to join our team!
Williams Lea is the leading global provider of tech-enabled business and marketing services helping clients manage and transform processes through resilient, scalable 24/7 operations. We combine deep expertise, agentic AI-imbedded workflows, and a global delivery model into a tech-enabled, seamless human expert-in-the-loop experience that helps clients achieve superior business outcomes.
Built on a strong heritage and great client relationships, we harness deep industry expertise, emerging technology and our global “Optishore™” delivery model to plan, build, execute and measure business processes, driving operational agility and digital transformation at speed and scale.
Williams Lea, an RRD company, serves clients in 20 countries across four continents and has 15,000 employees worldwide.
Purpose of role
This is an exciting opportunity for a person looking to elevate their careers within our technology team!
Key responsibilities
- Lead technical architecture and integration strategy for AIVA engagements
- Design scalable, secure cloud-native architectures and deployment models
- Own enterprise integrations, authentication, data pipelines and monitoring
- Review AI Workflow Engineer builds and ensure architectural quality
- Guide teams on architecture, prompt strategy and evaluation
- Manage technical risks and present architecture to senior client stakeholders
- Mentor AI Workflow and Integration Engineers
Personal attributes
- 8+ years in software engineering, cloud architecture or enterprise integration
- Strong enterprise integration and cloud architecture experience
- Experience with AI/automation platforms, LLM APIs and agent frameworks
- Strong understanding of Azure/AWS, security and deployment architecture
- Proven experience with senior client/technical stakeholder management
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related technical field
- Azure certification preferred
Using AI in your application
We’re happy for you to use AI tools to research us, polish your cv/cover letter, and practice interviews. Please make sure everything you submit reflects your authentic skills and experience.
To keep things fair, please don’t use AI to invent or exaggerate achievements, complete assessments (unless we say it’s allowed), or to generate live interview answers.
Rewards and Benefits
We believe in supporting our employees in both their professional and personal lives. As part of our commitment to your well-being, we offer a comprehensive benefits package, including but not limited to:
- 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays(pro-rata for part time or fixed term roles)
- Salary sacrifice schemes, retail vouchers – including our TechScheme which can be used on a range of gadgets such as Smart TV’s, laptops and computers or household appliances.
- Life Assurance
- Private Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Health Assessments
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Discounted gym memberships
- Referral Scheme
You will also have the opportunity to work for a global employer who is dedicated to offering each and every employee an enjoyable, challenging and rewarding career with future career development prospects!
Equality and Diversity
The Company values the differences that a diverse workforce brings to the organisation and will not discriminate because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race (which includes colour, nationality and ethnic or national origins), religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation (each of these being a “protected characteristic” in discrimination law). It will not discriminate because of any other irrelevant factor and will build a culture that values openness, fairness and transparency.
If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format or would like to make a reasonable adjustment to enable you to make an interview please contact us at [email protected](we do not accept applications to this email address).
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Skills Required
- 8+ years of experience in software engineering, cloud architecture, or enterprise integration
- Strong experience with enterprise integration and cloud architecture
- Experience with AI or automation platforms, LLM APIs, and agent frameworks
- Strong understanding of Azure or AWS, security, and deployment architecture
- Proven experience managing senior client and technical stakeholders
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
- Azure certification
Williams Lea Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Williams Lea and has not been reviewed or approved by Williams Lea.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare Strength: Health coverage includes medical, dental, vision, and prescription options, with the package characterized as comprehensive and acceptable in practice. Positive remarks highlight health insurance quality within the core offering.
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Retirement Support — Retirement Support: A 401(k) with employer match is provided alongside company-paid life insurance and disability coverage. These elements establish a standard foundation for long‑term financial security.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Leave & Time Off Breadth: Paid time off, paid holidays, and paid parental leave are part of the offering in many roles. This breadth supports time away for rest and family needs.
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What We Do
Williams Lea is the global provider of tech-enabled skilled business-critical support services to financial, legal and professional services firms, connecting people, processes and technology to streamline key business and administrative functions and helping companies adapt to a more virtual and digital workplace. Built on a strong heritage, great client relationships and a talented team, Williams Lea is the trusted global outsourcing provider to clients in highly regulated environments. Williams Lea serves clients in 20 countries across four continents and has 7,000 employees worldwide. Williams Lea is backed by Advent International, one of the largest and most experienced global private equity investors.
