Technical Lead

Are you passionate about solving complex problems through technology and leading teams that deliver exceptional solutions Do you thrive on challenges love building highperforming teams and have the technical expertise to back it all up If so wed love for you to join us as a Technical Lead at PA Consulting. 

As our Technical Lead youll be the driving force behind innovative solutions steering technical teams through complex challenges and guiding our clients towards successful digital transformations.  

Your role will extend beyond technical leadership requiring a deep understanding of architecture software development and engineering best practices. Your ability to align solutions with client needs and industry best practices is crucial as is your passion for continuous improvement and innovation. 

What youll be doing: 

• Collaborate with clients to develop solutions that address their unique challenges bridging the gap between business objectives and technical capabilities 

• Lead technical teams in the delivery of complex solutions providing mentorship to engineers and fostering an environment of continuous improvement 

• Be ready to roll up your sleeves when needed. Whether debugging troubleshooting or guiding architecture decisions youll lead from the front 

• Drive our internal growth by leading recruitment efforts designing and delivering training and actively participating in our communities of practices 

• Leverage your technical expertise to shape solutions and contribute insights to help win new projects 

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Qualifications :

Qualifications: 

We understand that theres no onesizefitsall approach to talent so we encourage people from diverse backgrounds and experiences to apply. Dont worry about ticking every box in this list; were more interested in meeting brilliant candidates who can bring unique perspectives to our team.  

• Excellent communicator and collaborative team player focused on building strong relationships with colleagues and clients. 

• Solid foundation in engineering principles scalable system design and security best practices. 

• Experience in mentoring and developing junior engineers. Ability to nurture talent within the team guiding them to enhance their skills in coding architecture and problemsolving through coaching reviews and pair programming. 

• Proven experience delivering enterprisegrade applications on cloud platforms (AWS GCP Azure) with expertise in designing scalable cloudnative solutions. 

• Extensive experience leading technical delivery within Agile teams using Scrum or Kanban methodologies. 

• Expertise in technical decisionmaking and guiding teams towards implementing maintainable longterm solutions. 

• Strong proficiency in at least one programming language (preferably JavaScript Java .Net) and relevant frameworks with demonstrated ability to design and implement fullstack solutions. 

• Proven capability in shaping the endtoend software delivery lifecycle driving improvements across development testing deployment and operational phases. 

• Experience implementing infrastructureascode CI/CD and efficient release management strategies. 

• Experience collaborating with DevOps and SRE teams utilising monitoring and observability tools to drive continuous improvement. 

• Proven ability to assess and improve system performance through techniques such as load testing caching strategies and optimisation of database queries and application logic to improve scalability and response times. 

• Expertise in modern engineering standards such as TDD contract testing and secure coding as well as architectural patterns like eventdriven architecture and platform migration. 

• Skilled at making technical decisions and tradeoffs that positively impact teams and solutions. 

• Continuous learner with a growth mindset staying up to date with emerging technologies and industry trends and bringing this knowledge into the team to enhance technical capabilities and delivery standards. 

Additional Information :

Flexible working We are guided by our client work and needs; however you have autonomy to manage your time and diary to suit your work/life balance.

We know the skillgap and somewhat need to tick every box can get in the way of meeting brilliant candidates so please dont hesitate to apply wed love to hear from you.

Apply today by completing our online application

Life At PA encompasses our peoples experience at PA. Its about how we enrich peoples working lives by giving them access to unique people and growth opportunities and purpose led meaningful work.

We believe diversity fuels ingenuity. Diversity of thought brings exciting perspectives; diversity of experience brings a wealth of knowledge and diversity of skills brings the tools we need. When we bring people together with diverse backgrounds identities and minds embracing that difference through an inclusive culture where our people thrive; we unleash the power of diversity bringing ingenuity to life.

Find out more about Life at PA here.

We are dedicated to supporting the physical emotional social and financial wellbeing of our people. Check out some of our extensive benefits:

• Health and lifestyle perks accompanying private healthcare for you and your family
• 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days
• Generous company pension scheme
• Opportunity to get involved with community and charitybased initiatives
• Annual performancebased bonus
• PA share ownership
• Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work give as you earn)

We recruit retain reward and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions and without reference to their age background disability genetic information parental or family status religion or belief race ethnicity nationality sex sexual orientation gender identity (or expression) political belief veteran status or other by any other range of human difference brought about by identity and experience. We are on a journey towards ensuring our workforce is diverse at all levels and that our firm is representative of the world around us. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups.

We are currently operating a discretionary hybrid working model which is designed to help you plan your work and your life. We want our people to come into the office at least two days a week.

Adjustments or accommodations  Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process at either application or interview please contact us.