Product Technical Lead
Posted 14 days 7 hours ago by Different Technologies Pty Ltd.
We're looking for a Product Technical Lead to take ownership of our established AI enabled software product, guiding it through its next phase of evolution - roadmap features, scalability, and user experience as it grows in reach and capability. At the same time, you'll play a key role in shaping and building new product ideas from the ground up, helping Daintta expand its digital product portfolio.
This is a hands-on leadership role that blends strategic technical direction with active development. You'll work closely with product and business teams to define roadmaps, make architectural decisions, and deliver high-quality, production-ready software that meets real-world needs. If you enjoy balancing long-term vision with practical delivery refining proven systems while exploring new opportunities this role offers both.
Responsibilities- Lead the technical design, architecture, and implementation of a complex, user-facing software product.
- Write high-quality backend code in Python, taking features from definition through to release.
- Work closely with the Product Manager to translate product goals into technical plans, milestones, and deliverables.
- Make key architectural and implementation decisions to ensure scalability, performance, and maintainability.
- Guide the development team through Agile delivery cycles, leading sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives.
- Establish and uphold engineering best practices, code quality, testing, documentation, and security.
- Conduct code reviews and mentor developers, supporting their technical growth and productivity.
- Collaborate with UX/UI designers to ensure technical feasibility and excellent user experience.
- Continuously improve the development process and infrastructure to enhance product velocity and quality.
- Degree educated, with extensive industry experience.
- Strong background in software engineering, ideally with experience delivering end-to-end software products.
- Proven ability to lead or mentor development teams within an Agile environment.
- Advanced Python development skills, ideally with FastAPI or similar frameworks.
- Strong understanding of relational databases, schema design, and SQL.
- Familiarity with front-end development (TypeScript, React) is highly desirable.
- Experience designing scalable systems and working with cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines.
- Excellent communication skills, able to collaborate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- A product-oriented mindset, you care about users, usability, and delivering tangible outcomes.
- Experience in cyber security, data-driven applications, or SaaS platforms is advantageous.
We believe in supporting our people both professionally and personally. Here's what you can expect when you join us:
Time Off- 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
- Up to 5 days annual training leave with a dedicated training budget
- Up to 3 days annual volunteering leave - give back to the community
- Competitive maternity, paternity, shared parental leave & compassionate leave
- Comprehensive Private Health Insurance
- Employee Assistance Programme - 24/7 support services
- £2,000 Flex Cash Allowance, paid pro-rata over the year
- 5% pension contribution
- Discretionary company awards and bonuses, based on performance and company targets
- Access to Electric Vehicle (EV) Salary Sacrifice scheme
- Up to £1,000 annual training budget (access to additional training and development budget via business case)
- Up to 5 days annual training leave
- 1 professional membership paid annually
- Up to £200 of additional IT budget for new joiners
- Free breakfast every Tuesday in the London office
- Fortnightly drinks - in London
- Regular social events, quizzes, and guest workshops
- Huckletree perks - including gym and restaurant discounts
- Employee referral programme
- Monthly breakfast club in our Cheltenham office
Due to the nature of this position, you must be willing and eligible to achieve a minimum of SC clearance. To qualify, you must be a British Citizen and have resided in the UK for the last 5 years. For more information about clearance eligibility, please see the UK government page on security vetting.