Digital Technology Lead

At The Institute of Chartered Accountants England & Wales (ICAEW), you'll be part of an organisation that's shaping the future of business, finance and the accountancy profession on a global scale. Our bold 2030 Strategy puts members, innovation, sustainability and trust at the heart of everything we do; creating an exciting, forward looking environment where your work has real impact. We invest in our people through our benefits package, continuous development and a supportive, inclusive culture that empowers you to grow and thrive. If you're looking for a role with purpose, influence and opportunity, ICAEW is a place where your future can truly take shape.

To provide hands on technical leadership across ICAEW's digital delivery squads, ensuring that software solutions are well designed, scalable, secure, and aligned with enterprise architecture. The Digital Tech Lead acts as a senior engineer and solution designer, guiding implementation, mentoring developers, and working closely with Product, UX, and Architecture to ensure technology delivers business value. The role bridges high level design and day to day delivery, helping squads strike the right balance between innovation, technical quality, and delivery velocity.

• Lead the design of software solutions within digital squads, translating business requirements into scalable, secure, and maintainable architecture.
• Guide and support one or more digital squads through technical direction, engineering quality, and decision making.
• Champion clean code, modular design, automated testing, CI/CD, and DevSecOps practices.
• Coach junior and mid level engineers, providing feedback, guidance, and growth opportunities.
• Work closely with Product Owners and UX Designers to ensure technical feasibility of features and alignment to user experience goals.

• Proven experience in software engineering roles, with a previous role in a senior developer, tech lead, or architect position.
• Proven experience designing and delivering modern web, cloud, or enterprise applications in complex environments.
• Track record of working in Agile delivery teams and leading through influence, not hierarchy.
• Solution design and technical leadership - able to design end to end digital solutions, balancing trade offs between architecture, speed, and usability.
• Full stack engineering - strong hands on experience with front end and back end development (e.g. .NET Core, React, Node.js, Azure services).

We want you to enjoy your work and flourish in your role. Our working environment is friendly and supportive, and we encourage everyone to understand personal differences and treat each other with respect. We are a diverse organisation, employing skilled and motivated people from all backgrounds and helping them to reach their full potential, through training and development. Sustainability is important to us, and we work hard to reduce our carbon footprint, whether that's in our buildings through lighting and heating, or encouraging staff to recycle and reduce paper consumption.

• A generous 9% pension
• Healthcare cash plan
• Private Medical Insurance
• Life assurance at 4x your salary
• 24 days' holiday, and the option to buy or sell extra days
• Flexible and hybrid working to help you find the right balance
• Everyday savings through gym discounts, travel loans, and retail perks
• Enhanced family leave, including up to 6 months on full pay
• Ongoing wellbeing support, including access to CABA
• A paid day each year to volunteer for a cause that matters to you

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date should we receive enough suitable applications. We therefore encourage interested candidates to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.