Technical Lead - West Yorkshire / Hybrid - £45,000 - £60,000
WRK digital are proud to be partnering with a growing technology-for-good organisation dedicated to helping people with autism and special educational needs thrive in the workplace.
The role will be their first internal technology hire - a pivotal appointment that will shape the future of both their platform and technical capability. This is an opportunity to join a mission-led business where your work will have a genuine social impact every day.
The Opportunity
They're looking for a hands-on Technical Lead who can take ownership of their technology platform, improve reliability and security, and help establish the foundations for future growth. You'll be their first in-house technology specialist, acting as the bridge between business needs, product development and technical delivery.
This is not a role for someone who wants to sit in meetings all day. They are looking for someone who enjoys solving problems, improving systems, writing code, automating processes and taking ownership of technology outcomes.
What You'll Be Doing
Service Reliability & Operations
Own technical operations and platform stability
Act as the first point of contact for production incidents and outages
Improve monitoring, alerting and incident management processes
Reduce operational risk through better documentation and processes
Work with external technology partners where specialist support is required
Platform & DevOps
Improve deployment processes and release management
Introduce Infrastructure as Code and modern DevOps practices
Build CI/CD pipelines and automation capabilities
Strengthen security, governance and auditability
Drive improvements in resilience, scalability and performance
Software Development
Contribute directly to platform development
Support and maintain existing Node.js services
Work alongside product stakeholders to deliver enhancements
Help establish Agile delivery practices and technical standards
Continuously improve engineering ways of working
Technology Leadership
Provide technical guidance across the organisation
Translate business requirements into practical technical solutions
Support future technology recruitment and capability growth
Help shape the technology roadmap alongside the leadership team
Technology Environment
What They're Looking For
Essential
Experience in a Technical Lead, Lead Engineer, Platform Engineer or DevOps role
Strong cloud experience, ideally within Azure
Experience supporting and operating production systems
Hands-on experience with automation, CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code
Software development experience, ideally with JavaScript / Node.js
Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
Comfortable working autonomously and taking ownership
Desirable
Experience in a startup, scale-up or small technology team
Mobile application experience
Experience introducing DevOps and engineering best practices
Exposure to AI-enabled products or services
Experience working in social impact, education or healthcare environments
If youd like to discuss this role further or explore next steps, please get in contact with Charlie at WRK digital, comment below, or apply via the job post in the comments.
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