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Alderley Edge SK9, UK
Technical Lead – Software Engineering (Contract, Outside IR35)
Location: Skelmersdale, hybrid (2 days/week onsite, reducing over time) Contract: Initial 3 months, likely extension Outside IR35 Rate: Competitive, DOE Start: August 2026 Our client is bringing ecommerce and DevOps capability in-house and needs a hands-on Technical Lead to take the technical reins. This is a solo contractor engagement with no formal line management, but you'll be the working technical authority for a team of four (1 infrastructure engineer, 3 Java software engineers) and the key point of governance as external delivery support transitions in-house. You'll be:
Hands-on across a TypeScript/Node.js commerce platform and a production-scale Java codebase Owning AWS cloud infrastructure (EC2/Node-based; Azure also fine) Directing and coordinating a small team without formal line management Supporting DevOps and integration capability moving in-house Second-line technical escalation...