The Technical Lead is responsible for leading and developing a team of software engineers while driving the successful delivery of scalable, secure, and high-quality SaaS products. This role balances people leadership with technical oversight, with a greater emphasis on coaching, mentoring, performance management, and team development while remaining actively involved in architecture, solution design, and software development. Working closely with Product, Design, QA, DevOps, and Engineering leadership, the Technical Lead plays a key role in building high-performing teams, shaping technical direction, and ensuring the successful delivery of business-critical solutions. The successful candidate will bring strong technical expertise, previous leadership experience, and the ability to influence both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, coach, and develop a team of software engineers through regular feedback, performance management, career development, and day-to-day support.
- Foster a positive, high-performing, and collaborative engineering culture focused on continuous improvement and delivery excellence.
- Remain hands-on with architecture, solution design, code reviews, and software development while balancing leadership responsibilities.
- Provide technical direction and guidance on architecture, engineering standards, software design, and development best practices.
- Support hiring, onboarding, retention, and succession planning activities to build and grow a high-performing engineering team.
- Partner with Product, Design, QA, DevOps, and other stakeholders to deliver solutions that meet customer and business requirements.
- Guide Agile delivery activities, including planning, prioritization, risk management, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Lead architecture discussions and technical decision-making to ensure scalable, maintainable, and secure solutions.
- Champion modern engineering practices, including AI-assisted development tools, automation, CI/CD, testing, and secure development practices.
- Support production systems, incident resolution, technical debt reduction, and ongoing platform improvements.
- Communicate project status, technical decisions, risks, and priorities to engineering leadership and business stakeholders.
- Collaborate with global engineering teams to drive consistency, knowledge sharing, and engineering excellence across the organization.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- Significant experience leading, mentoring, coaching, and developing software engineers in a Team Lead, Technical Lead, Engineering Manager, or similar leadership role.
- Demonstrated people management experience, including performance management, career development, coaching, hiring, and employee engagement.
- Strong technical background with the ability to remain hands-on in software architecture, design, code reviews, and development activities.
- Experience developing commercial SaaS products or enterprise software solutions in cloud-based environments.
- Strong software development experience with Java and/or .NET technologies; experience with other technology stacks will also be considered.(Added from recruitment brief.)
- Strong understanding of software architecture, APIs, databases, cloud platforms, secure coding practices, automated testing, CI/CD, and system reliability principles.
- Experience guiding technical teams through architectural decisions and complex software delivery initiatives.
- Understanding of AI-assisted software development tools and modern engineering practices, with the ability to drive adoption and improve team productivity.
- Experience working within Agile software development environments and leading Agile delivery teams.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Strong leadership presence, decision-making capability, and ability to balance technical priorities with people and business needs.(Added from recruitment brief.)
- Collaborative, adaptable, and committed to building high-performing teams while delivering exceptional customer outcomes.
Benefits
At Dye & Durham we strive to be visionaries! As a leader in our field, we ensure our employees are ready for the next challenge in their journey with busy offering internal and external training opportunities. We offer competitive salaries and a whole host of benefits including healthcare, pension, company discounts, wellness programs, and paid days off to move house or volunteer for your favourite charity.
In line with the amended Employment Standards Act 2000, the salary range for this role is up to: $150K dependent on assessment of skills during the interview process.
