Technical Lead (Contract)
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Technical Lead / Senior Software Engineer
Media Client
Location: London (Full-time 3dpw on-site)
Type: Contract
Rate: £550-625pd Inside IR35
We’re looking for a Technical Lead to take ownership of the development & maintenance of the video players powering a major UK streaming service.
This role combines deep technical contribution with team and stakeholder leadership. You’ll work across web, mobile, and connected TV platforms, shaping engineering direction while remaining closely involved in the most complex and high-risk areas of the codebase.
This is a long-term leadership role on a high-profile streaming product. Stability, credibility, and strong client presence are key.
What You’ll Do
Lead from the front
- Provide technical direction across web, Android, iOS, and CTV player platforms.
- Own architectural decisions and ensure consistency across implementations.
- Step into complex problems, investigate deeply and drive solutions through to production.
Drive quality and release confidence
- Support sprint planning, quarterly road-mapping and release governance.
- Conduct investigations and spikes, and raise Jira tickets in collaboration with product managers.
- Review pull requests and ensure high code quality, testability and performance.
- Contribute to go/no-go decisions for major releases.
- Strengthen QA processes and release readiness standards.
Own live stability
- Lead investigation of playback errors & feature degradations.
- Provide calm, structured communication during incidents.
- Drive root cause analysis and preventative improvements.
Partner with stakeholders
- Act as a senior technical representative in client and vendor conversations.
- Align internal engineering teams with external partners.
- Translate technical trade-offs into clear, pragmatic recommendations.
Support and grow the team
- Mentor engineers and contribute to progression conversations.
- Facilitate refinements, technical workshops and demos.
- Help shape team direction and engineering standards.
What We’re Looking For
You’ll likely be operating at a senior engineer level today, with experience leading technical direction in a client-facing environment.
Essential experience:
- Strong experience in a tech leadership role.
- Confidence in solving complex technical problems.
- Expertise in collaborating with delivery leads, product managers, and client stakeholders to architect and deliver complex software solutions.
- Solid understanding of CI/CD, branching strategies and release management.
- Comfortable being hands-on in complex areas of the system.
Desirable:
- Experience with development across Android, iOS, and/or Connected TV platforms.
- Confidence working with third-party SDKs, analytics and consent tooling.
Why This Role
You’ll be leading engineering on a streaming platform used at a national scale, working at the intersection of mobile, TV ecosystems, and commercial video delivery.
If you want to combine technical depth, visible leadership, and real product impact while still writing and shaping meaningful code, this is the role for you.