You’ll be the most senior technical person on a close-knit team of six. You’ll own the product roadmap, shape the architecture, and help define what the platform becomes next — including leading a rearchitecting project that’s already in motion. About 3 to 3.5 days a week you’ll be writing code. The rest of the time you’ll be leading, planning, reviewing, and occasionally representing the product to clients.

You’ll line manage one developer and work closely with researchers and delivery leads to translate client briefs into builds.

TypeScript is your primary language — backend and frontend. The infrastructure runs on AWS serverless. The frontend is React. There’s some legacy C# in the backend which you won’t need to know — and which may get replaced over time. Strong cloud and backend skills matter most here.

You’re a strong TypeScript and AWS backend developer with 5+ years of full stack experience. You’ve come from a larger organisation or agency — you know what good looks like and you’re ready to bring that into a smaller, more purposeful environment. You’re comfortable being the most senior technical voice in the room, and you can talk about a product commercially as well as technically. You’ve managed or mentored developers before, even informally. And you genuinely care about the work — this is civic tech, and the mission matters.

The organisation is transitioning to independence over the next couple of years. As that happens, the right person in this role grows naturally into a CTO position. We’re not promising that on day one — but we are looking for someone with that potential.

📍 The practicalities

SE1, London. Two fixed days in the office — Monday and Wednesday. Permanent. Right to work in the UK required. Up to three months notice is fine — they’ll wait for the right person.

💬 Interested?

Please apply.

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