Technical Lead

Company Description

About us

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future.

As strategies, technologies and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity.

Our diverse teams of experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough use of technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results.

An innovation and transformation consultancy, we are over 4000 specialists in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport. Our people are strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers and technologists.

We operate globally from offices across the UK, US, Netherlands and Nordics.

PA. Bringing Ingenuity to Life.

Job Description

Are you passionate about solving complex problems through technology and leading teams that deliver exceptional solutions? Do you thrive on challenges, love building high-performing teams, and have the technical expertise to back it all up? If so, we'd love for you to join us as a Technical Lead at PA Consulting. 

As our Technical Lead, you'll be the driving force behind innovative solutions, steering technical teams through complex challenges and guiding our clients towards successful digital transformations.

Your role will extend beyond technical leadership, requiring a deep understanding of architecture, software development, and engineering best practices. Your ability to align solutions with client needs and industry best practices is crucial, as is your passion for continuous improvement and innovation. 

What you’ll be doing: 

• Collaborate with clients to develop solutions that address their unique challenges, bridging the gap between business objectives and technical capabilities 

• Lead technical teams in the delivery of complex solutions, providing mentorship to engineers and fostering an environment of continuous improvement 

• Be ready to roll up your sleeves when needed. Whether debugging, troubleshooting, or guiding architecture decisions, you’ll lead from the front 

• Drive our internal growth by leading recruitment efforts, designing and delivering training, and actively participating in our communities of practices 

• Leverage your technical expertise to shape solutions and contribute insights to help win new projects 

Qualifications

We understand that there's no one-size-fits-all approach to talent, so we encourage people from diverse backgrounds and experiences to apply. Don't worry about ticking every box in this list; we're more interested in meeting brilliant candidates who can bring unique perspectives to our team.

• Excellent communicator and collaborative team player, focused on building strong relationships with colleagues and clients. 

• Solid foundation in engineering principles, scalable system design, and security best practices. 

• Experience in mentoring and developing junior engineers. Ability to nurture talent within the team, guiding them to enhance their skills in coding, architecture, and problem-solving through coaching, reviews, and pair programming. 

• Proven experience delivering enterprise-grade applications on cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) with expertise in designing scalable, cloud-native solutions. 

• Extensive experience leading technical delivery within Agile teams, using Scrum or Kanban methodologies. 

• Expertise in technical decision-making and guiding teams towards implementing maintainable, long-term solutions. 

• Strong proficiency in at least one programming language (preferably JavaScript, Java, .Net) and relevant frameworks, with demonstrated ability to design and implement full-stack solutions. 

• Proven capability in shaping the end-to-end software delivery lifecycle, driving improvements across development, testing, deployment, and operational phases. 

• Experience implementing infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, and efficient release management strategies. 

• Experience collaborating with DevOps and SRE teams, utilising monitoring and observability tools to drive continuous improvement. 

• Proven ability to assess and improve system performance through techniques such as load testing, caching strategies, and optimisation of database queries and application logic to improve scalability and response times. 

• Expertise in modern engineering standards such as TDD, contract testing, and secure coding, as well as architectural patterns like event-driven architecture and platform migration. 

• Skilled at making technical decisions and trade-offs that positively impact teams and solutions. 

• Continuous learner with a growth mindset, staying up to date with emerging technologies and industry trends, and bringing this knowledge into the team to enhance technical capabilities and delivery standards. 

Flexible working - We are guided by our client work and needs; however, you have autonomy to manage your time and diary to suit your work/life balance.

We know the skill-gap and ‘somewhat need to tick every box’ can get in the way of meeting brilliant candidates, so please don’t hesitate to apply – we’d love to hear from you.

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Additional Information

Life At PA encompasses our peoples' experience at PA. It's about how we enrich peoples’ working lives by giving them access to unique people and growth opportunities and purpose led meaningful work.

We believe diversity fuels ingenuity. Diversity of thought brings exciting perspectives; diversity of experience brings a wealth of knowledge, and diversity of skills brings the tools we need. When we bring people together with diverse backgrounds, identities, and minds, embracing that difference through an inclusive culture where our people thrive; we unleash the power of diversity – bringing ingenuity to life.

Find out more about Life at PA here.

We are dedicated to supporting the physical, emotional, social and financial well-being of our people. Check out some of our extensive benefits:

• Health and lifestyle perks accompanying private healthcare for you and your family
• 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days
• Generous company pension scheme
• Opportunity to get involved with community and charity-based initiatives
• Annual performance-based bonus
• PA share ownership
• Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn)

We recruit, retain, reward and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions and without reference to their age, background, disability, genetic information, parental or family status, religion or belief, race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity (or expression), political belief veteran status, or other by any other range of human difference brought about by identity and experience. We are on a journey towards ensuring our workforce is diverse at all levels and that our firm is representative of the world around us. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups.

Adjustments or accommodations - Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us.