Technical Lead (Consumer Services) – Entertainment - £700 P/d (Outside IR35) – London

Leading Entertainment client now requires a Tech Lead to drive the evolution of their consumer-facing platforms. This role combines hands-on technical leadership with strategic oversight, focused on modernising systems and delivering seamless, scalable digital experiences to millions of users. Key Responsibilities: • Define and execute the technology strategy for consumer services. • Lead architecture decisions, transitioning to cloud-native and microservices-based systems. • Drive large-scale transformation programmes to improve performance, scalability, and customer experience. • Lead and mentor engineering teams, promoting best practices across development, DevOps, and reliability. • Collaborate with Product, Design, and Data teams to deliver customer-focused solutions. Key Requirements: • Proven experience as a Tech Lead, Principal Engineer, or similar strategic leadership role within consumer-facing digital products. • Strong expertise in modern software architecture, including microservices, APIs, and event-driven/distributed systems. • Hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, including designing and operating scalable services. • Deep understanding of engineering best practices (CI/CD, automated testing, observability, security, and performance optimisation). • Experience leading or contributing to large-scale digital or platform transformation programmes. • Strong knowledge of web and/or mobile technologies within a high volume service organisation. • Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on technical problem-solving. • Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to translate business needs into technical solutions. This is a 12-month contract role which provides a daily rate of £700 (Outside IR35). In terms of working structure, this is hybrid with 4 days per week in their West London office and 1 day remote.