Technical Lead

Position Description:

CGI is helping to modernise critical UK government services delivering platforms that directly support public safety regulatory compliance and industry confidence. As a Technical Lead within one of our key Government accounts you will play a pivotal role in stabilising and evolving a nationally significant digital platform shaping its readiness for live service in 2026. Working at the heart of a complex recovery programme you will drive measurable improvements in quality performance and delivery outcomes while collaborating closely with clients and delivery teams. At CGI you are empowered to take ownership apply creativity to complex challenges and grow within a supportive collaborative environment where your work makes a real difference.
CGI was recognised in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work List 2025 and has been named a UK Best Employer by the Financial Times. We offer a competitive salary excellent pension private healthcare plus a share scheme (3.5% 3.5% matching) which makes you a CGI Partner not just an employee. We are committed to inclusivity building a genuinely diverse community of tech talent and inspiring everyone to pursue careers in our sector including our Armed Forces and are proud to hold a Gold Award in recognition of our support of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant. Join us and youll be part of an open friendly community of experts. Well train and support you in taking your career wherever you want it to go.
Due to the secure nature of the programme you will need to hold UK Security Clearance or be eligible to go through this clearance. This is a hybrid position but being based near to Bristol would be an advantage.

Your future duties and responsibilities:

In this role you will take technical ownership of a key government platform supporting key imports and exports the UK and Northern Ireland. You will lead the technical recovery of a complex system addressing performance and quality challenges while ensuring the platform is robust scalable and ready for go-live. Working closely with the client delivery leadership and a multidisciplinary team of around 15 engineers you will guide technical decision-making and foster a culture of accountability collaboration and continuous improvement.
You will balance hands-on technical leadership with strategic oversight supporting engineers influencing architectural direction and ensuring delivery aligns with CGIs high standards. This is a client-facing role where your ability to communicate clearly lead with confidence and support others will be critical to programme success.
Key responsibilities
Lead & Own technical recovery activities improving system performance stability and quality
Guide & Support engineers through hands-on leadership mentoring and code review
Design & Deliver scalable solutions using modern JavaScript and cloud-native technologies
Collaborate & Influence stakeholders ensuring transparency and shared ownership of outcomes
Optimise & Improve CI/CD pipelines testing strategies and infrastructure as code
Ensure & Uphold engineering best practices security standards and delivery governance

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

To succeed you will bring strong technical leadership experience within modern web and cloud environments along with the confidence to operate in a client-facing delivery role. You will be comfortable taking ownership of complex technical challenges supporting teams through change and delivering high-quality outcomes in a regulated environment.
Essential qualifications/experience
Strong experience leading delivery using TypeScript
Experience working as a tech lead in agile multidisciplinary delivery teams

Desirable qualifications
Solid experience with PostgreSQL and data-driven applications
Hands-on use of AWS Docker and infrastructure as code (Terraform)
Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions
Experience of React and in production environments
Experience with NestJS and tf-scaffold
Performance testing with k6
Automated testing using Playwright and React Testing Library
UI development and documentation using Storybook
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Skills:

• JavaScript
• Leadership
• Postgre SQL
• Terraform

What you can expect from us:

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