Technical Team Lead (Hands-On | AI | Node.js | AWS)

Who are Fliplet?

Fliplet is an AI-led software creation platform that helps organizations build secure mobile and web software faster, without the delays and complexity of traditional development.

With 15 years of experience in no-code and low-code software delivery, Fliplet is now helping enterprise teams move from idea to production-ready software using AI prompts, while keeping the governance, security, publishing control and long-term maintainability required for real business use. Today, over 120,000 users across 20+ countries rely on Fliplet every month.

Our platform is trusted by global law firms, professional services firms, financial services, healthcare organizations, corporate enterprises and many more. We help business and IT teams create, manage and publish software across web, mobile, app stores and private enterprise channels.

This is an exciting time to join Fliplet. We are building on a strong foundation, a trusted global client base and a proven reputation in enterprise no-code/low-code software delivery, while shaping the next generation of secure AI-led software creation.

Who We’re Looking For

We're seeking a hands-on Technical Team Lead to lead our engineering team through technical excellence, mentorship, and direct contribution. This is a coding-first leadership role where you'll spend the majority of your time building, architecting, and solving complex technical challenges alongside the team, while guiding technical decisions, mentoring engineers, and ensuring high-quality delivery.

What You’ll Do

We’ve designed this role around technical leaders who thrive on:

• Write Code Daily: Spend 50%+ of your time building scalable solutions with Node.js, Vue.js, PostgreSQL, and AWS.
• Leverage AI extensively: Create AI processes used across the company to accelerate delivery and increase quality.
• Solve Real Problems: From mobile apps to enterprise workflow automation — our users build things that matter.
• Guide the Team: Lead a team of 7 engineers and QA professionals, shaping architectural decisions, reviewing code, and driving best practices.
• Improve Our Platform: Help make Fliplet faster, smarter and more secure.
• You’ll work closely with Product, Design, Customer Success, and senior leadership — helping translate market demand into elegant, scalable code.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan, architect, build, and deploy features
• Oversee and improve our AWS stack (Fargate, Aurora PostgreSQL, Lambda)
• Work closely with the business, act as an initial point of contact for engineering questions and guidance
• Enhance our no-code platform’s flexibility, scalability, and security
• Mentor engineers and lead with empathy
• Drive sprint planning, sprint reviews, and day-to-day technical alignment

Technical Requirements

Essential Technical Skills

• Expert-level Node.js and Vue.js/React development with proven track record
• Strong PostgreSQL and database design/optimisation skills
• Extensive hands‑on AWS experience (Fargate, Aurora, Lambda, S3, etc.)
• Docker and containerisation expertise
• Modern web technologies, APIs, microservices architecture and responsive web design
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
• Security implementation and vulnerability management
• AI coding, integration and automation tools
• Performance monitoring and optimisation (Datadog, etc.)
• Proficiency in Cordova framework and mobile app development (iOS & Android)

Team Leadership Experience

• 5+ years leading development teams in a hands‑on capacity
• Experience mentoring developers and conducting code reviews
• Strong technical communication and collaboration skills
• Proven ability to balance technical debt with feature development
• Experience with agile development methodologies and sprint planning

Preferred Technical Experience

• No-code/low-code platform development
• Multi‑tenant SaaS architecture and scaling
• Real-time features (chat, notifications, live updates)

In Your First 90 Days

• Diving into our codebase, infrastructure, and processes
• Establishing technical standards and engineering best practices
• Mentoring engineers while influencing architectural strategy
• Driving improvements to platform stability, speed, and scale

What Success Looks Like

• Consistently delivering high-quality code and technical solutions
• Improving team technical skills and development practices
• Reducing technical debt whilst accelerating feature velocity
• Mentoring team members to become stronger developers
• Maintaining high code quality standards across the team
• Reporting on team performance to demonstrate impact

Perks and Benefits

• 25 days annual holiday for full time employees, rising with service, plus 8 bank holidays per year
• Annual budget for your professional development
• £1,000 annual budget towards your health, wellness & equipment
• Fundraising budget to support your charity endeavours
• Eligibility for enrolment into our Share options scheme so all employees can be part of the company’s success
• A fast paced, start‑up culture where your actions have a significant impact on the business.
• Ongoing training and development, and the chance to build a career in a growing company
• Great culture: A warm and friendly team, regular socials and company events, both in person and virtual
• Flexible working hours with remote work

Diversity

We believe innovation thrives in teams where diverse points of view come together to solve hard problems. We will always seek out those who can bring diverse life experience, diverse educational background, diverse culture, and diverse life experience. We’re open to learning how your perspective will bring something unique and valuable to our team.

Interview Process

• Stage 1: Video Screening
• Stage 2: AI Task
• Stage 3: Interview with the Hiring Manager
• Stage 4: Secondary Task
• Stage 5: Interview with the Team
• Stage 6: Offer