Technical Lead - Enterprise Platforms

About the role

ZENIKA is looking for a Technical Lead to build an environment where engineers thrive and platforms scale. The role bridges high-level strategy with pragmatic execution, overseeing end-to-end delivery of complex enterprise web, mobile and data platforms while governing engineering best practices, architecture and security.

Key responsibilities

• Serve on the technical leadership team, aligning technology investments, resource allocation and budget/P&L management with company goals.
• Establish and govern engineering best practices, architectural principles, security compliance and CI/CD quality gates.
• Drive productivity initiatives such as AI-assisted developer tools, automated testing standards and observability frameworks.
• Develop career progression matrices, performance reviews and technical mentorship programs.
• Oversee delivery of complex web, mobile and data platforms across multiple concurrent streams.
• Architect resilient cloud-native (AWS / GCP / Azure) systems with 99.9%+ uptime and refactor brownfield systems into microservices.
• Lead technical discovery, feasibility studies, buy-versus-build decisions and presales solution architecture.
• Oversee vendor evaluations, partner integrations, API contracts and payment gateway connections.

Required profile

• 12+ years of software engineering and system architecture experience, with at least 5+ years in engineering management or executive technical leadership.
• Track record leading multi-disciplinary teams (frontend, backend, QA, data, UX, DevOps).
• Experience in compliance-driven or regulated sectors and hands-on work modernising legacy systems and integrating third-party services.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

Required skills

• Frontend frameworks (React, TypeScript) and backend design (Node.js, Go, Java or Python; REST, GraphQL, event-driven).
• Cloud ecosystems (AWS, Azure, GCP), serverless and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• DevOps automation, infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation) and automated release pipelines.
• Stakeholder management and Agile/Scrum delivery mindset.
• Certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect or PSM are preferred.