Software Development Technical Lead

About Us The Reuters Connect Platform team builds and maintains our flagship digital marketplace, Reuters Connect, where customers discover and license multimedia content from Reuters and partners, similar to Getty Images or Shutterstock but focused on news. Our team, part of Reuters News Agency engineering, develops critical applications and services for news multimedia content delivery (text, graphics, photos, audio, video) via scalable content solutions. We are a close-knit team using Agile, Scrum, Domain Driven Design, and CLEAN Architecture with technologies like TypeScript, React, Next.JS, Clojure( Script), Python, Docker, and AWS. We are seeking an experienced Software Development Technical Lead to guide a Scrum team in developing web-based applications. You will serve as a technical expert and team leader, bridging business objectives with technical implementation. Your role includes defining and delivering high-impact, scalable solutions, mentoring team members, and fostering a positive engineering culture. You will work with cross-functional peers to ensure solutions align with business goals and delivery timelines, while managing risks and ensuring quality standards are met. As we evolve how we work, you will also play a key role in guiding our team through the transition to an AI-native development workflow, helping to establish best practices and a culture of effective, responsible AI-assisted development. About The Role As our Software Development Technical Lead , you will: Ensure technical solutions meet business needs, remove blockers, manage risks, and communicate effectively with stakeholders. Partner with cross-functional peers to turn ideas into scoped, cohesive, well-defined, well-architected solutions with predictable delivery timelines. Lead technical strategy, maintain high engineering standards, and ensure system scalability and health. Mentor and build a high-performing team, fostering growth and collaboration. Guide the team to create compelling user experiences and scalable web solutions. Provide technical guidance and conduct code reviews. Communicate technology strategy to stakeholders and lead Scrum ceremonies. Drive technical innovation and define front end architecture. Align technical solutions with business goals and ensure cohesive delivery. Manage and prioritize technical debt improvements and respond to critical issues. Champion the adoption of AI-native and AI-assisted development practices across the team, identifying the right tools, workflows, and guardrails to improve developer productivity and code quality. Lead by example in AI-assisted development, using tools like GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or similar to accelerate delivery while maintaining high engineering standards. Help the team build confidence and fluency with AI tooling through hands-on guidance, pairing, and establishing shared norms around when and how to leverage AI effectively. About You: To be our Software Development Technical Lead you will likely have : Proven experience leading a software engineering team and providing technical guidance. Strong communication skills to bridge technical and non-technical stakeholders. Deep knowledge of front end technology and architecture (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Next.js). Experience with Agile/Scrum processes and ability to operate in ambiguity. Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools and workflows, and a clear point of view on how to integrate them effectively into a team's day-to-day engineering practice. Demonstrated ability to guide a team through change, including the adoption of new tools, processes, or ways of working. Passion for learning and professional growth. Nice to Have Full stack development, Domain Driven Design, Functional programming, Automated testing, Behavioral analytics, Microfrontends , Monorepos , Clojure( Script), GraphQL , experience evaluating or rolling out A ... (truncated, view full listing at source)