Our recruitment agency is partnering with an international B2B SaaS company to hire a Tech Lead for a team developing Web SDK solutions and backend systems that power short-form video experiences for large global brands, including major sports organisations.
About the Project
The client is building a multi-product, AI-native platform that enables companies to embed interactive short-form video components into their digital products. Their Web SDK is a core part of this ecosystem, providing publishing tools, analytics, and content personalisation capabilities.
The company is scaling rapidly and working at the intersection of multimedia, AI, and high-engagement consumer experiences.
Qualifications : Must‑haves
- Technical leadership : you’ve led a small team (2–4 engineers) to ship production software, setting direction, unblocking work, and owning outcomes end‑to‑end
- Practical problem solving : you start from constraints and business goals, enumerate options, make trade‑offs explicit, and choose the smallest reversible step that works
- Clear, direct communication : you set crisp expectations with reports, write succinct PRs / decision records, and give kind‑but‑candid feedback that changes behaviour
- Ownership & accountability : you finish hard things, leave systems better than you found them (tests, telemetry, docs), and make accountability routine rather than personal
- Flexibility & product sense : you can cut scope to hit outcomes, re‑prioritise quickly when data changes, and keep stakeholders aligned
- Learning mindset & AI fluency : you adopt new tools fast (including AI assistants) and verify outputs with tests / metrics, respecting privacy and data safety
Nice to have :
Cloud & infra : Azure (or equivalent), CI / CD, feature flags, safe rollouts / rollbacksExperience across media / SaaS, SDKs, or high‑throughput event ingestionC# / .NET expertise : strong experience with modern .NET (.NET 8+), building and operating Web APIs; comfortable with Minimal APIs or controllersSQL Server depth : confident with schema design, indexing, query shaping, and concurrency (transactions, isolation levels, deadlocks, idempotency)Interest in sport and fan engagement (helpful, not required)If you’re passionate about leading engineering teams, building high-scale backend systems, and contributing to next-generation interactive video experiences, we’d be delighted to discuss this opportunity further.
Responsibilities :
Own outcomes, not just tickets
Lead a squad of 2–4 engineers (mix of senior / junior) to deliver measurable product impactSet clear goals and success metrics (e.g., latency / reliability / adoption), break work into small, reversible slices, and ship on a steady cadenceDesign and build production systems
Architect and implement .NET services / APIs with SQL Server for a multi‑tenant B2B SaaS platformMake pragmatic trade‑offs : idempotent writes, rate limiting, caching / ETag, indexing and query shaping, back‑pressure, and failure‑mode handlingOperate what you build
Instrument services with logs / metrics / traces; hold the line on p95 / p99 performance and availability SLOsRun incident reviews that produce systemic fixes and documentation (runbooks, dashboards)Prioritise for the business
Partner with PM / Design / Customer teams to translate goals into scope; cut or resequence work when data changesKeep stakeholders aligned with concise updates, risks, and owner / datesCreate clarity and accountability
Set explicit expectations with your reports; give direct feedback; follow through with support and check‑insUse lightweight mechanisms—PR templates, decision records, checklists — to make accountability routine.Grow people and the codebase
Mentor engineers via pairing, reviews, and 1 : 1s; create growth plans and celebrate momentumKeep standards high : tests where they matter, clear interfaces, and intentional debt managementLeverage AI effectively
Use AI assistants to accelerate boilerplate and documentation, and verify outputs with tests and metricsHelp the team adopt safe practices (no secrets, anonymised data, prompt discipline, simple evals)Collaborate across the product suite
Work with our iOS / Android / Web SDK teams to ensure that backend APIs and contracts are stable, well-documented, and easy to integrate.Support enterprise client integrations (often in sport), balancing reliability with delivery speed.Hire and onboard
Contribute to interviews and rubrics; onboard new teammates with clear goals, docs, and a first‑week win.Our recruitment agency is partnering with an international B2B SaaS company to hire a Tech Lead for a team developing Web SDK solutions and backend systems that power short-form video experiences for large global brands, including major sports organisations.
About the Project
The client is building a multi-product, AI-native platform that enables companies to embed interactive short-form video components into their digital products. Their Web SDK is a core part of this ecosystem, providing publishing tools, analytics, and content personalisation capabilities.
The company is scaling rapidly and working at the intersection of multimedia, AI, and high-engagement consumer experiences.
Qualifications : Must‑haves
Technical leadership : you’ve led a small team (2–4 engineers) to ship production software, setting direction, unblocking work, and owning outcomes end‑to‑endPractical problem solving : you start from constraints and business goals, enumerate options, make trade‑offs explicit, and choose the smallest reversible step that worksClear, direct communication : you set crisp expectations with reports, write succinct PRs / decision records, and give kind‑but‑candid feedback that changes behaviourOwnership & accountability : you finish hard things, leave systems better than you found them (tests, telemetry, docs), and make accountability routine rather than personalFlexibility & product sense : you can cut scope to hit outcomes, re‑prioritise quickly when data changes, and keep stakeholders alignedLearning mindset & AI fluency : you adopt new tools fast (including AI assistants) and verify outputs with tests / metrics, respecting privacy and data safetyNice to have :
Cloud & infra : Azure (or equivalent), CI / CD, feature flags, safe rollouts / rollbacksExperience across media / SaaS, SDKs, or high‑throughput event ingestionC# / .NET expertise : strong experience with modern .NET (.NET 8+), building and operating Web APIs; comfortable with Minimal APIs or controllersSQL Server depth : confident with schema design, indexing, query shaping, and concurrency (transactions, isolation levels, deadlocks, idempotency)Interest in sport and fan engagement (helpful, not required)If you’re passionate about leading engineering teams, building high-scale backend systems, and contributing to next-generation interactive video experiences, we’d be delighted to discuss this opportunity further.
Requirements : .NET