Technical Lead

Job Description

Join Us

At Vodafone, we’re not just shaping the future of connectivity for our customers – we’re shaping the future for everyone who joins our team. When you work with us, you’re part of a global mission to connect people, solve complex challenges, and create a sustainable and more inclusive world. If you want to grow your career whilst finding the perfect balance between work and life, Vodafone offers the opportunities to help you belong and make a real impact.

Role Purpose

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Technical Lead with full-stack development experience and a passion for creating world class customer solutions to help scale the Device Lifecycle Service (Device trade-in) platform. This role combines strong technical skills with team leadership responsibilities, guiding feature delivery and ensuring robust, secure, and scalable system architecture.

Who you are

• Knowledge of web-based (React, NodeJS, Java) and service-based architectures (REST), cloud-oriented architectures (AWS, Azure or Google Cloud) and micro-services patterns, API integration
• Experience with modern DevOps CI/CD approach, senior Developer experience with some team leadership.
• Excellent Communication & Presentation Skills with ability to act as technical SPOC interacting with other teams, Vodafone markets and external partners.
• Full stack React/Node.js/Java development experience
• AWS certifications or similar, hands-on experience with large cloud-based multinational websites
• Fluent in English (written & oral)

What you’ll do

• Lead cross functional technical delivery within a scrum team
• Lead cloud based applications through all phases of development lifecycle, including integration with partner systems
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define technical requirements and impact assessment
• Application design in line with industry best practices (Cloud Native, Serverless, Micro Service, etc)
• Ensure systems and applications adhere to cybersecurity best practices, with a focus on secure by design and operational resilience

Not a perfect fit?

Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about empowering people and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to still apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another opportunity.

What's in it for you

• Discretionary yearly bonus: 10%
• Annual leave: 28 days + bank holidays + the opportunity to buy/sell/carry over 5 days/year
• Charity days: 5 days/year
• Maternity/adoption leave: 52 weeks out of which the first 13 weeks are fully paid followed by 26 weeks of half pay and 6 months - working 4 days, getting paid 5
• Paternity leave: 16 weeks fully paid
• Private pension: You can contribute up to 5% of your basic pay with 2:1 matching from Vodafone up to 10%.
• Access to: private medical, private dental, free health assessments, share save scheme
• Additional discounts: Vodafone retail, gym, cinema, cycle to work, season ticket loan

Who we are

We are a leading international Telco, serving millions of customers. At Vodafone, we believe that connectivity is a force for good. If we use it for the things that really matter, it can improve people's lives and the world around us. Through our technology we empower people, connecting everyone regardless of who they are or where they live and we protect the planet, whilst helping our customers do the same.

Belonging at Vodafone isn't a concept; it's lived, breathed, and cultivated through everything we do. You'll be part of a global and diverse community, with many different minds, abilities, backgrounds and cultures. ;We're committed to increase diversity, ensure equal representation, and make Vodafone a place everyone feels safe, valued and included.

If you require any reasonable adjustments or have an accessibility request as part of your recruitment journey, for example, extended time or breaks in between online assessments, please refer to https://careers.vodafone.com/application-adjustments/ for guidance.

Together we can.