Technical Lead

At MR DIY International, we're more than a global home improvement brand, we're a catalyst for ambitious talent ready to grow beyond borders.

With over 5,000+ stores across 14 countries globally, we offer unmatched international exposure to those looking to build a meaningful, global career. From retail operations and merchandising to strategy, tech, and supply chain. Your work here shapes how millions of customers shop every day.

We are currently recruiting for a Technical Lead to join our Digital Transformation team. The Technical Lead will own the technical implementation of a product or programme, including guiding engineers, ensuring code quality, integrating quality, and ensuring efficient delivery. This is an individual contributor role, reporting to the Head of IT Transformation.

Key Responsibilities:

Engineering Leadership

• Lead developers and engineers across multiple modules.
• Make key technical decisions during delivery.
• Ensure code quality, coding standards, DevOps practices, and documentation.

System Build & Integration

• Translate solution designs into detailed technical tasks.
• Design APIs, data models, and integration flows.
• Perform code reviews, troubleshoot production issues, manage performance optimization.

Delivery Execution

• Work with stakeholders, project team and Product Owner to plan delivery and remove blockers.
• Ensure quality of deliverables - integrations, SIT, VAPT and performance testing.
• Ensure timely, stable delivery of releases.

Stakeholder and team collaboration

• Act as a bridge between teams: Collaborate with various departments, such as IT, marketing, sales, and design, to align on goals and execution.
• Manage stakeholder relationships: Keep stakeholders informed and gather their feedback to ensure the platform meets their needs.
• Foster collaboration: Encourage a collaborative and performance-driven culture within the team and across the organization.
• Platform adoption: Ensure the solution / platform is understood, used properly, and delivers benefits

Required Qualifications & Experience:

• Has 6 to 10 years of engineering experience, and solid hands-on coding capability
• People leadership capabilities
• Strong problem-solving and technical decision-making skills
• Excellent communication skills, and is able to translate complex technical matters into clear, actionable insights for non-technical stakeholders
• Strong ownership mentality, with a bias for delivery and continuous improvement
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and provide structure, direction, and clarity to the team
• Practical conflict-resolution skills and the ability to align diverse viewpoints towards a common solution

Key Performance Indicators:

• Project delivery reliability
• Code quality metrics (defect rate, maintainability)
• System performance & uptime
• Developer productivity & morale