Sitecore Technical Lead at Mansion House Consulting, United Kingdom, 6 Months, c£500 per day

Role: Technical Lead (Hands-on) - Sitecore

Overview

A hands-on Technical Lead to improve and scale a Sitecore development capability as part of an existing team. This is a foundational role within a newly formed DevOps POD integrating into an existing team.
The successful candidate will lead by example, shape engineering culture, and deliver high-quality Sitecore solutions across Back End and Front End.

Key responsibilities

• Provide hands-on technical leadership across a cross-functional Sitecore team.
• Contribute to and review pull requests, ensuring code quality and architectural alignment
• Unblock engineers and provide clear, pragmatic technical direction day-to-day
• Work directly with business stakeholders to translate requirements into robust technical solutions
• Define and evolve engineering standards, patterns, and ways of working

Required skills & experience

Sitecore

• Strong hands-on experience with Sitecore XM/XP/XM Cloud
• Deep understanding of Sitecore architecture, content modelling, and multi-site setups
• Headless delivery experience (eg, JSS, Experience Edge) is desirable

Backend

• Strong C#/.NET (preferably ASP.NET Core)
• REST API design and integration patterns
• Experience applying Sitecore Helix principles
• Exposure to Azure (or similar cloud hosting) is a plus, but not essential.

Frontend

• Working knowledge of modern JavaScript frameworks (React, Next.js preferred)
• Ability to review Front End code and guide Front End engineers effectively

DevOps & tooling

• Strong Git-based workflows, branching strategies, and Agile delivery culture

Testing & quality

• Familiarity with unit, integration, and automated testing approaches
• Ability to embed QA discipline and quality-first engineering practices

Leadership

• Proven experience leading as a Tech Lead (or strong Lead/Principal Engineer) in a hands-on capacity
• Structured, pragmatic approach to Agile delivery

Nice to have

• Sitecore certification(s)
• Experience building or rebuilding a team/capability from scratch
• Familiarity with Sitecore Search/Sitecore Personalisation.