[Hiring] Software Engineering Practice Lead @Tecknoworks Europe

Role Description

We are looking for a Software Engineering Practice Lead who combines deep technical expertise, strong client-facing skills, and a passion for developing people. This role sits at the intersection of engineering excellence, client delivery, and practice growth.

As a Practice Lead, you are the technical authority and people leader for Software Engineering Practice. You define how we build, how we scale, and how we grow engineers, while contributing hands-on to client engagements.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and enforce technical standards and architecture
• Provide hands-on technical leadership and guidance
• Drive delivery quality and continuous improvement
• Act as a senior technical advisor in client engagements
• Contribute to presales and technical proposals
• Lead and develop engineers and Squad Leads
• Drive hiring, capability development, and knowledge sharing
• Support practice strategy, assets, and frameworks
• Collaboration on workforce planning and delivery alignment

Client Engagement & Presales

• Act as a primary technical counterpart in client interactions, including discovery sessions, solution workshops, and proposal discussions
• Translate business needs into scalable technical solutions, clearly communicating value, trade-offs, and approach
• Support and actively contribute to the presales process:
• Participate in client pitches and capability presentations
• Lead or contribute to solution design, architecture proposals, and POCs
• Develop high-quality technical proposals and documentation
• Build credibility and trust with clients as a strategic and technical advisor
• Ensure clear, structured, and effective communication across client and internal stakeholders

Technical Leadership

• Define and enforce technical standards, best practices, and architectural guidelines across the Software Engineering Practice
• Provide hands-on guidance on complex technical challenges and critical delivery decisions
• Drive innovation and continuous improvement, aligning with industry trends and emerging technologies
• Ensure high-quality delivery outcomes through reviews, governance, and technical oversight

People Leadership & Development

• Act as direct manager for 25+ Practice members, fostering a culture of growth, accountability, and collaboration
• Lead performance management with strong emphasis on capability development in all areas
• Mentor team members and promote knowledge sharing, coaching, and continuous learning
• Identify capability gaps and drive training, certification, and upskilling initiatives
• Build a strong, engaged, and scalable Practice culture

Allocation & Delivery Alignment

• Maintain visibility over team allocation and utilization across projects
• Collaborate with Project Leads to ensure optimal staffing and capability alignment
• Support hiring strategy and participate in technical recruitment processes as a hiring manager
• Ensure alignment between delivery excellence and client expectations

Practice Development & Strategy

• Drive the development of reusable assets, frameworks, and accelerators
• Enable cross-project learning and innovation initiatives
• Establish structured communication cadences within the Practice
• Contribute to Practice strategy, growth, and capability development

What You Own

• Technical standards and architecture
• Delivery quality across engagements
• Practice capability and engineer development
• Technical contribution to presales

What You Don’t Own

• Budgets and commercial negotiations
• Project management ownership
• Client account ownership
• Resource allocation

Core Competencies

• Exceptional ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Strong presence in client-facing scenarios (workshops, negotiations, presentations)
• Ability to influence decisions and build long-term client partnerships
• Structured and clear communicator, both written and verbal
• Proven experience in solution architecture and technical decision-making
• Strong expertise in the Microsoft technology stack (including Azure, .NET, etc.) combined with hands-on experience in modern architectures and trending technologies such as microservices, APIs, containerization, and DevOps practices, with solid cloud exposure across both Microsoft Azure and AWS environments
• Ability to bridge business requirements with scalable technical solutions
• Strong understanding of modern technologies, architectures, and delivery models
• Experience in leading, mentoring, and developing technical teams
• Strong capability in performance management and talent development
• Commitment to building engaged, high-performing teams
• Experience contributing to our leading presales activities
• Ability to develop proposals, POCs, and solution strategies
• Strong understanding of client needs and commercial context

How Success Looks Like

• Consistent high-quality delivery
• Strong and autonomous teams
• Contribution to winning new work
• Clear and scalable technical culture

Ready to lead, inspire, and win? Step into a high-impact role where you shape solutions, influence clients at the highest level, and build the teams that make it all happen.