Let's go back to the school science lab in this lightning talk. Put on your goggles and gloves as we dissect our perfect tech lead to see what makes them tick.

In this light-hearted talk we'll reflect on our observations and team feedback on the role of a tech lead, and the skills, behaviours and values that we look for when hiring one.

If the dissection goes badly we might be one tech lead down at the end of the talk, but we hope that the audience will go away with some helpful knowledge to clarify the role of tech leads in their teams, or for budding tech leads to build their career development path.