Lead Software Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Design and create new systems while enhancing existing ones.

• Decompose complex challenges and develop effective solutions.

• Collaborate with product teams to gather requirements and produce design documentation.

• Architect and build high-traffic, large-scale full-stack applications that encompass front-end UI, web/API services, data models, data flows, and deployment infrastructure.

• Implement monitoring, alerting, automated build and deployment, as well as application performance systems.

• Maintain test coverage, adhere to enterprise standards, target architecture, ensuring high availability, scalability, low latency, and fault tolerance.

• Produce system and process documentation, onboarding checklists, overviews, runbooks, troubleshooting guidance, and recommendations for improvement.

• Facilitate solution design discussions and assess tools and technologies.

• Lead development teams by mentoring team members and conducting code reviews.

• Manage daily project delivery, engage in Agile stand-ups, address blockers, and communicate timelines and updates.

• Influence technical standards and practices beyond the immediate team.

• Shape technical strategy and roadmaps in collaboration with Tech Leads, architects, product teams, and senior stakeholders.

• Promote reusable engineering patterns and enhancements across related teams.

• Represent the team in cross-functional technical decision-making.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline.

• Proficient in one or more of Java, TypeScript, and NodeJS, with a willingness to learn the others.

• Demonstrable experience in building high-traffic web applications and deploying them to production environments.

• Familiarity with cloud platforms, preferably AWS.

• Experience in supporting live applications, troubleshooting, reading logs, and utilizing Grafana/AWS CloudWatch dashboards.

• Proficient in writing SQL queries and working with SQL databases such as MySQL, as well as NoSQL databases like DynamoDB.

• Knowledge of infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, Kubernetes, and Helm.

• Familiarity with code and build tools including GitLab, CI/CD, Jenkins, and Sonar.

• Experience working within an Agile team framework.

• Capability to manage production issues and provide on-call support.

• Ability to perform well under pressure.

• Composed demeanor with a capacity to maintain a broad perspective.

• Strong verbal communication skills to effectively convey ideas and project status.

• Competence in documentation using Confluence, wikis, or similar platforms.

• Ability to manage time effectively, meet deadlines, assess, and estimate workloads.

• Ability to collaborate with technical and product teams while managing expectations.

• Experience in running teams day-to-day without direct people management.

• UI design experience, exposure to entertainment/online ticketing, familiarity with diverse cultural and regulatory environments, and AI application in the SDLC are desirable.

🏝️ Benefits

• Inclusive work environment with support for achieving a work-life balance.

• Opportunities for professional and personal development.

• Chances to experience new opportunities and learn from skilled colleagues.

• Commitment to equal opportunity in the workplace.

• Permanent employment status.

• 40-hour work week.