Hybrid Engineering Team Lead

Posted 2 weeks ago

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About the role

  • Leading the effort to continue to productionise, harden and expand the existing service to facilitate client onboarding and excellent service delivery from day one;
  • Providing subject matter expertise in managing complex AWS deployments at scale across large datasets, with hands-on experience maintaining monitoring and observability of these systems in production;
  • Collaborating with other internal teams, particularly frontend teams, across the Engineering function to integrate their systems and services into the tool, respecting the principles of clean architecture and API design;
  • Upholding high engineering standards with a demonstrable commitment to code quality, a test-driven approach and a modern continuous integration/continuous deployment delivery flow;
  • Fostering knowledge sharing, technical mentoring, and personal growth within the team;
  • Maintaining a balanced focus across greenfield research and development, sustaining engineering, and technical debt reduction;
  • Supporting the Director of Engineering and CTO in pay and promotion decisions for members of the team; and
  • Significantly contributing to ideation within the team and playing a key part in the long-term road mapping process for the work the team does.

Requirements

  • Strong and demonstrable management and supervision skills, and a willingness to expand the scope of those skills and take on a greater level of responsibility
  • Distinguished engineering background with recent hands-on experience in Golang
  • Experience working with AWS in a Kubernetes-based deployment environment
  • Strong communication skills - the ability to distil technical ideas to stakeholders and motivate a team
  • A willingness to continually improve the efficiency of a team, and an interest in optimising the Software Development Life Cycle
  • An interest in the workings of the wider business and assisting the Director of Engineering in the day-to-day management of a large department within the Engineering function
  • Bonus points if you have:
  • • Hands-on experience working with OpenSearch and/or Postgres within AWS
  • • Experience integrating backend APIs with modern frontend web applications
  • • Knowledge of Typescript and the JavaScript ecosystem
  • • Experience in the cybercrime arena.

Benefits

  • Hybrid and flexible working options
  • Minimum of 33 days holiday per annum (incl. public holidays)
  • Pension scheme membership with 4% employer contributions + NI savings
  • Private health cover, including access to a private GP service
  • Equity tracking scheme, so you can share in the rewards of Netcraft's long-term success (eligibility criteria apply)
  • Comprehensive wellness and support provisions
  • Enhanced family leave provisions
  • Life Assurance
  • Two days paid Volunteering Leave per year
  • Free meals, drinks and snacks provided daily in the offices
  • Regular social events such as board game nights, big summer party and annual kick-off
  • A tax-efficient cycle to work scheme
  • Inclusive culture and environment, where you’ll feel genuinely valued and respected.

Job title

Engineering Team Lead

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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