Senior Lead Engineer - Full Stack

We're seeking an experienced Senior Lead Engineer - Web (7-10 years' experience) who thrives in a collaborative environment and enjoys being hands-on, tackling technical challenges and leading teams to deliver innovative solutions. You'll collaborate closely with cross-functional teams across the globe, leading the design, development, and optimisation of features to ensure high-quality, scalable solutions that deliver exceptional user experiences over native mobile and web. The Senior Lead Engineer role has key strategic importance and visibility within the business. This is a unique role that will focus on delivering thought leadership, designing innovative solutions, and helping your team leverage this to produce world-class products. This is your chance to work on impactful projects that drive customer satisfaction and company growth. You'll work with cutting-edge technologies alongside talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, fostering a dynamic and collaborative environment.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborating closely with product managers and other engineers to translate user needs into technical specifications. Offering clear technical guidance and direction to a team of highly skilled engineers, ensuring solutions meet user and tech requirements.
• Working within value-driven teams to craft data and engineering excellence, contributing to the technical roadmap and fostering a well-connected, knowledgeable team.
• Leading technical discussions, code reviews, and architectural reviews to maintain code quality, identify improvement opportunities, and ensure adherence to standards.
• Prioritising and triaging custodianship work and leading the development of a Systems Health Improvement Plan (SHIP) to maintain the well-being of team systems.
• Ability to ensure the operational stability and optimal performance of infrastructure and platform systems.
• Staying updated on the latest web and data engineering trends and applying them to solve complex challenges.
• Providing mentorship and guidance through pairing, mentoring other team members, and fostering their professional growth and skill development.

Requirements:

• Extensive experience in designing, coding, and testing software applications and systems.
• Strong development skills with development languages and frameworks, such as Node.js, Typescript, or React.
• Experience with Agile and/or continuous delivery methodologies.
• Good awareness of TDD, CI/CD approaches and tools.
• Willingness to tackle challenges with a solutions-focused approach, learning from experiences and adapting strategies.
• Demonstrates initiative, takes ownership of tasks, and manages time effectively.

Bonus Points for:

• Knowledge of Android and/or iOS development with Kotlin, Java, Swift or Objective C.
• Understanding AWS and GraphQL.

Skills

Node, Node.js, NodeJS, React, React.js, TypeScript