We are in an exciting phase of change, where we are embarking on a journey of building new digital products, in enriching the experience of our customers / users. This position plays a key role in ensuring that we provide a robust solution to support our services and customers. In this role, you ll lead a talented team of driven Engineers working on some highly visible, large-scale projects with influence over a wide range of business and technology stakeholders .
What you ll be doing:
Lead a team of ~20 Software Engineers
Build and grow a High Performance, motivated team of engineers
Foster and maintain a safe, inclusive work atmosphere and build a healthy and collaborative engineering culture in line with the company values
Work closely with Business teams, Product managers, engineers, and QA to plan, own and deliver solutions with quality and as per agreed and committed timelines
Use Agile methodologies and principles. Constantly work towards introducing and evolving best practices and processes within the team
Cultivate an engineering culture of constant growth and continuous improvement via coaching, mentoring, providing constant feedback and setting clear and measurable goals
Display ownership in ensuring design, development, enhancement and implementation of reliable features and services, in adherence to the targeted design and architecture
Help set the vision of the services under the teams ownership
Help align the roadmap based on customer and company desires
Build the technology the right way: for us, this means simple, well-tested services that gradually grow over time, and that provide plenty of insight into production performance.
Attract, Hire and retain talented engineers into the team
What we re looking for:
12-15 years of overall experience with at-least 2 years of experience managing engineering teams.
Demonstrated team management and leadership skills
Demonstrated ability to multitask
Strong problem solving and analytical skills
Proven track record of shipping features and meeting milestones consistently with quality
Demonstrated stakeholder management skills and an ability to build strong relationships and trust throughout the organization
Excellent Prioritization skills, ability to anticipate and plan ahead
Ability to sense, plan and execute automation where needed
Sense of urgency and mindset to improve consistently
In-depth knowledge and experience developing applications using MEAN Stack.
Experience working on cloud computing services like AWS Elastic Beanstalk, EC2, SNS/SQS, S3, etc.
Experience with CI/CD tools like GitHub, GitHub Actions, Travis, NPM, Shell Script etc.
Excellent knowledge of microservices, data modelling techniques, REST Web services
Experience designing / developing with n-tier architectures (UI, Business Logic Layer, Data Access Layer).
Excellent communication skills while addressing technical and non-technical audiences
Prior experience delivering using Agile on at least 2 key projects.
Qualifications
Relevant years of experience in an IT technical role.
Excellent knowledge of a wide area of information systems concepts and practice, both within and beyond own organization. Including all stages of systems development. Has a deep and demonstrable knowledge of at least one area of specialisation
Can demonstrate a rational and organized approach to the tasks undertaken and an awareness of the need to achieve quality
Experience with publishing, royalties or finance business processes would be an advantage.
Excellent analytical ability, attention to detail, and understanding of the importance of commercial constraints
Good problem-solving abilities
Excellent communication skills with stakeholders of all levels