Software Engineering Lead

You will be responsible for advising on solutions for web products, facilitating adherence to best practices, leading long-term technical strategy, optimising our infrastructure and cloud platform

This role demands a deep understanding of web technologies, coupled with an ability to work collaboratively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide technical advice to the product team concerning web/connected technologies.
• Conduct experiments to prove the use of emerging technologies and foster a culture of innovation.
• Define and ensure adherence to best practices for coding and team collaboration.
• Promote and implement DevOps practices to minimise infrastructure dependencies.
• Develop and communicate long-term technical strategy with the team.
• Collaborate with the platform team to optimise infrastructure and cloud platform performance.
• Contribute to and review code to maintain the quality of the codebase.
• Ensure that our systems adhere to best practices.
• Participate in hiring engineers, conducting interviews, and refining job descriptions.

Skills & Qualifications:

• Demonstrated expertise in leading full-stack web development initiatives.
• Proven track record of technical leadership and the ability to mentor and guide a development team.
• Experience architecting, designing, and implementing REST APIs and content management systems.
• Expertise in implementing and managing robust continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Proficiency in employing infrastructure as code practices, particularly with Terraform.
• Strong understanding of web infrastructure tooling including CDN, databases, in-memory caches, and others.
• Extensive hands-on experience with cloud platforms, notably AWS, and experience building in serverless environments like AWS Lambda.
• Proficiency in managing and optimising PostgreSQL databases.
• Comprehensive knowledge of best practices in web development.
• Familiarity with both dynamic languages (like JS, PHP) and strongly typed languages (like TypeScript).
• Exceptional interpersonal skills with proven experience conducting technical interviews and promoting a collaborative environment.
• Proficiency in Test-Driven Development (TDD) and setting up and maintaining automated testing across the application stack.
• Nice to Have: Experience with eCommerce and integrating with payment gateways. Experience developing content management systems (preferably Drupal and Contentful). Experience with modern front-end frameworks, such as React.