Lead Engineer (role closed)

Lead Engineer

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Offer

Growing in an innovative company that places high value on personal development and professional progression
Personal budgets for L&D and wellbeing initiatives
External mentorship from an experienced CTO.
Working with intelligent and amazing people and experts, who love challenging the status-quo, while having a lot of fun doing it.

Client

Or client empowers people to thrive as professionals and individuals through impactful learning and culture-crafting experiences, built on technologies that inspire, engage and empower.

Role

The Lead Engineer will head up our client MVP development and beyond.
Spending a large majority of your time hands-on developing the platform, but – as client’s most senior engineer – you will also have the opportunity to advise on technology selection, architecture, long-term technology strategy, hiring, mentoring & team leadership.
You will be an integral part of the senior team, and help shape the culture and working practices of the Product Development team alongside the Head of Product.
We are looking for someone exceptionally ambitious, extremely bright, hardworking and unwaveringly candid.

Requirements

7+ years of software development, including experience in organisations with high-quality engineering cultures (e.g. TDD, continuous deployment, etc)
A backend focus (ideally Python), but with some experience across the technology stack
Ideally some experience of mobile development and/or Progressive Web Applications
Strong understanding of different software development practices & infrastructure, and how each can help ship more value to customers, quicker
Experience managing & coaching fellow engineers
High standards, and the pragmatism to understand when to apply them
Startup/new product experience
Good understanding of core product development principles (customer-centricity, prototyping, etc)
Comfortable working in an environment of rapid growth, constant change, and lots of unknowns.
Resilient, with an understanding that building a startup requires flexibility and a deep sense of ownership.

Nice to have

Prior role within a B2B SaaS environment and/or HR Tech.
Previous entrepreneurial experience and / or scale-up.
Strong interest in developing software that motivates employees making them happier, more engaged and more productive.

Apply today

If you meet the minimum requirements and are interested in applying for this position, please send your details to careers@key-talents.com with “Lead Engineer”, in the subject line.