Technical development lead in London

Staff Engineer/Tech Lead
Experienced in cloud technologies and IaC? Skilled in technical decision making? We'd love to hear from you!
We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Staff Engineer/Tech Lead to join our growing tech team. In 2023 our aim is to be a high-performing, delivery-focused organisation, and a beacon for engineers at all levels who value meaningful career growth. We are looking for technical leaders in Engineering to guide our teams and be part of shaping our engineering culture of high performance and technical excellence. As a Staff Engineer/Tech Lead, you will be the technical lead for small team of engineers working on initiatives to support our engineering strategy, which will be instrumental in driving impact in the business. With an exciting growth journey ahead, investment in tech and focus on building best in class tech teams, this is an exciting time to join us!
Location: London or Portsmouth based. Hybrid working applies with 2 days in office, 3 days at home.
Where do you fit in?
We currently have an opportunity for an experienced Staff Engineer to come and join our SRE team. The Staff Engineer will act as the technical lead in the SRE team and drive the direction of the technical roadmap, being able to make decisions and take ownership of the technical direction of the team.
As a Staff Engineer you will report to and work with your Engineering Manager to support high performing engineers to deliver at pace. You'll work collaboratively with Engineering leadership and other stakeholders to deliver on key strategic projects on the platform for the year. You'll be the technical lead, which includes supporting and mentoring other individual contributor engineers to deliver at pace, ensuring the other engineering teams have a useable platform that enables them to go faster. This includes providing guidance on technical decision-making with an eye towards simplicity, high standards and a strong bias towards delivery. You'll be hands-on in software system design, architecture, development, testing and monitoring.
What's in it for you?
* A fantastic opportunity to join a fast moving digital marketplace with passionate people and investment on tech. We work across latest .NET, React, Typescript, React Native and GCP etc. to develop exciting products across web and mobile to service both B2B and B2C markets.
* An opportunity to work on a strategically important project that will have a huge impact on growth over the coming years.
* An excellent salary and benefits package that includes Rewards Gateaway, annual bonus, car allowance, electrical vehicle scheme and much more!
* We are an equal opportunities employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
What do you need to succeed?
* Be an experienced Staff Engineer with a drive to enable teams to go faster.
* Experience building and using Engineering metrics using GitHub and Jira.
* Knowledge of agile methodologies and practices.
* Google Cloud professional certification or equivalent.
* Data driven performance monitoring and coaching.
* AWS knowledge.
* Terraform capabilities for building and enhancing IaC.

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission.