Engineering Lead (LON) - London

Engineering Lead

London or Manchester (2 days in the office)

We are collaborating in sourcing several Engineering Leads (3) for a large UK client. You will work from your choice of the London or Manchester offices, with 2 days per week working in the office, and the rest remotely

What you'll do - As a Principal Engineer, you’ll be driving development of software and tools to accomplish project and departmental objectives by converting functional and non-functional requirements into suitable designs. You’ll play a leading role in planning, developing and deploying high-performance, robust and resilient systems for the client, while leading engagements with senior stakeholders to explore and suggest appropriate technical solutions to achieve the required product features.

You’ll have the opportunity to develop your leadership skills as you manage the technical delivery of one or more software engineering teams, overseeing the quality of their work and making sure it meets the required technical standards.

You’ll also be:

• Overseeing the definition of the technical strategy and advising on product roadmaps and migration plans to achieve strategic goals
• Making sure that the client’s systems follow excellent architectural and engineering principles, and are fit for purpose
• Monitoring the technical progress against plans while safeguarding functionality, scalability and performance, and providing progress updates to stakeholders
• Designing and developing reusable libraries and APIs for use across the client’s environment
• Writing unit and integration tests within automated test environments to ensure code quality
• Building your teams (3-4 teams, 30-40 staff in total)

The skills you'll need

• You’ll come with a background in software engineering, software or database design and architecture, as well as significant experience developing software within an SOA or microservices paradigm. 
• Along with development experience in one or more programming languages, you’ll bring an excellent understanding of implementing programming best practices, especially around scalability, availability and performance.
• Java and AWS are used, as well as Kafka for real-time.

You’ll also need:

• A strong background in leading software development teams (20+ member teams), introducing and executing technical strategies
• Knowledge of using industry-recognised frameworks and development tooling
• Experience of test-driven development and using automated test frameworks, mocking and stubbing and unit testing tools
• A background in designing or implementing APIs
• Experience of supporting, modifying and maintaining systems and code developed by teams other than your own
• The ability to rapidly and effectively understand and translate product and business requirements into technical solutions