Job Description
Salary 60,000 - 70,000 GBP per year
Do not pass up this chance, apply quickly if your experience and skills match what is in the following description.
Requirements:
- About the role
We are looking to recruit a Lead Software Engineer to join our growing engineering team and be a part of something exceptional. You'll work in a cross-functional, agile engineering team alongside other engineers, product manager, designer, and delivery manager, all within a single autonomous team. As a Lead Engineer, you will be the technical point of contact for the team, ensuring code quality, promoting good practices, and improving existing systems and processes to ensure stability, security, and performance of our platforms.
Who you are
You will have 5+ years of experience in back-end development with a deep understanding of NodeJS and AWS
You will have demonstrable experience leading technical teams
You will have excellent communication skills. You're capable of bridging the gap between engineering and stakeholders.
You have experience of tooling and practices for automated build, integration, and deployment
You have a good understanding of architectural patterns and practices, and the ability to make trade-offs between design decisions
Be hands-on with development teams, you'll understand what good code looks like and see the bigger picture, taking architecture into consideration with a DevSecOps mindset
Responsibilities:
- Why join Vypr's product team?
We dedicate time for learning, attending/speaking at conferences and events
We run regular knowledge-sharing sessions & quarterly hack days.
We write about the work we do in a blog.
What you will do
Lead the development of a brand new Vypr platform on AWS
Overall responsibility for the architecture, design, code quality, platform stability and resilience of the features the team produces
Work with the team to scope complex tasks, working closely with the Product Manager to break them down into smaller, tangible tasks and stories
Mentor and help grow other engineers
Partner with your stakeholders to help with decisions around prioritisation, work division, goal setting and tech debt
Help evolve development standards and processes
Proactively contribute to a team culture that values quality, robustness, and knowledge sharing
Research and evaluate new technologies that could improve the quality of our software
Contribute to the product blog
Technologies:
- React
- NodeJS
- AWS
More:
What we doVypr is a Private Equity/Venture Capital backed SaaS business providing a market leading product intelligence platform. We are on an exciting journey to be known around the globe for providing reliable consumer data. Our predictive data validation platform enables manufacturers and retailers to understand what their customers want to see on shelves. This helps reduce the time and costs spent developing new products, which makes for better products, faster. Our product combines behavioural science with a well-segmented consumer panel, and we have an enviable client list.
What we offer
Hybrid working
Enhanced annual leave
Access to a global benefits and reward platform
Access to Well-being support, including an Employee Assistance Programmes
Life Assurance
Day off on your birthday
About Vypr
We have a culture where people can make their mark. Where passion, curiosity and innovation thrive. We reward those who take responsibility and contribute to driving us forward. We attract and develop those with talent.
We live our values of: Agility, Candid & Caring, Empowered to Succeed, High Performing - Passionate People.