Lead Software Engineer

Talent Point Ltd ,
London, Greater London
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £75,000 per annum

Overview

Are you a Senior Engineer looking to step into a position that's going to give you the opportunity to lead your own team? We are looking to add a Lead Software Engineer to our team here in London where you'll be working with React and Node on our market-leading SaaS platform, which provides an unparalleled service to brands such as Coach, Vans, J.Crew, L'Oreal and so many more. Our platform gives Head Office teams better visibility and control over our their stores are run, and is responsible for an average 3-5% sales increase - an incredible feat in a declining high street. Not only will you be a key decision maker in architecture and design of our systems, you'll be working on new features and greenfield projects, building API's and adding new functionality to the platform using Node, MongoDB and JavaScript ES6. This includes utilising asynchronous programming and other modern tech to ensure your work is scalable and future-proof. We work to a microservice-based architecture, so a solid understanding of the benefits and disadvantages of both microservices vs monolithic architecture is key here, it's important to us that you understand the reasoning behind our approach to software. In order to succeed in this Lead Software Engineer position there's a few things we would need to see from you: Solid experience developing enterprise software in any modern language - e.g. Java, C#, Node, PHP, Python, Ruby Knowledge beyond coding - You'll be open to discussing design patterns, architecture and system design with us and your colleagues. Deep understanding of the Microservice architecture, what components are involved in building a microservice and what components are optional. Experience testing your own code, this includes the full range of testing, from unit to integration to API testing. In return, joining us as a Lead Software Engineer, you'll be supported in learning a bunch of new technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, MongoDB, Jest, Google Cloud Platform and more. If you want to learn more about what we do, and what you'll be doing with us as a Lead Software Engineer then hit apply on this ad or contact Valentine Talent Point to have a chat. ______________________________ Talent Point is a Hiring Communications business, working as sole hiring partners with our customers. We've ripped up the rules and torn apart the job spec to give you total clarity and visibility, painting a vivid picture (approved twice, both at Line and C-level) of the way this company lives, breathes and behaves, and how your role will look over years not months. We present only three applicants for every vacancy so, where we do represent you, you have a very high chance of securing a role with pre-booked interview times to plan around, in-depth vacancy details and no delays. Are you ready to seriously invest in your progression? Let's design your future as a Lead Software Engineer Talent Point is an equal opportunities employer and no terminology in this advert is designed to discriminate on grounds of gender, race, colour, religion, creed, disability, age, sex or sexual orientation or any other class protected by applicable law. For information on how Talent Point manages and processes your personal information please see our privacy notice at talentpoint.co/privacy-policy