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London, Greater London
Technical Lead - Developer Experience
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At TrueLayer we are committed to powering a new era of financial innovation. We strongly believe that having a first class developer experience is the key ingredient for that. As we expand our product offering and launch in new countries we want to make sure that our platform continues to provide excellent self service features for developers. The Developer Experience team is responsible for building developer features that span across the whole platform and also creates the infrastructure that allows other teams (e.g. the payments team) to launch self service features. You need to have experience in building full-stack products with the latest technologies like ReactJS, TypeScript, .Net Core, AWS, as well as a mix of ops and monitoring tools e.g. ELK stack. Were looking for a Technical Lead to join our Developer Platform. You need to have a product-first mindset and be developer focused. A Tech Lead at TrueLayer is quickly given responsibility for strategic decision making, and the freedom to use best-in-class tools and technologies to deliver solutions that will impact millions of end users. If youre excited to help us build the future of global financial data and payments, we want to hear from you! Who we are: At TrueLayer, were making finance work smarter for everyone by enabling secure, global access to the financial system. Headquartered in London with offices in Milan and Hong Kong, weve raised $47M to date and were trusted by some of the biggest names in fintech, including Monzo, Revolut, and Zopa. Our people are what makes us great - at TrueLayer, you will work alongside some of the brightest minds in fintech and contribute to projects that have global impact. As we enter hyper-growth and expand our open banking platform across Europe and Asia, were looking for talented individuals who share our core principles to join us. Our mission is to grow the open banking economy. Were currently the leading open banking provider in the UK, and were just getting started As our Tech Lead for the Developer Experience team , you will: * Lead and mentor a team of experienced and passionate frontend and backend engineers; * Collaborate closely with the Product Manager(s) in the team to set the strategic direction for our developer experience; * Create a collaborative culture within a multidisciplinary team of engineers, designers, product managers and other experts from across the organisation; * Own new product features, from breaking down requirements to planning tasks for you and your team, and shipping to production rapidly and regularly; * Lead code reviews and provide guidance to junior engineers to maximise their potential and growth; * Help us scale and secure a unified developer experience across regions and countries; * Contribute to our culture, and help make sure TrueLayer remains an exceptional place to work. Requirements What we need from you: * Have demonstrable proficiency with ReactJS and its core principles, ideally with 3 or more years of hands-on experience; * Can demonstrate knowledge and proficiency in at least 1 Object Oriented Programming language, ideally NodeJS or C# (.NET Core); * Youre able to empathise with users and elevate their voice in internal decision making, helping us build a user-centric culture; * Experience mentoring, and ideally managing, engineers in a small team; * A passion to enhance our processes, our internal tools, and the way we work; * Have a strong understanding of HTML5/CSS3/SASS; * Can use data and tools to test your hypothesis, throwing away assumptions when necessary. Nice to haves: * Experience building self service tools at an API Platform; * Experience in a hyper-growth startup; * You have exposure to Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, ElasticSearch, Redis and other new technologies. Even if not - you're keen to start working with them. Benefits What you can expect from us: * Competitive salary and meaningful equity in the company * A lovely, spacious, natural light filled office in Clerkenwell * Team lunches on Friday * Flexible hours and remote working * Flexible holiday policy * Generous parental leave * Pension & Health Insurance * Learning & development allowance * Annual retreat & regular team socials * Choice of hardware * (and yes we have both a ping pong table and pool table ) Be your True(Layer) self at work As we go global, we want our team to reflect the diverse and multicultural world we live in. So, we choose to talk about Inclusion and Diversity [in that specific order] because we believe Diversity wont be successful without Inclusion first. We build teams, cultivate leaders and create a company thats the right fit for every person in it. We look forward to hearing from you! Please note, we don't accept applications from recruitment agencies - thank you!