We are looking for a Lead Engineer to join our team in Newingreen, Kent. As a hands-on technical leader, you will be responsible for leading a small team of engineers, defining best practices for Node.js and TypeScript backend development, and setting the technical direction for our payment platform. You will also be responsible for driving a culture of technical excellence, coaching engineers, and fostering professional growth through mentorship and feedback.
Requirements
- Substantial experience in backend development with expertise in building scalable, reliable, and secure systems using Node.js and TypeScript.
- Experience leading and line managing engineers, with a track record of technical mentorship and helping engineers grow through feedback, pairing, and coaching.
- Strong knowledge of payment systems, including PSPs, alternative payment methods, PCI-DSS, and Payment Services Directives.
- An outcome-driven mindset, with the ability to articulate how your work has improved key metrics for payment platforms.
- A pragmatic approach to technical decisions, balancing innovation with the need to keep things moving.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to adapt your style for technical and non-technical audiences alike.
- Experience managing stakeholders across a range of teams and disciplines.
- A proactive attitude to identifying new opportunities and technologies that can enhance the platform.
- A genuine passion for sharing knowledge - internally through your team, and externally in the wider engineering community.
- Openness to adopting AI tools and practices where they add real value to how your team works.
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave (+BH's)
- Extra holidays through Holiday Buy
- Birthday Day Off
- Sabbaticals at each milestone
- Parental Leave: Enhanced parental leave - Up to 1 year off, including 13 weeks at 100% pay, 13 weeks at 50% pay
- Access to Gym Discounts
- Private Dental Insurance and Private Medical Insurance (after 4 years)
- Profit Share Bonus
- Pension scheme with Aviva
- Social Club for 25% off any ticket or event in the UK
- Discounts on the latest tech
- Volunteering Scheme
- Income protection
- Critical illness cover
- Life assurance
