Lead Developer

About the role

As a Lead Developer, you will be experienced and passionate to join our dedicated Verification team as we embark on a ground up re-architecture.

Within the Verification team, you will be developing, enhancing, and supporting our Business critical Verification platform. From the delivery of real time facial recognition systems utilising innovative AI technology, to core operational tooling.

Verification operates as a full stack team who are in the process of undertaking a ground up re-architecture into Golang, React and Cloud platforms. Core skills within the team are Kafka, SQL, .Net, Golang and Typescript.

In this pivotal role, you will work alongside our Technical Leads to design and implement robust verification systems, while ensuring the highest quality standards for our software products, in a fast paced, hard working environment.

Your skills as a Lead Developer should set the standard to a talented group of developers to innovate and excel in delivering reliable solutions, while fostering a collaborative and dynamic environment.

This role is eligible for inclusion in the Company’s hybrid working from home policy.

Main responsibilities

•        Acting as a point of escalation for the team both in and out of office hours.

•        Leading and delivering the development of scalable, maintainable and performant systems.

•        Applying active governance around overall solution design, while setting the standard for code quality and delivery within the team.

•        Ensuring solutions meet the needs of the Business.

•        Taking responsibility for work estimation, producing solution documents and ultimately ensuring accurate portrayals of effort can be obtained and subsequently delivered.

•        Understanding the technical structure, domain and architecture of the systems the team is responsible for.

•        Leading a small team of developers in the design and development of a solution from start to finish.

•        Owning technical solutions and their hands on delivery from development to live at low level.

•        Distributing knowledge and mentoring of team members.

The skills and experience to help you perform in the role

•        Excellent problem solving skills and the ability to work in a fast paced environment.

•        Knowledge of Kafka, SQL, .Net, Golang and Typescript, though expertise in similar or alternative technologies is welcome.

•        Experience in leading development teams and delivering technical projects to successful completion.

•        Ability to show patience in mentoring and coaching staff.

•        Good technical documentation skills.

•        High standards of work and attention to detail.

•        Proven record of accomplishment in high availability multi browser compatible development.

•        Experience of working with high availability, multiuser and service based systems.