Engineering Team Lead — Scale Microservices (Hybrid)

Smarkets; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock Options

Pension Scheme

Health Insurance

Enhanced Parental Leave

Stay Fuelled

Cycle-to-Work Scheme

Learning & Development

Holiday

Flexible Working

Global Working

Team Energy

Job summary

Smarkets is seeking an Engineering Team Lead to guide a group of software engineers building and maintaining the microservices that power our trading platform. You will shape technical direction, mentor engineers across levels, and ensure systems are responsive, scalable, and performant.

You'll collaborate with engineering managers, product managers, and cross-functional teams to deliver on the product roadmap while advancing engineering practices, code quality, and team growth in a fast-paced,

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience building microservices for high-speed, high-scale products.
• 3+ years of experience with a modern technology stack (Rust, C++, Java, etc).
• Previous experience leading a team technically or directly.

Responsibilities

• Report to the VP of Engineering.
• Directly manage a team of engineers, from junior to tech-leads.
• Drive sprint planning, including proper scoping of tasks, working alongside Program Management.
• Hire great people and keep them happy, motivated, and challenged.
• Ensure the career growth of the engineers in your team as they advance in seniority.
• Set the standard for quality engineering, including improving our engineering processes, to keep our level of excellence high.
• Explore and define next technology adoption paths to help us build our stack for the future.
• Represent the team in cross-functional meetings and internal events.
• Be the champion of the stack by demonstrating first hand how to implement functionalities in the right way, with an eye to the horizon and your mind on the present

Skills

Microservices

Rust

C++

Java

Team Leadership

Job description

Smarkets is seeking an Engineering Team Lead to guide a group of software engineers building and maintaining the microservices that power our trading platform. You will shape technical direction, mentor engineers across levels, and ensure systems are responsive, scalable, and performant.

You'll collaborate with engineering managers, product managers, and cross-functional teams to deliver on the product roadmap while advancing engineering practices, code quality, and team growth in a fast-paced,