Lead Engineer

TN United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Lead Engineer to spearhead the development of their innovative Disclosure platform. This role involves not only managing a talented team of engineers but also driving the adoption of best practices in software development. You'll work in a dynamic environment that values sustainability and collaboration, contributing to a project that aims to revolutionize customer experiences. Join a passionate team dedicated to making a positive impact on the environment while enjoying a competitive salary and generous benefits, including flexible working hours and remote work options. If you're ready to lead and innovate, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

30 days annual holidays

8% Company Pension Program

Flexible working hours

Remote work options

Paid sabbaticals

Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave

Office prayer room

Breastfeeding facilities

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in object-oriented programming languages, especially React and NodeJS.
• Proven leadership skills in mentoring and managing engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of engineers to develop and enhance the Disclosure platform.
• Define and oversee the software development process using Agile and DevOps methodologies.

Skills

React

Typescript

NodeJS

Agile methodologies

DevOps

Communication skills

Mentoring

Tools

Microsoft Azure

Job description

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CDP have regional offices and local partners spanning 50 countries. There are now companies, cities, states and regions from over 90 countries disclosing through CDP on an annual basis.

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Job Purpose and Background in summary

In 2023 CDP underwent a complete digital transformation, seeing us transition the annual disclosure cycle from a paper-based, human-intensive and vendor-dependent stack, to a completely in-house developed, modernised and scalable product that will revolutionise the customer-experience for both external and internal users. As part of this transformation we also built completely new teams, spanning across Design, Product, and Engineering.

The newly built platform is made up of three unique domains:

• Disclosure: how CDP builds and programs questionnaires, and respondents provide their data
• Scoring: how CDP scores and assesses respondents' data
• Data: how CDP can provide datasets and products to customers

We are hiring a Lead Engineer for one of our two Disclosure squads, who will own the development of the team, deliver built in the Azure ecosystem and will be responsible for managing and growing a team of engineers.

Key responsibilities include:

• Build effective relationships with the Director of Engineering and across the Digital Directorate to enable the squad to deliver on their sprint commitments
• Support Product Owner with technical engineering inputs on backlog creation, feature/epic/story definition, prioritization, and estimation
• Take full ownership of your engineering product and squad, delivering against agreed objectives and key results (OKRs), fostering collaboration and a good engineering culture
• Define, implement and oversee end to end software development process using Agile, Scrum and DevOps methodologies
• Write high-quality code using an object-oriented language (Frontend: React, Typescript, backend: NodeJS, Typescript)
• Perform regular code reviews and ensure quality assurance processes to ensure code quality, maintainability, security, and adherence to company standards / industry best practice. Provide constructive feedback to the team to continually improve software development practices
• Support architecture decisions in solution definition and design
• Make decisions regarding technologies, frameworks and design patterns to foster collaborative, efficient ways of working as well as high quality product output
• Work with CDO, Director of Engineering, HR team to recruit, onboard and manage talent

You will have the following skills and experience:

• Knowledge, interest, and passion for the environmental and/or sustainability space
• Previous experience leading, assessing and mentoring engineers
• Hands-on skills in one or more object-oriented programming languages (Frontend: React, Typescript, backend: NodeJS, Typescript)
• Experience building cloud native solutions preferably with Microsoft Azure
• Experience working in Agile and DevOps environments
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to advocate for clean-code best practices and influence adoption
• Entrepreneurial and growth-oriented in their workstyle to bring new ideas to the wider team

Salary and benefits:

• Working for a leading people-centric environmental NGO with dedicated, passionate and caring coworkers;
• Competitive NGO salary and 8% Company Pension Program;
• 30 days annual holidays (with purchased leave options);
• Flexible working hours (with option to take flex-days)
• Up to 6 months remote work anywhere in the world
• Paid sabbaticals, enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave
• Office offering prayer room and breastfeeding facilities

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