Lead Software Engineer

Openr; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Openr is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to join their team in London. This role involves guiding a team of engineers while contributing hands-on to projects, utilizing technologies like TypeScript, React, and AWS. As a key player, you will help shape the engineering culture and ensure the successful delivery of projects.

Benefits

Opportunity to shape technical direction.

Collaborative engineering culture.

Work with modern cloud-native technologies.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of delivering complex technical projects.
• Experience mentoring and developing engineers.
• Strong hands-on coding abilities in TypeScript and React.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of engineers, providing guidance.
• Deliver high quality solutions and ensure system reliability.
• Communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

TypeScript

React

Mentoring

Communication

System Design

Tools

AWS

Serverless Framework

Terraform

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Openr is transforming how the hospitality industry manages and shares data. By centralising recipe, product, and pricing information, we help hospitality businesses seamlessly connect to platforms like Deliveroo and Just Eat, as well as EPOS and other customer touch points.

We've recently closed a significant funding round and are backed by Azzurri Group, one of the UK's most successful hospitality investment platforms. With strong market traction, we're now looking for a Senior Engineer.

Role Overview

We're seeking an experienced Team Lead Engineer to join our leadership team, combining strong technical expertise with servant leadership. You'll guide a team of engineers while actively contributing hands-on code, ensuring projects are delivered on time and meet quality standards. This role bridges technical proficiency with people management, making you a key player in our engineering organisation's success.

Technical Environment

• Frontend: React, TypeScript
• Infrastructure: Serverless Framework, Terraform
• AWS cloud infrastructure

Key Responsibilities

Leadership

• Lead and mentor a team of engineers, providing guidance and regular performance feedback
• Conduct one-on-one meetings and bi-yearly skill appraisals
• Foster a collaborative and innovative engineering culture
• Motivate and inspire the team while acting as a servant leader
• Participate in recruitment, screening candidates, reviewing code challenges, and onboarding new team members

Product & Delivery

• Delivering high quality solutions
• Balance technical debt with feature delivery
• Identify and resolve bottlenecks in development workflows
• Ensure system reliability and performance
• Contribute to product strategy and roadmap planning
• Manage technical dependencies and risks
• Communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders

Required Skills & Experience

• Experience mentoring and developing engineers
• Strong hands-on coding abilities in TypeScript and React
• Experience with Serverless architectures and AWS
• Proven track record of delivering complex technical projects
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong system design and architectural skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in SaaS or integration-heavy platforms
• Knowledge of event-driven architectures
• Background in scaling SaaS products
• Understanding of security best practices

What We Offer

• Opportunity to shape the technical direction of a growing SaaS platform
• Collaborative engineering culture
• Work with modern cloud-native technologies

Location & Work Arrangement

• Based in Central London
• 2 days per week in our Central London office

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology and Engineering

• Industries

  Software Development

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