Staff Software Engineer: Tech Lead for Scalable Systems

RASPBERRY PI FOUNDATION; Hartford; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An educational charity in the UK is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to lead technical efforts and mentor engineering teams. In this role, you will set standards for best practices, propose architectural solutions, and communicate technical decisions effectively. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in Ruby on Rails or React, be adept at troubleshooting complex systems, and have a proven track record in delivering Agile projects. Join us to make a significant impact on our mission of empowering young people through technology.

Benefits

25 days paid annual leave

8% employer pension contribution

Comprehensive private healthcare

Flexible working arrangements

Generous family leave

Life assurance and income protection

Investing in learning and development

Cycle-to-Work and Season Ticket Loan schemes

Qualifications

• Experience developing engineering talent through mentoring and coaching.
• Led complex technical delivery projects in an Agile environment.
• In-depth knowledge of Ruby on Rails or front-end frameworks like React.
• Deep technical expertise and excellent troubleshooting skills.
• Experience optimizing distributed systems' performance.
• Track record of implementing security practices.
• Experience architecting infrastructure on platforms like AWS.
• Ability to communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Knowledge of engineering patterns and standards.
• Experience in documentation writing across audiences.
• Experience in promoting Agile methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Act as technical lead on various projects and services.
• Write secure and performance-driven code as examples of best practice.
• Propose architectural solutions for technical challenges.
• Lead by example through code reviews and test-driven development.
• Mentor and coach senior engineers.
• Resolve technical issues for delivery teams.
• Own the technical quality of projects.
• Continuously improve project quality and processes.
• Define and manage technical operations of products.
• Articulate technical decisions to various stakeholders.

Skills

Mentoring and coaching engineering talent

Agile project delivery

Ruby on Rails or React

Troubleshooting and debugging

Performance metrics optimization

Security implementations

Architecting cloud infrastructure

Collaborating with stakeholders

Documentation for technical audiences

Communicating technology decisions

Promoting Agile practices

Tools

PostgreSQL

Terraform

CircleCI

Heroku

Cloudflare

Job description

An educational charity in the UK is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to lead technical efforts and mentor engineering teams. In this role, you will set standards for best practices, propose architectural solutions, and communicate technical decisions effectively. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in Ruby on Rails or React, be adept at troubleshooting complex systems, and have a proven track record in delivering Agile projects. Join us to make a significant impact on our mission of empowering young people through technology.