Tech Lead (Angular/Java)

AND Digital; Leeds; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company in Leeds is seeking a Lead Engineer to guide the development team, ensuring high-quality technical delivery and mentoring junior staff. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Java, Typescript, and Angular, along with expertise in AWS technologies. The role offers a competitive benefits package, including a flexifund for personal benefits and a commitment to equal opportunities.

Benefits

25 days holiday allowance + bank holidays

Share scheme

£1000 flexifund for personalized benefits

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Lead Engineer in a commercial development team.
• Expert understanding of Java, Typescript & Angular.
• Experience with AWS cloud technologies and agile methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead and guide the development of the team for digital products.
• Establish engineering principles and best practices.
• Provide mentoring and coaching to junior staff.

Skills

Java

Typescript

Angular

AWS cloud technologies

Agile methodologies

Job description

Overview

AND Digital are a tech company focused on accelerating digital delivery and dedicated to closing the digital skills gap. We’ve been helping organisations build better digital products and stronger digital teams since 2014.

We believe our work should always leave a legacy for the client. We do this through close relationships with our offices (or ‘Clubs’) so that our partners are always prioritised by a regional team close to them.

This unique model has driven success for our clients and ourselves, evidenced by our remarkable organic growth since 2014. Today we number more than 1,300 people with Clubs all over the UK and Europe with plans for global expansion in the next couple of years.

Join us - and help us fulfil our mission to close the world’s digital skills gap.

Responsibilities

• Lead and guide the development of the team, providing direction and oversight of the technical delivery for the digital products and cross cutting initiatives they are responsible for
• Help establish and follow a set of engineering principles and best practices to ensure consistency and quality in the engineering process are upheld
• Feed engineering insight and experience into the wider Strategy and Architecture team to identify opportunities to improve engineering
• Provide mentoring and coaching of more junior members of staff to enhance and improve the team’s capability
• Bring an energetic and proactive approach to tackling complex technical challenges, encouraging creative problem-solving and continuous learning within the team

Qualifications

• Proven development experience of working as a Lead Engineer in a commercial development team with an expert understanding of Java, Typescript & Angular and wider experience in different tools and frameworks across the stack
• Knowledge of AWS cloud technologies
• Experience working with agile methodologies
• The ability to take clients wider business concerns into account when making technical decisions and dealing with the challenges from stakeholders that come with this.
• Experience of implementing architecture, DevOps, performance or security and an understanding and ownership of best practice as a Lead Engineer (eg. TDD, SOLID, XP)

Benefits

• 25 days holiday allowance + bank holidays
• Share scheme
• A £1000 flexifund to use on a personalised list of benefits such Gym membership, Cycle to Work Scheme, Health, dental and optical cash plan
• PLUS many more

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Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunities: At AND Digital we embrace diversity and are committed to equal opportunities. We are actively recruiting for a diverse and inclusive workforce so want to ensure we do everything we can to support your application. We want you to feel safe and empowered to let us know if you require any adjustments to be made to your application or interview process so please speak to our recruitment team.