Tech Lead (Web3/NFTs)

Manchester Digital; Manchester; On-site; GBP 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading web3 art marketplace as a Tech Lead in Manchester. This role offers the chance to innovate within an R&D division backed by eBay, leading a team focused on developing a new ecommerce platform. You will be pivotal in shaping both the culture and technical direction of the growing engineering teams while enjoying a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits including company shares and flexible working.

Benefits

Company shares

Annual bonus

Pension

Private medical and dental

Flexible working

Qualifications

• Experience with TypeScript, Node, React, Vue.
• Strong understanding of GraphQL and GCP.
• Proven experience leading engineering squads.

Responsibilities

• Lead a squad of Software Engineers in an R&D environment.
• Shape culture and product engineering capabilities as the team scales.
• Promote practices like TDD and Pair Programming.

Skills

TypeScript

GraphQL

GCP

TDD

Job description

Unique opportunity for a Tech Lead to join a web3 art marketplace in Manchester that’s about to go from start-up to scale-up.

The business enables artists and collectors to create/buy/resell NFTs and was recently acquired by eBay to help take NFTs to the masses.

Their product engineering team is now operating as an R&D division responsible for building out eBay’s web3 strategy (including creating a brand new ecommerce platform) which means they’re able to offer the all the freedom to innovate that you only really get at a start-up, plus all the support and benefits of a major corporate.

The existing group are very open minded, they work as multidisciplinary product engineering squads (Dev, Product, UX) who value diversity and teamwork over individual heroics so you’d be working alongside people that are passionate about using practices like TDD and Pair Programming in an autonomous DevOps environment.

As a Tech Lead, you’d be hands-on in leading a squad of Software Engineers and would become part of the founding leadership team, responsible for playing a key role in shaping their culture and product engineering capabilities as they scale from 3 squads to 9 and beyond.

Skills:

• TypeScript (Node, React, Vue)
• GraphQL
• GCP
• TDD

The money is good too – up to £85k plus benefits including company shares, annual bonus, pension, private medical/dental plus plenty more including regular flexible/remote working.

If you’re interested in this opportunity and would like to know more, please either contact me directly on 07949 226 127, or apply through this advert and I will contact you ASAP.