Tech Team Lead

We are hiring a remote Tech Team Lead to join our team!  You will contribute to our mission to improve our patients' health and their lives, with the development of our web applications, leading a cross-functional team.

Who you are

• You are a software engineer with at least 7 years of commercial experience

• You are excited about contributing to a product that can drive positive change to the lives of millions of people around the world

• You have a genuine enthusiasm for software engineering and take no greater pleasure than finding the right solution to the problem at hand and making practical tradeoffs

• You’re eager to continuously learn, grow and step out of your comfort zone

• You are a natural leader who inspires your team, fosters a positive engineering culture, and leads by example

• The idea of working in a successful high growth startup in a fast paced role excites you

What you will do

Lead a delivery team

• Lead a small, cross-functional team of frontend & backend engineers, working closely Product Managers, Designers, QAs, Data Scientists, business stakeholders and domain experts

• Be the technical partner to the product manager and partner teams to evaluate the feasibility and efficient delivery of new product features and improvements

• Together with the team, shape up product ideas into delivery plans, and then turn these plans into successful product launches

• Contribute to your team’s delivery with hands on work - from architectural design, to implementation & testing and deployment & operations

Grow and develop your teammates

• Support the growth of your teammates by regularly providing actionable feedback, growth opportunities and stretch goals

• Help the team get closer to our customers and actively participate when solving their problems and needs.

Guide optimal technical decisions & continuous improvement of our engineering practices

• Guide your team on making optimal technical decisions and implementations, adhering to the adopted practices and making the appropriate practical tradeoffs for the situation at hand

• Ensure the quality and robustness of your team’s work, by utilising the right mix of unit, integration, E2E and manual testing

• Collaborate with the other Team Leads and the Engineering Leadership on the continuous improvement and evolution of our process, ways of working and tech stack

Requirements

• At least 7 years of commercial experience as a software engineer or a team lead

• Full product lifecycle experience with product development - from inception through to deployment to production and maintenance

• Experience with working in broader cross functional teams with business stakeholders

• Familiarity with business and commercial metrics to measure the impact of your work. Familiarity with engineering metrics to measure the impact of your team

• Solid understanding of architecture, programming concepts and patterns, TDD and unit testing

• Great verbal and written communication skills and the ability to explain complex ideas in a simple way to non-engineering teammates

• A strong desire to learn and to contribute to the team’s work

Other skills you might have

• A degree in Computer Science or equivalent is a plus

• Experience with A/B testing and feature flags

• An eye for user behaviour and design

BENEFITS

• Generous stock option plan
• Private medical insurance UK
• £400 annual learning & development budget with Learnerbly UK & EMEA
• Gym & wellness benefit with Wellhub UK
• Remote opportunity EMEA / Hybrid role based in Bermondsey 3 days a week with breakfast and lunch once a week UK
• Cycle to work scheme UK
• Electric car scheme UK
• 25 days holidays and generous parental leave & flexible working policies
• Annual company retreat UK & EMEA
• A fun and friendly working environment with sharp and motivated co-workers
• Join in the early stages of one of the most promising start-ups in