Lead Engineer

Summary

The job is for a Lead Engineer at OakNorth Bank, where the employee will lead a squad of engineers in building next generation financial tools and products. The role involves maintaining technical excellence, coaching and mentoring engineers, and working cross-functionally. The technology stack includes Python, NodeJS, TypeScript, React, styled-components, PostgreSQL, BigQuery, MySQL, Jest, React Testing Library, Cypress, pytest, AWS, GCP, Docker, Terraform, GitHub, CircleCI.

Requirements

• Have a strong technical background, including 7+ years of experience designing and engineering large scale systems
• Coach and mentor engineers so that they are improving and engaged
• Measure your success in terms of business impact, not lines of code
• Internalise the best ideas from across the organisation, humbly setting a vision that others can get behind
• Embrace DevOps culture: You build it, you run it
• Work well cross-functionally and earn trust from co-workers at all levels
• Prefer simple solutions and designs over complex ones
• Enjoy working with a diverse group of people with different areas of expertise
• Be a broad thinker with the capability to see the impact of decisions across the wider business

Responsibilities

• Lead a squad of 4-6 Engineers
• Maintain a high standard of technical excellence
• Keep processes lean and efficient
• Help team members grow and develop their career
• Ensure that the squad understands and focuses on the goal

Benefits

• Flexible, Hybrid Working - A flexible, UK remote-first team with a dedicated London office available 5 days a week to use as we want to
• Work-life balance - 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) each year, and enhanced family leave allowances
• Competitive salary & equity - We want people to have a serious stake in the business
• Good kit - Your choice of the best laptop, running macOS or Ubuntu
• Team socials - The opportunity to get to know each other outside of work
• Company socials - A chance to catch up and meet new colleagues weekly over informal office breakfasts and dinners on OakNorth - or at our free barista bar every day
• Commuter support - We offer the cycle to work scheme