Technical Lead (JavaScript)

Summary

Join our professional services team, Brightcove Global Services (BGS), as a Technical Lead to guide clients through their OTT journeys and help them achieve business goals through video technology. As a Technical Lead, you will be part of the senior team that manages client relationships, facilitates user requirements sessions, designs technical specifications, and manages development of documentation to meet client expectations.

Requirements

• 8+ years experience as a technical developer or related work experience; 2+ years in technical leadership roles; experience in a project-based consulting environment
• Expertise implementing solutions from a defined architecture for various problem types
• Extensive knowledge in the areas of custom software development: OO Design Patterns; microservices, middleware, etc
• Strong proficiency with at least one server-side language (Node.js and/or Python preferred) required
• Strong proficiency with vanilla JavaScript
• Strong Object Oriented Programming skills
• Deep understanding of the React JavaScript framework
• Understanding data security compliance and security best practices
• Experience in profiling, debugging and troubleshooting systems
• Solid understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases; data modeling/design techniques; data interface protocols; database deployment and scalability; database tuning
• Strong understanding of designing and implementing proper REST APIs
• Extensive experience with designing systems for scale and reuse, source code management strategies, and release management
• Strong and effective verbal and written communications skills; as well as strong and effective presentation and facilitation skills
• Willingness to travel to client locations and collaborate with distributed delivery teams as needed
• Solid knowledge of system administration and software and hardware configuration and production system deployments; ability to make informed recommendations to customer IT staff; ability to troubleshoot pre- and post-production implementations; security; load balancing and performance

Responsibilities

• Consulting: Technical Leads are part of the senior team that manage the client and are called upon to facilitate user requirements sessions, design technical specifications, and manage development of documentation to meet client expectations
• Solution Development: Technical Leads work with Solution Architects and Business Analysts to create solutions for various client needs
• Leadership: Technical Leads manage all technical aspects of the project and also contribute directly by writing code, managing builds and performing other hands-on tasks
• Team Management: Technical Leads manage varying sized project teams to successfully deliver agreed-upon solutions of the highest quality, exceeding customer expectations

Benefits

Hybrid role with a fully stocked kitchen, bike shed, and shower facilities in the London office