Engineering Lead

Office Attendance: Our roles are hybrid; however, you should be able to travel to the office 1 or 2 days per week for this position. 

Closing Date: Applications close Friday 4th October at 5pm 

A chance to thrive

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Software Engineering Practice and lead multiple engineering feature teams in our Customer Experience Platform team. You will Lead the development, delivery, and optimisation of customer facing web applications that onboard customers into the bank and maintain their product holdings. You will be key in delivering value across the feature builds whilst collaborating with your fellow Software and Test Engineers to build new features and ensure the quality of our customer facing web applications. We work with Agile at scale and this is a unique opportunity to experience a modern engineering workplace.

What you’ll be doing  

This role will be focused on helping us create highly available Web Apps, using JavaScript/Typescript, React, and NodeJS. Apps are built on AWS and monitored using Datadog.

• As a Lead Engineer, you'll lead multiple Software Engineering feature teams, providing an opportunity to demonstrate and enhance your leadership skills.
• Our engineering culture is part of what makes us a great place to work, you'll have the opportunity to set the direction and drive through service improvements, features, and changes. This allows you to make a significant impact on the product and the team.
• You'll work closely with all engineers on your team, from seniors to juniors, mentoring and building their careers. This provides a chance to share your knowledge and help others grow.
• We encourage engineers to share new ideas, challenge existing practices, and look for opportunities to improve their teams and the wider engineering community creating a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
• You will act as a subject matter expert with architecture, product, cloud, and testing teams, allowing you to showcase and further develop your expertise. You will also work closely with Principal Engineers on longer-term technology goals providing an excellent opportunity for career advancement. 

We need you to have

• In-depth knowledge of JavaScript, Node and one UI framework (such as React) along with best practice experience of unit testing in this ecosystem
• Ability to deliver high quality, easily maintainable and well tested code that can lead to rapid delivery allowing us to pursue continuous integration and delivery
• Deep understanding of web security concepts leading to secure code by default
• Exposure to DevOps toolsets and CI/CD concepts as well as supporting and running the services you have developed

And if you have any of these, even better

• Understanding and exposure to integrating REST/SOAP API endpoints
• Knowledge of TypeScript
• Experience developing code that follows accessibility guidelines
• Good knowledge of AWS services and/or containerisation technologies
• Experience of coaching both junior and senior Software Engineers

What’s in it for you  

• Prepare for your retirement with our colleague pension scheme.  
• Private Medical Insurance (WL2+) and virtual GP Service you and your family 365 days a year.  
• Performance related annual bonus.  
• Indulge in a generous holiday allowance with a minimum of 7.2 weeks, with the opportunity to buy more. 
• Embrace the benefits of our Colleague Clubcard, enjoy a 10% discount that increase to 15% every payday (worth up to 2K). As an added perk, we’ll give you a second card to share with someone else.  
• Benefit from our family-oriented initiatives, encompassing enhanced maternity leave pay, a shared parental leave policy, and a generous 8-week paid paternity leave. 
• A place to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and training, to help you achieve the job and career you want. 
• Take part in our Buy as you Earn and Save as your Earn share schemes.