Tech Lead

ABOUT THE ROLE

Our mission is to provide the best renting experience in the world and you'll play a key part in helping us achieve this by making sure our platform is best in class.

Reporting to our CTO, you will be responsible for a team of engineers working towards shared goals. You will be an experienced people manager with a strong track record of delivering technical projects through a combination of delegation and execution.

No two days are ever the same at Goodlord so what you’ll be up to will vary. The pace we move at also means priorities will change and you’ll need to be comfortable with this (we’ll support you!). But these are the things that will be core to your role and will keep you busy.

Management & Leadership (50-75%)

• Contribute to setting clear performance objectives for the team and at the individual level in order to ensure everyone has focus and clarity on what needs to be done
• Coach and mentor more junior engineers to help them develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to further their careers
• Help the team operate more effectively through workload management, system improvements or direct assistance.
• Line manage and support a team of 4-8 engineers, you will be looking after their career aspirations, professional development and wellbeing so you should be committed to being the best leader you can be
• Build out the team through leading recruitment for specific roles.

Engineering (25-50%)

• Work directly with Product Managers, Designers, Engineers and other stakeholders to understand end user problems
• Evolve the application architecture to reduce technical debt and take advantage of current technological standards and best practices
• Build and maintain features in our core platform for managing tenancy life cycles
• Perform self defined tasks geared towards your personal and professional development

ABOUT YOU:

What we need from you:

• Extensive commercial experience in web application development
• Demonstrable commercial experience in building complex web applications using a modern technology stack (preferably Symfony and React)
• Experience with architecture and design taking into account both functional and non-functional requirements (such as security, scalability and performance)
• Experience working in a cross-functional agile team focused on delivering value to customers and end users.
• Line management experience (preferably in your most recent role)
• Recruitment experience including writing job descriptions and designing/conducting interviews

• Willingness to learn new technologies and engineering practices
• Additional experience with any for the following would be hugely beneficial: Micro Frontends, GraphQL, NodeJS, Functional Programming, E2E Test automation, AWS, DevOps.

You should apply if:

• You can demonstrate your experience in the above
• You have a passion for solving end user problems, big or small
• You want to create an environment for the successful and efficient delivery of high quality business solutions through a combination of leading and executing.
• You understand the challenges and rewards that come with working in a startup environment and look forward to taking them on

• What we’re doing here at Goodlord excites you!