Job Ref: 214642274

Date: 2021-09-13 11:32:33

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Lead Engineer / Engineering Manager | 100% Remote | UP to £90,000 DOE | Key decision maker for technical direction and architecture | Ultimate ownership and autonomy | Build the project roadmap for re-platforming

About the Company

Our client are one of the largest leisure companies in the UK, one of their subsidiaries are embarking on a large digital transformation following an acquisition and are looking for a Lead Engineer / Engineering Manager to be the number one person in the team to build out an engineering capability.

Prior to covid, a lot of their bookings were either made through the phone or through a fairly basic booking system. Currently customers aren't able to make changes to add-ons or view their booking histories. After much-needed funding is being injected into the company, they're on a mission to bring their tech which is our-sourced to third parties with a white-labelled solution in house.

The Role

This role would be joining a tech team which currently consists of a Head of Digital, Head of Product, Head of UX and a partnership with third-parties.

This is a truly unique leadership opportunity for you to be the go-to person with the power to make pivotal business decisions and put your stamp on driving this digital transformation.

You'll be a key contributor to making decisions on the technical direction, architecture, strategy, roadmap and more.

Responsibilities

* Working with the rest of the tech leadership team to build a strategy for the digital transformation.

* Building a high performing engineering culture.

* Recruiting your own team and building the recruitment process.

* Defining the architecture.

* Choosing the tech stack (though ideally they'd like to build the platform with React and NodeJS, they're open to suggestions)

* Working with almost a startup mentality of working lean as you build and scale.

* Being hands-on to some extent in the beginning as you grow the team

* Managing the relationship between third party vendors

* Building a culture of continuous feedback and improvement

* Act as a key stakeholder in the OKR process

What kind of person are we looking for?

This role is perfect for anyone who :

* Is still hands on but has some experience with strategy and management and wants a transition role.

* Wants to move into a leadership role which is essentially a blank slate.

* Has experience managing third parties.

* Understands how to create a meaningful user journey with tech.

* Has experience building high performing engineering teams.

* Has wider organisation skills and can balance risk with reward.

* Wants ownership of building something great and putting your stamp on their new product.

Salary and Benefits

This role is paying to £90,000 dependent on experience with 22 days holiday + bank holidays (option to buy and sell) + stakeholder pension + generous budget for a solid WFH set up

The Interview Process

The interview process will be in 2 stages, a technical interview and a non technical interview which will all be conducted remotely

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