Job Description:
We are building our core Engineering team, and are looking for exceptional, multi-skilled talent to join our NYC studio. Our Engineering Leads are seasoned masters of the software craft, with broad responsibility for collaborating with teams to deliver technical solutions to customer problems and opportunities. Genuine technical breadth and depth are a must, equally these roles demand a passion for the ‘softer side’ of hard engineering.
Responsible for running and implementing continuous improvement initiatives Manage multiple teams within the Domain Manage the Development process for your team (Kanban) Make sure your team implements any department initiatives including all the high performing team behaviors Remove impediments
• Working with the Strategy and UX/UI Design teams as well as customer organizations to architect, design, and implement solutions
• Designing, developing and productising components and services that make up our Digital Rig – a fully automated platform and CD stack we use to bootstrap and accelerate Customer Journey Engineering
• Determine, apply and improve appropriate methodologies and toolsets for a customer’s culture and operating environment
• Participate in and lead digital workshops with customer organizations
• Complete solutions by coordinating, communicating, and contributing to team meetings and customer engagements.
• Explore up-and-coming technologies and software products; seize learning and knowledge sharing opportunities; maintain personal networks; participate in professional organizations. Read; teach; learn.
• Enhance the group’s reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value.
• Support the team by providing advice, coaching, and educational opportunities
Qualifications:
You are an engineer.
You have an ego-less mentality.
You have a track record of success in designing, building, and shipping real-world solutions.
You are genuinely curious about business, UX, strategy, social and behavioural factors.
You have a deep understanding of what motivates, inspires and stifles software teams.
You appreciate that engineering is a key piece of a bigger puzzle. You understand the other pieces and ‘the whole’.
You take ownership. You don’t need to be told what to do. You do seek feedback and are inclusive.
You have your finger firmly on the technology pulse.
You find ways to make complicated tasks easy. You take pride in eliminating things that aren’t valuable and automate things that are.
You’ve put your faith in agile methods and practices, found their limitations, found ways to overcome them.
You are comfortable working with uncertainty. You can tackle constraints and work around them.
You hold and express considered opinions, and modify them when faced with contrary evidence. Above all, you let the facts do the talking whenever possible.
You have been heard saying “it’s good enough” and “let’s ship it”, but also “what is our goal?” and “this should be nowhere near production”.
You’re a student. You’re a teacher. You always seek a better way. You want to become or are a master of your craft.
You do what it takes to ensure a successful outcome, knowing when to compromise and when not to.
Skills & Experience
You are proficient or more in most of these areas:
· Continuous delivery with a deep understanding of enabling technologies and practices
· Cloud and automation technologies, e.g. Amazon Web Services, Ansible / Chef / Puppet
· Platform and systems architecture
· Front end and mobile / device technologies - the usual suspects
· Modern ops technologies - monitoring, log aggregation, alerting
· Working knowledge of security patterns and techniques
· Data engineering and analytics technologies, e.g. Pandas, Spark, Flume, AWS data stack
In addition
• Strong critical thinking and trouble-shooting skills
• Highly accountable for meeting all commitments and deadlines
• Effective communication skills, both written and verbal for technical and non-technical audiences
Preferred
Proven experience in developing and managing client relationships
Presented in Industry Domain Forums ; has IP to his/her credit
Behavioral Competencies
Execution Excellence Stakeholder Management
Strategic Perspective Client Centricity
Achievement Orientation Decision Making
Change Agility Nurturing People
Innovation
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