Tech Lead (Node.JS, Ruby, Kafka)

They're looking for an engineer who can look beyond the code and see the bigger picture. The Platform Foundation team works across teams and has the responsibility of working with layers of their infrastructure, getting into the nitty gritty with data orientation and data flows. You'll shape the future of their product by creating new features related to these and take responsibility for developing and improving search functionality within the platform. You'll write a lot of new code, increase APIs development, and ultimately ensure the platform's software components are versatile enough to effectively tackle various user cases and scenarios. You'll have plenty of input into mentoring and helping to train up more junior members of the team.

They're looking for a Tech Lead with plenty of skin in the game in leadership positions (or highly experienced seniors with leadership experience seeking career advancement). You should have experience of closing a whole product cycle with end-to-end ownership from a product-based company and a strong track record of solving complex technical problems. You'll primarily work on the backend of their stack with Node.js, Ruby, and Kafka, impacting everything from API development to the user interface to the database, but a strong background in any language is acceptable.

Current stack: React, Redux, Ruby, Node, AWS, Linux, Elasticsearch, Cassandra, Kubernetes, Docker, and Kafka.

Salary up to £120K, an annual bonus of 8-10%, stock options, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays. Based near Tottenham Court Road Station, the role requires coming into the office 3 days a week, with a plan to reduce this over time. The position is based in London.