Front End Tech Lead

Job Description

Here at N Brown we are now recruiting a Front End Tech Leadwho will be tasked with providing end-to-endSenior Leadership to the relevant squad(s)whilstcontributing tothe strategy andbuildofthe wider engineering practice in BIT. You will be experienced with complete technicalproficiencyinReact / JavaScriptdevelopmentwith extensive experienceconsuming andutilisingMicroserviceswithin a feature squad.At N Brown we are looking for someone passionateabout creating a future-fit, engineering practice and growing our technology and people capability accordingly. You will be aninfluential team leader with experience incoaching andmentoringboth around technical and behavioural skillsandable to thrive in adisruptive andfast-growingenvironment, hungrytolearn and help the organisation evolveCore Activities as Front End Tech Lead:- Manage squad code development in an Agile delivery structure, influencing wider development standards- Workcloselywithall squad membersincludingProduct Owner,Scrum Master, developers and testersto ensure best practice development- LeadAgileceremonies–two-week sprintplanning,show and tells, retrospectives anddelivery, contributing to optimizing the squad’s way of working- Owner of code quality and tech debtincluding ensuring all code written is of high quality, performant, maintainable and all processes are automated and repeatable.- Continuous Integrationusing Jenkins and/or Gitlab including the Release Pipeline and quality process- Work with the wider Engineering management team to transform squadsinto aDevOpsmodel- Proactivelyresolve issues within the squad and other squadswhilst looking for continuous improvement opportunities from an operational process perspective- Liaisewith guild ofothersquad Leadsto ensure a standardized vision and approach to engineering across all squads within BIT- Line manage squad developers, coachin best practicesWhat are we looking for in ourFront End Tech Lead:- Experience in developing high quality, scalable and efficientwebapps at an enterprise scale, with a solid understanding of the full software development cycle- Full stack webdevelopment includingJavaScript / TypeScript,React,Node, Next / Expressapplyingcommon design principlesand development skills- Though not essential, experience ofcloud-based SOA (Service Oriented Architecture)is beneficialincludingJava 11, python3,Spring Boot/vert.x,containerisation and a code-first DevOps approach- Able to maintain the highest standard of code quality, unit tests, code coverage – SonarQube or similar- Experience in working in an Agile environmentwithcontinuous delivery. Understand how the squad-model operates- Experience working in or building a scalablecloud-basedDevOpsenvironment. Able toproactively assistteamwith this transformation and change- Excellentcommunicatorwith ability to articulate complex and technical conceptsIf this sounds like the Front End Tech Leadposition for you, click the apply link online and complete the full application process to N Brown today!