Lead Developer- Fixed term contract

at  REA Group

THE REA EXPERIENCE

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We are committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion. We believe teams with diverse ideas and experiences are more creative, more effective and fuel disruptive thinking - be it cultural and ethnic backgrounds, gender identity, disability, age, sexual orientation, or any other identity or lived experience. We know diverse teams are critical to maintaining our success and driving new business opportunities. If you’ve got the skills, dedication and enthusiasm to learn but don’t necessarily meet every single point on the job description, please still get in touch.

As a Lead Developer, you will be leading the tech design and implementation on a program of work focused on migrating our AdTech tools and systems through the entire SDLC – from concept, discovery and requirements through specification, development, testing and release.

• Thought leadership in buying ads, selling ads, and sharing data with advertising clients.
• Contributing to the overall technical solution design and product direction, working with Tech Leads to ensure our solution is in line with our technical vision.
• Informing delivery planning and technical design by providing a balanced view of options, effort, and quality considerations.
• Working with the team leads to understand business priorities, express ideas and communicate technical options.
• Helping clarify, plan and prepare work for the team.
• Guiding the team throughout the development process and informing technical decisions.
• Working in agile teams, where we rapidly adapt to the market and work widely with different product teams across REA.
• Keeping abreast of the latest technology advancements to inform product and technical design.
• Proactively contributing to the continuous improvement of products, technology, process, and team development.
• Actively developing skills and experience through continual learning and evaluation.
• Working with stakeholders to design high quality solutions that meet the needs of our users, including vendor platform

WHAT THE ROLE IS ALL ABOUT

As a Lead Developer, you will be leading the tech design and implementation on a program of work focused on migrating our AdTech tools and systems through the entire SDLC – from concept, discovery and requirements through specification, development, testing and release.

• Thought leadership in buying ads, selling ads, and sharing data with advertising clients.
• Contributing to the overall technical solution design and product direction, working with Tech Leads to ensure our solution is in line with our technical vision.
• Informing delivery planning and technical design by providing a balanced view of options, effort, and quality considerations.
• Working with the team leads to understand business priorities, express ideas and communicate technical options.
• Helping clarify, plan and prepare work for the team.
• Guiding the team throughout the development process and informing technical decisions.
• Working in agile teams, where we rapidly adapt to the market and work widely with different product teams across REA.
• Keeping abreast of the latest technology advancements to inform product and technical design.
• Proactively contributing to the continuous improvement of products, technology, process, and team development.
• Actively developing skills and experience through continual learning and evaluation.
• Working with stakeholders to design high quality solutions that meet the needs of our users, including vendor platforms

To set yourself up for success in this role you will have ideally gained experience in the following areas (helpful talent acquisition tip: you might want to make sure this is on your resume before you submit it):

• A few runs on the board - you will ideally have 5+ years leading engineering teams.
• Strong experience working with distributed and offshore development teams
• A demonstrated ability to envision web-based services that meet client needs & solve business problems.
• Active contribution and leading technical decision-making process
• Coaching less experienced members of the team
• Demonstrated experience with modern object oriented or functional programming practice in two or more of our programming languages – Scala, Java, Ruby, Python and JavaScript.
• Strong experience in managing project schedule and working closely with DLs, BAs, PMs and product teams.
• Proactively contribute to the continuous improvement of products, technology, process and team development
• Experience working in the Media/AdTech industry is highly advantageou