Lead Software Engineer

at  Palladium Digital

At Palladium Digital we help our partners in private equity accelerate change and create value.:
Do you have an entrepreneurial spirit and passion of technology?
Do you get excited about building new and innovative products across a diverse range of industries.
If yes, read on.
We seek an experienced Software Development Lead who enjoys the challenge of building new and exciting software solutions for businesses at all stages from start-up to enterprise.
We put customer experience at the heart of our approach. The ideal candidate will therefore need to have a strong affinity for product and service design and an understand of how software and technology is an enabler for positive user behaviour change.
Role: Software Development Lead
Reporting to: Technology Director
Salary: £80,000 - £90,000 dependent on experience and level of seniority
Location: London based office, with support for remote and flexible working

REQUIREMENTS:

As Software Development Lead at Palladium you will be responsible for:

• Lead a team of local and off-shore developers, delivering a variety of projects for external clients and our own internal SaaS platform.
• Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable applications using a variety of technologies including Cloud Native, Node.js React, GraphQL, and Ruby.
• Role model code quality, testing, and automation.
• Improve our technical delivery process, enabling projects to be delivered at a higher standard with less effort.
• Guide the team to decisions on tooling and fundamental architectural choices of the application.
• Mentor junior developers and help grow their capability and capacity.
• Grow the development team and take the lead on talent identification and selection.
• Communicate with external clients and customers, gathering feedback and coordinating delivery plans.

Skills

• Autonomous, proactive technical leader.
• Strong experience of designing and building web applications in cloud.
• Experience with Node.js, Ruby on Rails, React, GraphQL.
• Full stack development (UI, API, Service, Storage).
• Strong knowledge of SDLC, Git based versioning systems and CI/CD, automated functional and integration tests.
• Good understanding of NoSQL and relational databases.
• Good understanding of Agile methodologies including Scrum.
• Experience: 6-8 years.

• Lead a team of local and off-shore developers, delivering a variety of projects for external clients and our own internal SaaS platform.
• Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable applications using a variety of technologies including Cloud Native, Node.js React, GraphQL, and Ruby.
• Role model code quality, testing, and automation.
• Improve our technical delivery process, enabling projects to be delivered at a higher standard with less effort.
• Guide the team to decisions on tooling and fundamental architectural choices of the application.
• Mentor junior developers and help grow their capability and capacity.
• Grow the development team and take the lead on talent identification and selection.
• Communicate with external clients and customers, gathering feedback and coordinating delivery plans