Software Engineering Team Lead- 24 month FTC

at  William Hill

As a Software Engineering Team Lead, you’ll focus on driving technical delivery and ensuring our products meet customer needs. You’ll guide and support engineers across disciplines, establishing software engineering standards and best practices. Collaborating with architecture teams, you’ll guide design and implementation, enhancing CI/CD processes and quality.
You’ll be overseeing end-to-end project delivery, encouraging knowledge sharing, and fostering team growth. With robust technical experience, you’ll engage with a variety of technologies such as cloud services, containers, and observability tools. You’ll be part of a team delivering software in an agile, improvement-driven environment.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• Extensive experience in Software Engineering, QA, DevOps, and leadership roles, architecture, test engineering, and cloud-based workloads
• Ability to create, manage, and mentor high-performing, customer-focused teams that align with business needs
• In-depth knowledge of IT delivery processes such as Disciplined Agile, Kanban, and Lean, with an adaptability to change, and experience in refactoring large applications and legacy systems
• Significant experience in the Betting & Gaming, Retail, or Banking sectors, with a passion for sports, familiarity with containerized workloads (Docker, Mesos, Marathon, Kubernetes), and AWS certification

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

• Manage a multi-discipline team, including Developers, QAs, and Cloud/Systems Engineers
• Share your knowledge with the team while continuously learning, focusing on team empowerment and performance metrics like DORA
• Lead architecture and design discussions, aligning with the overall architecture strategy, and take on DA Architecture Owner responsibilities
• Promote Lean-Agile methodologies helping the team embrace Disciplined Agile (DA) behaviours, values, and best practices
• Ensure technical standards such as code quality, security, and technical debt are upheld with transparency, using visible dashboards
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders on projects, product enhancements, and efforts while supporting business goals
• Oversee team development through regular 1-to-1s, personal development plans, and performance evaluations, while contributing to recruitment efforts
• Support production environments and collaborate with product teams to develop quality solutions, ensuring software integrity and overseeing technical debt

Our roles offer more than just a job, you’ll become part of the William Hill family! We have created an environment where our people can thrive. Check out some of the fantastic benefits on offer:

• Financial: Competitive salary and bonus schemes
• Hybrid working: Our employees can work from home up to 80% of the time with 20% of office time built in to ensure we get some face-to-face collaborative team time - and the chance for a coffee and a catch-up!
• Holiday entitlement: You’ll be entitled to 25 days holiday, plus 8 bank holidays and an extra day for your birthday
• Perks and discounts: Discounts at a range of high-street retailers
• Family Support: Industry-leading parental time off and paid time off if you have caring responsibilities
• Health & wellbeing: Tools and services to help support your well-being, including support with mental health and financial education. You will also have access to gym discounts and our cycle to work scheme
• Travel Card: Enjoy access to our Metro Card loan for convenient and money saving commuting
• Healthcare: We prioritise your health and well-being, offering comprehensive healthcare benefits (or a cash alternative)
• Pension package and life assurance: Safeguarding your financial future and offering peace of min