Vacancy Name
Lead Engineer
Vacancy No
VN458
Employment Type
Full-Time
Business Name
Love2shop
Location
Liverpool
Job Details
What does a Lead Engineer (Fulfilment) do?
As the Lead Engineer, you will be at the heart of building world-class products for Love2shop. Your focus will be on technical execution and decision-making within the product team. You will be responsible for designing, contributing to, and shaping the technical direction of the fulfilment team, setting the software engineering standards for both internal and external delivery. You will lead the team in designing, developing, delivering, and maintaining integrations and applications, working in a fast-paced, cloud-first, agile environment to advance the team's technical capabilities and the product.
Key responsibilities
* Collaborate with the Product Owner to translate the strategic plan of the fulfilment products into technical deliverables.
* Design, develop, and maintain scalable technical solutions supporting business growth through fulfilment services.
* Participate in architectural decisions across initiatives to ensure scalability and maintainability.
* Design features with resilience, security, and service management in mind.
* Translate technical solutions into understandable language for non-technical stakeholders.
* Evaluate new technologies and approaches for better software engineering practices.
* Ensure systems are performant, reliable, and meet functional and non-functional requirements.
* Oversee application lifecycle, quality assurance, database engineering, and deployment processes.
* Shape the team's working methods in collaboration with project management and product teams.
* Ensure third-party software deliveries meet quality and standards expectations.
* Ensure compliance with PCI-DSS and other relevant standards in engineering practices.
Qualifications and experience
* Experience leading design and development within a financial services environment.
* Understanding of emerging technologies with R&D experience.
* Strong knowledge of the full software development lifecycle, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills.
* Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies.
* Knowledge of various stacks and languages, understanding their best use cases.
* Experience fostering a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
* Proficiency in designing and maintaining APIs (JSON REST, SOAP).
* Leadership experience within an internal IT department.
* Over 3 years in a lead development role, preferably with object-oriented languages and MVC frameworks, SQL databases.
* Strong TDD experience.
Personal skills
* Motivated, focused, flexible, and persistent with excellent analysis, organization, and planning skills.
* Meticulous and systematic work approach.
* Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
* Team player capable of independent work, building confidence in key relationships.
Our benefits if you decide to join us:
* 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays
* Company sick pay from day 1
* Company pension scheme
* UK healthcare cover
* Staff discount card with benefits at multiple retailers
* Travel schemes with major rail providers
* Free tea and coffee in the kitchen
* Faith room and dedicated kitchen for Halal and Kosher foods
* Family leave policies
* Community volunteering days
We are a disability-confident company committed to equality and diversity, welcoming all applicants and ensuring equal access to opportunities.
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