About this role
Job title: Engineering Team Lead
About the Role As an Engineering Team Lead in our Engineering organisation, you are leading a team of software engineers who build, manage, and maintain the microservices that power Smarkets' products. You will help organise the direction of your team, guide their career growth, and ensure that we’re building the right stack to power the future of our products. You will collaborate with engineers, other engineering managers, technical leadership, and product managers to drive the complex technical projects that deliver the Smarkets product roadmap.
What You'll Do
- Report to the VP of Engineering.
- Directly manage a team of engineers, from junior to tech-leads.
- Drive sprint planning, including proper scoping of tasks, working alongside our Program Management function.
- Hire great people and keep them happy, motivated, and challenged.
- Ensure the career growth of the engineers in your team as they advance in seniority.
- Set the standard for quality engineering, including improving our engineering processes, to keep our level of excellence high.
- Explore and define next technology adoption paths to help us build our stack for the future.
- Represent the team in cross-functional meetings and internal events.
- Be the champion of the stack by demonstrating first hand how to implement functionalities in the right way, with an eye to the horizon and your mind on the present.
What We're Looking For
- 3+ years of experience building microservices for high speed and high scale products.
- 3+ years of experience working with a modern technology stack (Rust, C++, Java, etc).
- Previous experience leading a team technically or directly.
Nice to Have
- Experience with Kubernetes, Postgres, Kafka, Linux.
- Experience in shipping high-scale distributed systems in a fast-paced environment.
Compensation & Benefits
- Stock Options: Vest over 4 years - your success is our success.
- Pension Scheme: Competitive plan via Aviva, with up to 6% matched contributions if you opt in.
- Health Insurance: Comprehensive coverage to keep you and your family healthy.
- Enhanced Parental Leave: Enhanced maternity and paternity leave to support you through life’s most important moments.
- Stay Fuelled: Fresh, chef-made breakfast and lunch every day, plus fruit, snacks, tea, coffee and soft drinks — because great work starts with great food.
- Cycle-to-Work Scheme: Support for sustainable commuting and staying active.
- Learning & Development: £1,000 annual education budget for courses, conferences, books, or training.
- Holiday: 25 days paid leave + bank holidays, with the option to carry over 5 days.
- Flexible Working: Hybrid model with 3 days in the office and 2 days from home to fit your lifestyle.
- Global Working: Work from anywhere in the world for up to 20 days a year.
- Team Energy: Regular socials, hackathons, and events — because collaboration and fun go hand-in-hand.