About the Role
Join a dynamic team that is committed to making Digital Identity simple and secure for everyone and everything. As a technical leader, your role will transition from writing code to architecting scalable systems, mentoring junior developers, and aligning technical solutions with business goals. You will ensure projects are delivered efficiently while establishing best practices across the development lifecycle.
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Expectations
As a senior engineer, you will possess the capacity to own end-to-end outcomes, plan projects, and make critical technical decisions independently. Your responsibilities will include:
- Acting as a "force multiplier" by coaching junior developers, refining code quality, and reviewing pull requests.
- Explaining complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and writing clear technical documentation.
Responsibilities
- Technical Leadership & Architecture:
- Lead system design in your domain by creating high-level and low-level technical specifications and evaluating system architectures to ensure security, reliability, and scalability.
- Participate in the technology selection process by evaluating frameworks and tools for projects.
- Enforce best practices by setting and maintaining engineering standards regarding code quality, automated testing, and CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment).
- Mentorship & Team Guidance:
- Provide constructive feedback and coaching to junior and mid-level engineers to facilitate their career growth.
- Review code submitted by team members to identify bugs, improve performance, and ensure adherence to standards.
- Project & Task Management:
- Break down complex features into actionable tasks, establishing realistic timelines and resource estimates.
- Identify and mitigate technical risks before they impact product delivery.
- Contribute to identifying and resolving the technical debt backlog.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration:
- Translate technical concepts into business terms for non-technical stakeholders, product managers, and executive management.
- Collaborate with various departments to ensure software solutions meet market and user demands.
- Problem Solving & Maintenance:
- Diagnose the root cause of difficult software issues, building practical, permanent solutions.
- Refactor and optimize existing legacy codebases to improve performance and maintainability.
Qualifications
- Strong fundamentals of software development and computer sciences.
- Proficiency in at least one programming language used at the company.
- Strong understanding of relational and non-relational databases.
- Proficiency with cloud infrastructure.
- Ability to design large-scale, resilient, and secure software architectures.
Benefits
- Private Premium Health Insurance
- Visa costs including 1 month paid hotel stay on arrival
- Annual Airfare Allowance for the home country
- 3 months full pay maternity leaves & 2 weeks full pay paternity leaves
- 25 days of annual leave + the company Bank Holiday (not included in holiday allowance)
- Competitive Salary
- Gratuity as EOSB
