Engineering Lead

Engineering, London, Full Time, £90,000 - £110,000 / year

Job Description

At Reward Gateway, we’re driven by our culture, and over 750 of us work together to make the world a better place to work. We do this through our products and technology, supporting 4000+ global clients and their leaders to connect, recognise and engage their people.

Our products include:

Smart Spending: one of the world’s most successful employee discount programs with over $1 billion annual spend at over 1500 retail partners
Smart Pay: our streamlined, user-friendly platform that consolidates and automates payroll benefit applications
Recognition & Reward: where over 3 million moments of recognition are shared, celebrated, and redeemed each year

An opportunity is available for an experienced Engineering Lead to take on the role of team- and work management to develop, deliver, and maintain platform improvements. You will participate in design reviews, recommend improvements, and create consensus through self-confidence, clear communication, and the technical skills to back your decisions. This will also include:

Technical Proficiency: Proficient in backend- and/or frontend programming languages coupled with experience with relevant libraries and frameworks.
Scalability and Performance Optimization: Experience with e-commerce platforms and developing and optimizing large-scale systems to handle high volumes of user interactions.
System Architecture: Experience in designing and architecting scalable, modular, and maintainable systems.
Leadership and Team Management: Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor a team of engineers, providing technical guidance and driving the team toward project goals. Strong communication and collaboration skills to effectively work with cross-functional teams.

Key Responsibilities

Improving processes to make Engineers as effective as possible
Planning and executing strategies that benefit the team and platform
Championing and maintaining quality standards and processes
Identifying technical solutions that adhere to / go beyond best practice
Conduct code reviews, and make technical contributions to product architecture
Get involved in solving bugs and delivering small features
Coordinating across departments to accomplish collaborative goals
Foster technical decision-making on the team, and make final decisions
Discern engineering metrics and seek to improve them
Managing and supporting Engineering team members
Mentoring team members and supporting their continued growth
Maintaining team morale and ensuring their success

Skills

A minimum of 3+ years experience in a technical leadership role developing large-scale business-critical SaaS applications or e-commerce applications
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Experience with a variety of backend and frontend technologies and particularly exposure to PHP
Strong problem-solving, critical thinking, and analytical skills
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

The Interview Process

A video interview with the Talent Acquisition Partner. This should last no longer than 40 minutes.
A 60 minute technical interview with the Director of Engineering
A final meeting with the CTO and Director of Engineering

Be comfortable. Be you.

At Reward Gateway, we want all of our employees to feel comfortable bringing their passion, creativity and individuality to work. We value all cultures, backgrounds and experiences, as we truly believe that diversity drives innovation. Express yourself, join our community and help us Make the World a Better Place to Work.

We hire BETTER.

From perks to people, our BETTER approach to hiring earns us more trust, happier people and more world-class talent that help us to make the world a better place to work. Find out more about Reward Gateways approach to benefits, equality, talent, technology, empathy and what you’ll get in return for joining our Mission at rg.co/lifeatrg.

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Engineering Lead

Engineering, London, Full Time, £90,000 - £110,000 / year

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

Skills

The Interview Process

London

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