Engineering Technical Lead
MOO, United Kingdom

MOO set out to shake up the world of print back in 2006. And we’ve come a long way since. Today we’re a 400 + strong team (we’re thinking of getting matching jackets) who create print and digital products for companies of all sizes from Google and AirBnB to the guy who makes those amazing prints you found at a craft fair.Our global HQ is in London, UK, while we also have premises in Dagenham. In the US, you’ll find us in Boston, MA, as well as East Providence, RI and Denver, CO.
We’re making new and exciting things and we could really do with your help.
We are the Product amp; Content Integration team. Our mission is to develop the tools and systems that enable the business to mechandise MOO's products on its website and keep its web presence on-point. To do this we primarily use headless SaaS systems, integrated using serverless cloud computing, and practice IaC to keep everything tidy.
We're one of several teams working on MOO's next generation web platform, and we'd love to have you along for the ride.
Over the next 2 years the platform will grow from its current unproven amp; in-development state through to a clean, modern ecommerce platform that will delight our customers, help us find new ones and operate at a scale to support MOO's $100M+ revenue business.
We can only make that happen by valuing everyone’s perspective, encouraging new ideas and learning from our mistakes. We really care about continually improving, and we love the open exchange of knowledge amongst our team members and the wider Engineering department.
All our engineering teams are fully remote, though we also have a central London office that's open to everyone - and we all meet up there about twice a quarter to say hello.
The RoleAs the team's Tech Lead you'll blend a hands-on coding contribution with helping the team with their delivery and direction. It's also a good opportunity for someone looking to aquire or expand their line management skills. MOO doesn't have a prescriptive formula for how a Tech Lead should split their time and it'll largely be down to you pick priorities day-to-day according to the team's goals or business needs.
You'll be well supported by our ecosystem of Product Managers, Agile Coaches and Engineering Managers but the team will still look to you for direction and support.
MOO's new platform is just about the highest profile project the business has right now, so expect to join a fast-paced, high impact group that sets out to solve problems in a smart, humane way.The person we want

• We're using AWS, with API Gateway and AWS Lambda as the backbone of our approach. We use Terraform for IaC purposes and you'll write your code principally in TypeScript. The project's 'buy over build' philosophy means we have a number of large SaaS systems that the team leverages.

• Inside that overall technical landscape, the PCI team principally look after site and product content so strong familiarity with CMS and/or PIM systems and their underlying modelling concepts would be highly advantageous. You may not be intimately familiar with the whole of our stack but the person we're looking for will have experience with enough to make picking up the remainder viable.

• Beyond the technical approach, you'll have worked closely in some capacity with a Product or Project Manager in the past and you'll have worked in an Agile team of some flavour. If you haven't directly line managed a team before but would like to move in that direction, that's fine and you'll be well supported if this will be your first step in the management journey.

• Finally, as a project not yet in full production, you'll need to be comfortable dealing with ambiguity, setting short-term goals for the team, making priority calls and contributing to the definition of new processes and ways of working.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of 4 engineers from both a delivery and pastoral perspective
• Take a lead in thinking about the shape and size of the team and hiring amp; recruitment when required
• Work with our Product Managers, Agile Coaches and Engineering Managers on high level direction of the overall project amp; team delivery
• Facilitate architectural conversations when needed inside the team's own domain as well as contributing to the broader architectural discussions
• Represent your team in departmental meetings
• Write amp; commit good quality code; provide regular feedback on the pull requests of others

About you

• Enthusiastic hands-on engineer excited about helping to bring a greenfield project over the line
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