Software Engineering Team Lead - Glasgow.

Do you want to work on Radio & television networks viewed/used by the whole country? Do you want to work on exciting projects? 35 hour working week? Great diverse working environment? Yes to all of the above?

Then I have a great opportunity for you!

Currently recruiting for Software Engineering Team Leads! - (Sounds Radio & Music Services)

You will help expand and develop our clients Radio and Music infrastructure.

app teams in Glasgow. You will have a leading role in an engineering team responsible for Sounds Radio & Music Services that delivers an intuitive and engaging experience to millions of audiences.

They aspire to be the best so that they can engineer outstanding digital products, at scale. Working there in an engineering role means being part of a world-class team and a chance to do the most meaningful work of your career

Software Engineering Team Leads responsibilities:

• Lead a team of approx five-six software engineers working on our suite of microservices
• Drive technical direction and decision-making
• Mentor other engineers
• Develop exciting new features
• Build out the Radio and Music infrastructure on AWS
• Learn new technologies and techniques
• Advise product managers and project managers on the complexities of planned work, including providing time and resource estimates in the planning of projects

Technical Leadership:

• Build and evolve a television and radio networks to deliver innovative and exciting online experiences
• Play a key role in the technical direction of the Sounds team
• Advocate new technologies and approaches to ensure our products are industry leading
• Provide domain expertise across the mobile teams
• Ensure a high standard of engineering excellence within our product

The successful candidate should have the following skills and experience:

• Have the ability to lead, coach mentor and line manage a team of 4 engineers
• Have experience working with cross-discipline peers including Product Managers, Delivery Managers and Design Leads
• Be able to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical colleagues at all levels in an organisation
• Strong Android experience, with deep understanding of Android app architecture and design idioms
• Proficient in AWS and Java or Scala
• Demonstrable understanding of Test-Driven Development
• Experience of source control systems such as Git
• Understanding of Continuous Integration and building systems such as Jenkins

What can they offer you? Well… Excellent career progression, unrivalled training and development opportunities, a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days (1 of which is a corporation day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.