Technical Lead

Were looking for a hands-on Technical Lead to help shape and drive our development strategy across multiple engines and platforms. This is a high-impact role where youll take full ownership of system architecture and development ensuring everything aligns with company-wide objectives and engineering best practices

You will manage guide and supervise multiple squads of technical consultants and developers (both onshore and offshore) and will be the main point of contact for the team. You will have to work with stakeholders and business analysts to provide detailed analysis and estimations on work items.

Youll also be expected to provide guidance to the team members and in some cases to be able to undertake some development work.

• Collaborate with stakeholders to define technical options and architect solutions for upcoming workstreams. 
• Lead and guide technical discussions helping resolve disputes and anticipate long-term implications of key decisions 
• Champion process improvements and modern engineering practices to elevate team productivity and technical excellence 
• Drive strategic initiatives to improve product quality scalability maintainability and security. 
• Translate architectural vision into concrete product outcomes. 
• Identify and manage technical debt keeping complexity in check. 
• Prototype implementation ideas through development spikes. 
• Conduct thoughtful code reviews and support performance evaluation processes. 
• Lead backlog grooming design sessions and story development.
• Balance independent work with active collaboration across a geographically distributed Agile team.
• Engage fully in Agile ceremonies planning meetings stand-ups and retrospectives.
• Mentor coach and inspire junior developers.

Qualifications :

• Proven experience leading technical teams and driving successful project delivery.
• Previous experience of hands-on web development experience with expertise in both backend and cloud services. 
• Deep proficiency in Core Java (preferably Java 8) and the Spring / Spring Boot ecosystem.
• Strong background in MS SQL development writing queries stored procedures managing jobs and database administration. 
• Skilled in writing robust unit and integration tests. 
• Solid understanding and application of SOLID design principles.
• Extensive experience designing and building RESTful APIs and web services.
• .NET (C#) and/or Java development experience. 
• Exposure to highly regulated industries such as betting finance or banking (a strong plus). 
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure technologies and AWS serverless architecture. 
• Container orchestration expertise using Docker Swarm or Kubernetes. 
• Working knowledge of message queuing systemsincluding Azure Service Bus RabbitMQ and AWS SNS/SQS.
• Familiarity with unit testing/specification frameworks such as NUnit and SpecFlow.
• Experience using dependency injection containers for scalable architecture. 
• Practical use of mocking frameworks like Moq and NSubstitute. 

Additional Information :

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Join us to unlock benefits and opportunities that will boost your career journey in a vibrant inclusive and fulfilling work environment so you can #BeYourself

is important... From hybrid working and colleague support networks to menopause support and weekly PepTalks were here for you.  

Well also invest in your growth by providing development opportunities leadership training and cutting-edge industry certifications so you have the tools and resources to help you work win and grow with us. 

Immerse yourself in new cultures and gain international exposure through our global business. Collaborate with colleagues from around the globe. 

From pensions to bonus schemes and private medical insurance to life insurance weve got you covered. 

*Our benefits vary by brand and/or location. Please have a chat with your local Talent Acquisition specialist to find out whats in place in your location.  

The Rank Group are committed to being an inclusive employer ensuring that we better understand and meet the needs and requirements of our candidates and customers. 

We aim to do this by facilitating fair and equal access to our services. If you require a reasonable adjustment to be made please reach out to let us know ahead of your interview. 

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time