Tech Lead
At ResponseTap we are passionate about technology; and immensely proud of our market-leading voice centric marketing platform. This role is an outstanding opportunity for you to make a huge difference, and dramatically improve our ability to release software. We embrace new ideas, practices, and technologies; and you will hopefully bring a wealth of experience and energy to the business.
In this role you’ll be leading a multi-functional agile team using a mixture of standard methodology, common sense and pragmatism. You will live and breathe Software Engineering; and have amazing people and communication skills. You should be excited by technology; grabbing chances to influence positive changes - and be able to instil this passion in others.
What will I be doing ?- You’ll be leading a driven, collaborative and agile team, comprising Software Engineers and QA Engineers, and will work alongside a Product Owner
- You will provide guidance, mentoring and coaching for the engineers in the team, and help drive improvements to technology and processes
- Crafting, developing and maintaining our products
- You'll contribute to key design decisions in collaboration with our Product Owners and other Tech Leads
- Drive innovation with new and interesting ideas for our products, services and processes that could add new value
- Collaborate by attending guilds and meetups, and sharing your knowledge and experience with others
- Knowledge of other languages such as Python or GoLang would be advantageous
- Much of our platform is written in Java, however we will adopt new technologies, and use whatever language is the best fit
- You'll have demonstrable experience in building scalable and resilient enterprise web applications
- You'll be used to (and enjoy) working in high availability, high scale environments
- Java 7 and above
- Relational databases (e.g. MySQL)
- NoSQL Databases
- Working in and leading Agile teams
- Virtualization / container environments, e.g. Docker
- Python
- Experience in cyber security
- Maven/Gradle/Go/Jenkins
- CloudConfig
- Practical experience of unit/integration testing using TDD
- Kubernetes
- AWS / Serverless computing
- SaaS Platform
- CI/CDHigh load, low latency
- Message based systems (JMS, RabbitMQ)
- SOLID principles
- JetBrains IDE
- Experience of Marketing Technology
- Relaxed, friendly, open-plan office with great views
- Flexible working
- Free designated car parking space
- Free tea, coffee and soft drinks
- Childcare vouchers
- Perkbox access with lots of shop and restaurant discounts plus mobile phone insurance
- Onsite creche, shops, post office and restaurant
- Pool & Table football
- Charity days
- Social Friday afternoons
- Regular social events
Does this sound good to you? If so, please apply today and we'll get back to you as soon as we can to let you know next steps.
ResponseTap aims to ensure that no employee or potential employee is subject to unlawful discrimination, either directly or indirectly, on the grounds of gender, race (including colour, nationality or ethnic origin), disability, sexual orientation, marital status, part-time status, age, religion or belief. This commitment applies to all aspects of employment.
ResponseTap Manchester, England Office
7th Floor, Building 8, Exchange Quay,, Salford Quays, Manchester, United Kingdom, M5 3EJ
