Lead Software Engineer

Location

Poole, Dorset | United Kingdom

Job description

At Flowbird, you'll have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects in a culture that celebrates creativity, collaboration, and innovation. We offer competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits, and professional growth opportunities in a supportive and dynamic work environment. 

Flowbird delivers solutions for smart cities on the move. Active in 60 countries and our Smart Transport solutions can be seen in world-class cities including London, Edinburgh, Paris, New York, Sydney, Rome, Brussels and Toronto. Our systems and equipment already facilitate management and mobility processes in more than 5,000 cities and more than 1,300 employees and 90 jobs make up the group's skills.

Our market leadership is underpinned by a continuous drive to innovate and push the frontiers of what is possible in order to make our customers more successful. As a result, we are a thriving business that is investing strongly and building the team for both new opportunities and supporting existing ones. 

Location:  

Our UK headquarters is based in Poole on the Dorset coast with its bustling quay, some of the best beaches in the UK and a stunning natural harbour. There is easy access to the Dorset countryside, the New Forest and the spectacular Jurassic Coast. Our main office is 1 mile from Poole railway station with good public transport links and close to both Bournemouth and Southampton international airports. 

We support a hybrid working model where we work come together in the office at least 3 times a week as we highly value the interactions and opportunities for collaboration this provides.

Summary:  

Flowbird is evolving its R&D Software Engineering capability to create a structure which is able to provide robust, performant, scalable solutions to projects all around the globe. As part of this we are forming squads to have complete ownership of various components which our product portfolio is composed of. The squads will be fully responsible for the components from technical design through to delivery, including all aspects of this such as ensuring the components are performant, secure and able to be supported whilst in production. Other engineering teams within Flowbird will provide you with the CICD tooling to facilitate a shift left mentality where the squad is immersed in an environment to be able to get feedback and also deliver value as rapidly as possible.

Key to these squads are technical leaders, who strive to develop teams who can deliver excellent solutions. We are looking for individuals who as well as being technical experts, are able to mentor and grow diverse teams with the overall target of delivering high quality software. At times there may be a need for trade-offs, but you should be able to take the technical lead in these conversations; confident liaising with the various stakeholders (Product Owners & Technical Management) to provide options, proposals and then agree a way forward which has the buy-in of the business. Transparency and communication are key in this role.

Responsibilities:  

• Technical Leadership : Serve as the technical expert in .NET technologies, guiding the architectural decisions and development strategies for our .NET projects. Lead the design and implementation of scalable, secure, and efficient software solutions. You will be working alongside the architecture team and squads to ensure that the day to work is in accordance with the enterprise level architectural vision, guidance and requirements. 
• Squad Collaboration : Work within the Spotify model, engaging with squads to promote cross-functional collaboration, knowledge sharing, and problem-solving. Mentor junior engineers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.
• Code Excellence : Ensure the highest standards of code quality and performance by implementing best practices, conducting code reviews, and leading by example.
• Continuous Improvement : Advocate for and implement improvements in software engineering practices, tools, and processes to enhance team efficiency and product quality. As a lead the expectation that a lot f time will be spent here, both creating as well as advocating in this area.
• Stakeholder Engagement : Collaborate with product owners, designers, and other stakeholders to understand requirements, set priorities, and deliver solutions that align with business goals.
• Pre Sales Engagement.

Qualifications / Experience:

• 5+ years of experience in software development, with a strong focus on .NET technologies; C#, .NET Core, ASP.NET and preferably Entity Framework.
• Proven track record of leading development projects and teams to successful outcomes.
• Deep understanding of software architecture principles, design patterns, and best practices.
• Experience working in an agile development environment, ideally within the Spotify model of engineering.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to mentor and lead teams.
• Can demonstrate commitment to continual self learning in this field, ideally with a degree foundation.

Technical Skills :

• Technologies / Patterns;
  • C# / .NET Core / ASP.NET / 
  • Entity Framework / Postgres / SQL Server
  • Redis
  • AMQP
  • Microservice design pattern
  • Synchronous & Asynchronous integration patterns 
• Frameworks / Way of Working
  • Agile; Scrum & Kanban
  • Exposure to the Spotify Engineering model
• Tooling (Preferable, equivalents acceptable though);
  • Kubernetes / Docker 
  • CI/CD tools, preferably Argo
  • Atlassian Suite (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket)

*Whilst we highly value the above, we understand all environments differ so if you understand why we have requested the above and have an equivalent alternative please don’t let that put you off applying!

Reports to: 

• Head of UK Competence Centre

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