We are currently hiring for an Operations Assistant. Our Client is a leading software firm that enables higher education institutions to increase student success and graduation rates through community engagement. They are committed to improving student success and college graduation rates worldwide by crafting digital experiences that build community and increase student engagement. They are a SaaS company with 525+ campus partners and 4.5M+ students actively using the platform. They have a diverse and world class team poised for their next phase of rapid growth.
As the Engineering Manager, you will be overseeing the engineering operations in the UK. You will help lead a team of talented and highly collaborative engineers to ensure that the platform is reliable, scalable, maintainable, and provides the most value to customers. They work in an agile environment to deliver a full fledged product in a short cycle.
In terms of the role responsibilities, you will:
Monitor the architecture
Provide technical decision making support
Align with the global teams NL, North America and France) on the impact of technical choices.
Providing insight into the technical impact of functional requirements and aligning these
with the business
Implement the development standards within the team
Hold regular 1:1s with engineer team members
Help make decisions on technical issues and implementation details
Help to manage escalations quickly
Help unblock and move the team forward
Hold the team's engineering leads accountable to scrum artifacts
Review code with peers focused on improving team skills
You should:
At least 5 years of relevant experience, in a leadership engineering role such as Technical Lead, Product Manager, or Software Team Lead
Experience with software design and architecture
Experience with relational databases
Experience with DevOps; Cloud and container solutions such as GCP or AWS
Agile working and thinking attitude
Experience with python or java based web applications is a plus
Have extensive experience working with and leading mobile app engineering teams
Leadership experience managing teams that build & maintain business-critical web applications at scale, including the build and deployment process
Have strong writing and verbal communication skills, with experience leading an engineering team in a remote or distributed team environment
Bonus if you
Experience working in a startup or the tech industry
Proven ability to work on a global scale collaboratively
What is offered with the role:
A competitive salary, based on experience
Health Benefits
Company laptop
Flexible working hours
Remote working opportunities
A diverse and friendly team, all equally driven to make them an even greater success
● Opportunity for personal development, growth and to own initiatives to achieve success
They live their values everyday through their work. They are looking for individuals who share their values and will:
Put Student Success First: They exists to improve student success. As the product marketer, you will work to ensure that our product is successfully adopted and utilized by our 525+ campuses, and with every decision, always put the student at heart
Accomplish More As a Team: Our team here is made up of passionate, hardworking people who support, care for, and challenge each other to achieve wins together. We learn from each other and embrace creative tension to ensure the best idea wins. We collaborate to solve problems together
Have a Learning Mentality: We are looking for intellectually curious people who never stop learning and growing and embrace change, which is essential at a continually evolving tech company. You will continuously push yourself and others around you to improve and develop
Move Fast and Innovate: To be successful, you will need to be self-motivated and work autonomously. You will need to have excellent judgment and decision-making skills to solve problems and move forward quickly
Remote in UK, preferred- Merseyside, England
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