Technical Lead - sports analytics

Job Description

Technical Lead (Front End)
Location: Leeds
Salary: £90-110k plus very attractive guaranteed bonus on top

Purpose of role :
We have an exciting opportunity for a Tech Lead to join our rapidly growing engineering team based in Leeds. With the foundations of the company focusing on Sports Analytics, we are now moving to utilise the expertise to build complementary front end sportsbook product in a fast paced, innovative environment. You will be leading a team with ambitious and new ideas looking to change the Betting industry with tech principles that will align with stable, frequent and agile release patterns.

Key responsibilities:
Lead a full stack team developing native applications in AWS
Abiding by gold standard tech principles
Assuring test coverage to maintain scalability, stability, resilience and minimise bugs
Keep up to date on newest technologies
Continuous improvement on a fantastic working culture and environment
Deliver products everyone in the team can be proud of

Experience and knowledge

Essential:
Javascript or Typescript
React Native
Communication
Leadership
Microservices
CI/CD Pipelines
Agile Methodology
Experience in working with Microservice Architecture
All forms of test coverage
Professional industry experience
Experience mentoring team members

Desirable:
A love of sports
Passion for new technology and its real-world application
A desire to make a real impact on a growing business

Skills and competencies:
Building robust, scalable application with unpredictable load
Leading and inspiring a team of highly skilled software developers