Software Engineering Lead

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Job description

At ICIS We connect data, markets and customers to create a comprehensive, trusted view of the global commodities markets. For our customers, the intelligence we provide is empowering, which as a result influences thousands of decisions across supply chains every single day. We believe the right culture has the same effect. Our culture empowers our people, giving them the confidence and inspiration they need to achieve their aspirations, thrive on innovation and explore more. We are looking for an experienced development lead, keen to join a global team composed of in-house and external specialist developers within a fast paced highly dynamic group, committed to continuous improvement and adoption of best practices. Working closely with an existing group of Developers, Architects, DevOps Engineers and Analysts, the Team Lead will contribute to design, develop, implement and optimise the products. Job Title: Software Engineering Lead -Front end React/Redux Job Summary: As the Team Lead you will drive the team from the front, in line with the company vision. You will be a technically strong developer and your duties will include coaching junior developers and managing stakeholders. The successful candidate will have a proven track record in an equivalent position. Responsibilities :

• Coordinate and contribute hands-on to the technical work assigned to the team.
• Collaborate with the scrum master, the architects and all the other stakeholders to provide robust planning and execution against the assigned deliverables.
• Contribute to cross-team activities, such as the development of standards and processes, as well as ensuring compliance with these.
• Carry out management responsibilities in accordance with the organisation's policies, procedures, and applicable laws. These include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding, addressing complaints and resolving problems.
• Ensure all staff is provided with training and other resources required to perform their jobs to the highest degree possible.
• Provide frequent feedback and coaching to the staff in order to meet and exceed individual and team performance goals consistently.
• Manage and encourage new ideas from staff to foster improvement through innovation.
• Empower the staff to be accountable and responsible for their own actions and decisions.

Key Skills:

• Strong experience in both web front-end React, Redux Development and ideally have experience working with .NET core.
• Proficiency in troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, application design, and implementing large components for enterprise projects.
• Experience building enterprise scale web services, ideally based on microservices.
• Solid knowledge of Security Engineering best practices.
• Experience building application frameworks or reusable components.
• Expertise in software design, optimisation, performance tuning.
• Advanced problem-solving experience involving leading teams in identifying, researching, and coordinating the resources necessary to effectively troubleshoot/diagnose complex issues.

Women in technology: We are very supportive of women in Technology and has been a founding signature for the Tech Talent Charter. Currently 27% of our Technology workforce are women which is much higher than the UK average of 17%. We have the following initiatives in place to support women in technology:

• Mentoring scheme for women in technology
• Women's network forum
• Regularly run events for schools girl about careers in technology to inspire the next generation of girls in tech.

At Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions Group having diverse employees with different perspectives is key to creating innovative new products for our global customers. We have 35 diversity employee networks globally and prioritise ensuring inclusive leadership is part of our culture. Our aim is for every employee to be the best version of themselves. We would actively welcome applications from candidates of diverse backgrounds and underrepresented groups. We encourage applicants and employees to tell us about any health issues they may have to allow us to put in place reasonable adjustments that may support applicants in the application process and support employees to succeed in their role.