Lead Engineer
About Blenheim Chalcot
Blenheim Chalcot is the UK’s leading digital venture builder. We invest more than just funds, we invest our knowledge and experience, our ideas and infrastructure. Our ventures are at the forefront of a multitude of industries being disrupted digitally, including FinTech, EdTech, GovTech, Media, Sport, Charity and more. Ventures we have built range from ClearScore to Agilisys and even the Rajasthan Royals IPL cricket team. All our 20+ portfolio companies have been incubated and launched by us and now have total sales of over £0.5bn and more than 3,000 employees. Our assets under management stand at greater than £1.5bn.
About Koodoo
Our vision is a world where securing the financing for your dream home is seamless and transparent. We are powering the future of mortgages.
Were are a digital mortgage platform that helps lenders distribute and underwrite mortgages digitally. The platform today powers digital distribution for 15 of the top 20 lenders in the UK as well as comparison for major brands e.g. Compare The Market, ClearScore, Confused.com, Experian, Go.Compare, Nerdwallet amongst others.
Our mission is to create a world where securing the best home finance deal is transparent, seamless and empowering. We do this through helping customers understand their mortgage options on their favourite comparison sites, and enabling them to apply for a mortgage directly with lenders or using a panel of mortgage brokers.
Responsibilities:
- Experienced software engineer who can be individually productive in development, infrastructure configuration and deployment, or manage and mentor a team of engineers, leading by example.
- Excellent written and verbal communicator who can listen, understand, synthesize and replay technical and non-technical project discussions.
- Excited by the opportunity to work on new and early stage proof of concept projects and products with new ventures.
- Comfortable with the ambiguity, pace and changes of direction that arise in these circumstances
- Able to anchor a small to medium sized team as the senior engineering resource, owning technical design and delivery
- Able to take a leadership role within a large engineering team, working with peer team leaders and reporting into a Head of Engineering
- Strong familiarity with coding, tooling and infrastructure products across front-end and back-end development
- Strong familiarity with software engineering processes including project and product lifecycle, development, code review, testing, release management, deployment and monitoring
- Comfortable working across different infrastructure and environments, applying skills and experience to learn and get the best out of components that may be determined outside the project
- Comfortable with security and able to seek and take advice
- As a lead, you will, depending on the project, work independently or reporting directly to a Head of Engineering, Chief Architect or other senior technical staff to help coordinate across various engineering teams and projects.
- While you are technically credible and know the details of what our engineers are working on, you will spend time ensuring our teams’ success, by putting each team member in the best position to succeed in their role.
- You will always be looking for ways to improve productivity and increase the quality of outputs, and help in coordinating across various stakeholders and departments to accomplish goals collaboratively.
- You will provide technical expertise, but will utilise your various “soft skills” to manage efficiently and effectively across a wide range of projects and teams to bring order from chaos by bringing consistency and alignment – being the glue - between all our engineering disciplines.
Must have:
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Able to design scalable and supportable cloud native solutions
- An expert in at least one high-level language
- Comfortable working with ambiguity and using lean development approaches to learn fast and pivot when needed
- Product-focused and have a pragmatic approach to engineering, prioritising delivering value to our customers and stakeholders
- Inquisitive and curious, and ask great questions
- Constantly learning, problem solving and pushing boundaries
- Experienced across a broad scope of technologies
- A team player who collaborates effectively with others
- Able to understand, communicate and improve the quality of multiple teams
Nice to have:
• Experience working with diverse and hybrid teams across multiple locations
• Experience in high growth environments
• Great brokering skills and can achieve consensus amongst stakeholders
• Management experience and credibility
• Demonstrated longevity in at least one job
• A wealth of technical knowledge, skills, and experience
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's or above in a related field.
At Blenheim Chalcot, we strive to create an environment where differences are not only accepted but greatly valued; where everyone can make the most of their capabilities and potential. We promote meritocracy, competence and the sharing of ideas and opinions. We are driven by data and believe the diversity, agility, generosity, and curiosity of our people is what sets us apart as an organization and helps us thrive.communities in which we operate and who reflect a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives and experiences. Our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion is evident through our constant focus on recruiting, developing and advancing individuals based on their skills and talent.
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