Technical Team Lead at Lunar Energy

Job Description:

About the role:

We are looking for a Technical Team Lead to join a team of talented developers and data scientists to deliver a more sustainable future. We are building the best products of their kind in the market and for that reason, we are assembling a world-class team. In this role your responsibilities will be:

• Lead a team of developers, providing direction and clarity in order to achieve your shared goals
• Provide line management for the team
• Provide technical guidance to the team and participate in software development
• Work closely with principal developers to define the software architecture
• Work closely with product managers to define product requirements
• Be accountable for the team’s health, deliverables and software quality
• You will be supported to work and grow your knowledge on multiple parts of the stack - according to your personal interests and abilities. Our team has a strong tradition of using functional programming and type systems to build pragmatic and flexible - systems to satisfy business requirements.

Required skills:

• BSc, MSc in a technical field or equivalent practical experience
• A minimum of 7 years experience in software development
• A minimum of 3 years experience in team leadership
• Good knowledge of cloud computing
• Good knowledge of user interface development

Good to have:

• Experience with Functional Programming or interest in the paradigm
• Experience in AWS using Serverless technologies
• Data Science and ML experience
• Embedded Linux experience
• Rust
• Interest in the renewable energy sector or IoT

You should be:

• Happy working in a small, fast-moving team, in which your initiative and contributions can have a big impact
• Motivated and enthusiastic, open to learning new things
• Self-starter, managing your own workload and deadlines and taking personal - responsibility
• Prepared to produce the best possible end product and codebase

Company Benefits

• Competitive salary and stock options package
• Private Medical Insurance scheme through BUPA (medical history disregarded)
• A wellbeing and lifestyle benefits plan through Medicash
• Enhanced Pension contributions: employer contributions matching 5%
• A budget for work-related training of £1,000 per financial year and an allowance of 4 training days
• Cycle To Work scheme and Workplace Nursery benefit
• £200 upon joining for remote work set-up
• Access to Spill - Mental Health Support platform
• Enhanced Maternity + Paternity Pay
• 25 days annual holiday entitlement + 8 Bank Holidays
• Flexible start and finish times
• Remote

Interview Process

• Telephone call
• Tech interview
• Final interview
• Offer