Technical Lead - London, United Kingdom - IAG Loyalty

IAG Loyalty

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

How would you like to be at the forefront of creating a product that will be actively used by millions of customers across the world?

At IAG Loyalty we enable people to enjoy incredible experiences by collecting and redeeming the iconic Avios currency, and our Product Department is leading our transformation into a digitally optimised, loyalty products and services business.

We're focused on using modern tech to create industry leading customer and partner services, role modelling agile ways of working and creating efficient, effective, personalised products.

This is where you come in.

As one of our Software Engineering Tech Leads, you'll play a key role in designing and architecting new and innovative product solutions for our Loyalty Platform, enabling members to enrol and discover their benefits and rewards of our loyalty programme.

You'll collaborate closely with Product Managers and Product Designers using your technical expertise to turn "what we need to do" into "how we need to do it", and lead of team of Engineers to bring those ideas to life.

You'll enjoy getting involved and being hands-on using modern tools and technologies, from , Typescript, React and Redux to AWS, Terraform and Docker and more.

Equally, you're always on the lookout for the right tools to improve developer experience and help us move faster.

It's an ideal opportunity if you're a senior/lead engineer with some management experience, looking for the next step in your career to add a strategic element to what you do.

Or maybe you're keen on working on a high-profile platform where innovation and delivering customer value is key

Here are a few ways you'll be adding value in this role:
You'll share your knowledge with other Software Engineers to contribute to a culture of collaboration and continuous learning

You'll help to define and shape the architecture and frameworks, looking at feasibility and technical constraints, and making sure our technology stack will support the intended product and enable the overall project goals.

You'll work as part of a delivery team as a hands-on contributor. Designing, implementing and testing of cutting-edge software components for product and client requirements

You'll review code written by other members of the team, providing technical coaching and mentorship to colleagues.

You'll be ideal for this role if:

You have the ability to innovate and develop software solutions; and the ability to understand product and clients' needs and define suitable solutions to meets their requirements
You have experience of some/all of the following tools and technologies:
js, Typescript (or Javascript), React, Redux, Terraform, Docker, GraphQL, REST
You have solid understanding of cloud architectures (AWS preferred)
You have a genuine interest in software development, with a strong willingness to learn and to remain up to date with new development techniques rather than assuming that the tools and techniques you know are the best ones for the job.
You have experience with micro services, designing, building and maintaining APIs and domain driven design as well as integrating with external APIs
You've worked in an agile/scrum environment, continuously deploying code dayafterday and weekafterweek
You're comfortable engaging with nontechnical stakeholders, explaining what you're doing and why in a simple, understandable manner.
You take pride in your code, looking for simple, elegant solutions to complex problems, following the principles of software engineering.
You're used to using version control software and have experience of implementing automated testing, continuous integration, and continuous release processes

What we can offer you

Annual Bonus (dependant on Company & Individual Performance)
Company Pension
Private Health Care
Travel Insurance
One noncontractual Management Annual Bookable Travel Concession for employee, partner and dependants after 6 months service
After 12 months of service, one further noncontractual Annual Bookable Travel Concession for employee, partner and dependants
Exciting global travel industry discounts including flights with hotels, rail, cruises & tour operators also available through travel providers
Unlimited standby and premium standby fares for you and your nominees on the full BA network and numerous other partner airlines
Discounts on BA flights and holidays from day one for you, your friends and family
Life Assurance
Cycle scheme
4 weeks abroad working allowed
25 days annual leave, plus 2 days charity leave and a day off on your birthday
New Joiner Avios/Birthday Avios/Thank you Avios

This role will be based out of our London office (Thomas House, Eccleston Square).

We have a flexible working policy where a blended approach is encouraged, with the focus on being in the correct location for the work that needs to be undertaken.

This will involve a mix of office and home work