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Technical Lead [Architect]

Location: Paddington, London (Hybrid working)

Reporting to: Technical Director

THE OPPORTUNITY

We are a Total Experience agency. Thinking beyond the established customer experience, we work with brands to consider the total experience – on-line, offline, and internal engagement and processes and create impactful products, services, and communications that people love.

As a Technical Lead, you’ll be central to the success of the agency, helping to plan and deliver highly complex technical projects and solutions that sit at the heart of our Total Experience ethos. The role is a mixture of solution design, technical oversight, and planning/leadership across multiple concurrent projects. You’ll need a strong understanding of the full stack of web technologies and work closely with other disciplines (both technical and non-technical). Vitally you’ll have a passion for technology, innovation, and ever evolving software design and development principles.

You’ll have a development background with expert understanding of both front-end and back-end technologies and will have either demonstrable experience in planning the technical design and delivery of consumer facing, interactive websites (utilising complex API’s) and data sources. Or be looking to move into a less hands-on position and grow your architecture skills.

• Creation of technical solution design documents, diagrams, technical specifications, coding standards and other project documentation as required
• Day to day management of technical team members on projects you are responsible for, ensuring they understand their tasks and deliver them to the highest standards.
• Point of escalation and resolution for project delivery issues
• Collaborate on key technical decisions for each project with the wider team (PM, QA, Back-End, DevOps, Solution Architecture, Business Analysts)
• Working with Operations and Project Management to allocate team members to suitable tasks and projects.
• Understanding and working with complex software application architectures, including network infrastructure.
• Clearly articulating solution options to colleagues and clients.
• Be proactive self-starter that is engaged with the development team throughout the application development life cycle.

• Experience with Java and front-end technologies, able to plan solutions using our full tech stack:
  • Back-end: Java, Spring Boot, Microservices architecture
  • Front-end: React, js, Headless design patterns
  • Data-stores: SQL, No-SQL (Mongo/DocumentDB), Redis
  • Infrastructure/release management: AWS, Docker, Jenkins, Kubernetes
  • Productivity: JIRA, Confluence, Github
  • Content Management Systems: AEM, Jahia, StoryBlok, Drupal, Shopify
• Experience developing and working in teams with front end and backend developers.
• Proven experience in data-driven integration solutions.
• Strong understanding of client-side scripting, JavaScript frameworks and Libraries, including React and Vue.js.
• Excellent working knowledge of different database technologies i.e.: MongoDB/DocumentDB, MySQL, Redis
• Clear understanding of system interaction between different layers, from low-level data management to how that data can power rich end-user interfaces
• Experience of developing and deploying large web-based applications utilising content-management systems.
• Above-average understanding of business operations.
• Awareness of and the ability to use a wide variety of software solutions.
• Project management and teamwork skills.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to explain technical information in layman's terms.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to multi-task.

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