Sr Engineering Team Lead - Database - Platform

Software Careers
UK
18 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Java (Programming Language) Amazon Web Services Configuration Management Databases Continuous Integration Github Python (Programming Language) NoSQL Reliability Engineering Ansible Standard Sql Workflow Management Systems
+5 more
Cloud Platform System System Availability Kubernetes Terraform Docker

Requirements

Database Reliability Engineering is core, providing databases as a service and working with the Database Platform team to manage a vast estate of database technologies.You will be responsible for the well-being of the team, coaching, mentoring and growing a high-performing team in bringing value by working on high-impact solutions. You will support the team with occasional hands-on involvement as a software engineer and systems operator, bringing senior engineering expertise into building solutions. You’ll be collaborating with other leads, engineers, and product managers across the organisation. The role involves looking at big picture challenges across analytics, engineering, and business. You are a strong leader, experienced in problem-solving and guiding engineering teams through the complexities of project delivery using both agile and traditional methodologies. You’re an excellent communicator, engaging effectively with cross-functional teams to achieve goals, and are capable of presenting to the wider organisation when necessary. You’re comfortable taking ownership of vendor negotiations and explaining costs to the business.### Skills Required* Python* Java* System design* Engineering principles* AWS* GCP* Platform engineering* SQL* NoSQL* High availability* Scalability* Security* Operational excellence* Service reliability engineering* Configuration management* Ansible* Packer* CI/CD* GitHub Actions* Infrastructure as Code* Terraform* Containers* Docker* Kubernetes* Workflow orchestration* Temporal* Cadence* AWS Step Functions #J-18808-Ljbffr

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