Lead Engineer
The Collinson Group3 days ago
London, United KingdomStaff+
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, architecture, development, deployment, and operation of scalable, high-performance client-side and server-side software.
- Guide a squad of approximately 5–7 engineers in technical decision-making, architecture, code quality, security, performance, and engineering practices.
- Write and review code, design APIs, and build full-stack user interfaces, APIs, services, and database-backed applications.
- Mentor and coach engineers, review designs, and support their technical growth.
- Deploy and manage containerized applications on AWS using Kubernetes, Terraform, and Helm.
- Champion test-driven development, automated testing, secure and reliable deployments, and CI/CD pipeline management.
- Use observability tools to measure system health and provide visibility into production systems.
- Collaborate with Engineering Managers, Product Managers, UX teams, and other partners to build and launch products and services.
Requirements
- Currently working as a Lead Engineer or Tech Lead leading a small team of software engineers.
- Comfortable with TypeScript, Node.js, React, AWS, EKS, Lambda, Aurora RDS, Kubernetes, GraphQL, Kafka, and Mongo.
- Extensive JavaScript and AWS ecosystem knowledge, including experience running containerized applications.
- Experience building and operating robust, always-on RESTful and GraphQL APIs, underlying services, applications, and databases.
- Strong familiarity with testing frameworks such as Jest and Pact and with test-driven development.
- Experience building, deploying, and operating systems end to end using Terraform and Helm without manual configuration or intervention.
- Extensive experience managing and configuring CI/CD pipelines, including GitHub Actions.
- Experience with DataDog or a similar observability tool for monitoring system health.
- Comfortable working with Git, Confluence, Jira, and modern engineering workflows.
- Experience mentoring engineers at all levels, providing technical guidance, reviewing designs, and maintaining engineering direction.
- Ability to turn product challenges into practical technical solutions while balancing engineering excellence.
Benefits
- Competitive reward package supporting financial, physical, and mental wellbeing.
- Opportunities to learn, develop, and receive recognition for contributions.
- Benefits vary by role and location, with full details provided during the application process.
- Equal-opportunity workplace welcoming people from all backgrounds, identities, and experiences.
Tech Stack
Apache KafkaAWSDatadogGitGitHub ActionsGraphQLHelmJavaScriptJestKubernetesMongoDBNode.jsReactTerraformTypeScript
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About The Collinson Group
Collinson Group builds travel experience and customer loyalty products for airlines, payment networks, and financial services brands, and sells travel insurance and assistance direct and via partners. Its portfolio includes Priority Pass and LoungeKey airport lounge access, plus loyalty strategy and rewards platforms used worldwide. Privately held and headquartered in London, the company was founded in 1985 and operates across the travel and financial services sectors.