As a Software Engineer Squad Lead, you are expected to lead and drive various projects assigned to your squad. You will also be the knowledge leader and code owner of a core sub-system of Tinkerlust’s platform, training your squad to support you in maintaining the system.
A squad leader role will see you leading 2-3 of engineers. You will work with your squad to produce and execute solutions. For example, this can come in the form of designing tech specifications, system design, writing code, running meetings, giving presentations, research and testing solutions. You remove blockers in your squad by either clearing their calendars or taking a complex problem off their plate. You will provide technical coaching and ensure your squad output is of high technical quality.
In this role, you will have the privilege of directly impacting our user’s user-experience through systems that you design and build. You will collaborate with UI/UX Designers and Product Managers supporting your squad during the design and implementation of solutions. You will use your creativity and problem solving skills – along with your technical knowledge – to develop great experiences.
Software Engineer Squad Leads take a more process-oriented and strategic role, so you will need to be extremely comfortable with diving into new technologies/frameworks with little hand holding. Of course we do not expect you to know everything so you will be mentored by your seniors along the way to master these high level system concepts.
As a Software Engineer Squad Lead at Tinkerlust, you will get the opportunity to experience all aspects of software engineering, from system design, programming, building & deploying scalable systems, establishing great engineering processes and business impact of engineering solutions.
Tasks and Responsibilities
Develop a solid understanding of Tinkerlust’s business model
You will undergo an onboarding program where you will learn about the business and how we model it in our software
Oversee and lead the development of new features assigned to your squad
Writing specs for your squads members to execute
Providing skeleton projects/code as a starting point for your squad members
Delegation of tasks and issues to your squad members
Ensuring good documentation is written
Code review to ensure high standard of code quality and industry best practices
Maintaining a core sub-system of Tinkerlust Platform
Periodic reviews, debugging and coming up with solution to resolve errors reported from Sentry
Identifying and improving parts of the system, such as and not limited to, code quality, forming effective and efficient test cases, overhauling the system if required to improve user experience.
Ensuring documentation is up to date with changes
Coaching your squad members
Mentoring via code reviews or training to improve their code quality and understanding of computer science fundamentals
Generating skeletons for your squad as a starting point for solutions or new features
Lead meetings within your squad and between different departments.
Working closely with Product, UI/UX and Growth teams to lead engineering efforts for medium to large and complex projects.
Formalise timelines and deliverables for the project
Delegating work to your squad members for execution
A bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Computer Engineering, Information Technology or related fields
More than 3 years experience in software engineering in startups
More than 1 year experience in leading at least 2 engineers to complete mid-size projects
Strong Computer Science fundamentals in data structures and software engineering
Practical knowledge in algorithms, networking and database concepts
Able to break down complex problems into actionable steps
Able to demonstrate strong understanding of software engineering concepts & fundamentals
In-depth understanding of at least one web frameworks (Ruby on Rails, Django, Laravel, etc)
In-depth knowledge of minimum one Javascript Framework (React, Angular, Vue, etc)
Flexible, decisive and know how to put ego aside and focus on solving problems.
Not afraid to voice your opinions on technical decisions made by the team
High level of initiative to plan your own sprint deliverables
Web developer is responsible for implementing visual and interactive elements that users engage with through their web browser when using a web application.
To supervise, lead and manage the both strategic and non-strategic projects.
To work out with team on project budget, project costing and project timeline.