Engineering Team Lead

Engineering Team Lead: Manchester or Bath Office (UK)

The company

Netcraft is the global leader in cybercrime detection and disruption. We are a trusted partner for three of the four largest companies in the world, twelve of the fifty largest banks, and eight of the world’s largest country governments. We've blocked more than 200 million cyber-attacks to date, and we take down around 33% of the world's phishing attacks. 

Our purpose, passion and expertise are focused on one thing: protecting the world from cybercrime. We carry that passion into our workplace too. Our people are highly talented, and everyone is valued for their own contribution. That’s one of the many reasons Netcraft is a great place to work. From free lunches to culture and recognition, we’ve got you covered.

The role

We’re looking for a technically gifted and strategically minded Engineering Team Lead to oversee a new team delivering an exciting new product within Netcraft’s portfolio. This team plays a critical role in the fight against cybercrime, utilising cutting-edge technology to ingest, collate and query new and existing  datasets to surface novel information and insights to our clients.

You’ll lead a small but high-impact group of engineers focused on delivering an enterprise-grade production solution capable of operating at scale with high levels availability and reliability. You will be aware of the challenges this  problem space and will be able to adapt and innovate to overcome them. Excellent monitoring and observability tooling is key to your approach.  You'll also provide technical leadership, foster a culture of excellence, and drive development that keeps us ahead in the cat-and-mouse game against the fraudsters.

You’ll be:

• Leading the effort to continue to productionise, harden and expand the existing service to facilitate client onboarding and excellent service delivery from day one;
• Providing subject matter expertise in managing complex AWS deployments at scale across large datasets, with hands-on experience maintaining monitoring and observability of these systems in production;
• Collaborating with other internal teams, particularly frontend teams, across the Engineering function
   to integrate their systems and services into the tool, respecting the principles of clean architecture and API design;
• Upholding high engineering standards with a demonstrable commitment to code quality, a test-driven approach and a modern continuous integration/continuous deployment delivery flow;
• Fostering knowledge sharing, technical mentoring, and personal growth within the team;
• Maintaining a balanced focus across greenfield research and development, sustaining engineering, and technical debt reduction;
• Supporting the Director of Engineering and CTO in pay and promotion decisions for members of the team; and
• Significantly contributing to ideation within the team and playing a key part in the long-term road mapping process for the work the team does.

What you’ll need to be successful

• Strong and demonstrable management and supervision skills, and a willingness to expand the scope of those skills and take on a greater level of responsibility;
• Distinguished engineering background with recent hands-on experience in Golang;
• Experience working with AWS in a Kubernetes-based deployment environment;
• Strong communication skills - the ability to distil technical ideas to stakeholders and motivate a team;
• A willingness to continually improve the efficiency of a team, and an interest in optimising the Software Development Life Cycle; and
• An interest in the workings of the wider business and assisting the Director of Engineering in the day-to-day management of a large department within the Engineering function.

Bonus points if you have:

• Hands-on experience working with OpenSearch and/or Postgres within AWS.
• Experience integrating backend APIs with modern frontend web applications.
• Knowledge of Typescript and the JavaScript ecosystem; and
• Experience in the cybercrime arena.

The reward package

An excellent range of benefits including:  

• Hybrid and flexible working options
• Minimum of 33 days holiday per annum (incl. public holidays) 
• Pension scheme membership with 4% employer contributions + NI savings 
• Private health cover, including access to a private GP service 
• Equity tracking scheme, so you can share in the rewards of Netcraft's long-term success (eligibility criteria apply) 
• Comprehensive wellness and support provisions 
• Enhanced family leave provisions 
• Life Assurance 
• Two days paid Volunteering Leave per year 
• Free meals, drinks and snacks provided daily in the offices 
• Regular social events such as board game nights, big summer party and annual kick-off
• A tax-efficient cycle to work scheme; and
• Inclusive culture and environment, where you’ll feel genuinely valued and respected.

Diversity, equity and inclusion

This is very important to us and through our ally network we actively support under-represented groups. We seek to maintain a working environment that is free from bias, harassment or discrimination and we encourage candidates from any background to apply, regardless of their gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, ability/disability, age, religion, or any other specific characteristics. 

We’re happy to make reasonable adjustments to our hiring process to ensure that all candidates are able to participate fully and comfortably.   

Please note Netcraft does not accept any unsolicited approaches from external recruiters.