Remote Lead Software Engineer

Description:

• Mojo Mortgages is on a mission to become the largest and most disruptive mortgage broker in the UK, supported by brands like Uswitch, Money, Confused, and Zoopla.
• The company is experiencing rapid growth and is looking for talented individuals to join their team.
• The Lead Software Engineer will work in a cross-discipline team with a modern tech stack, focusing on improving operational experience and customer care in the mortgage industry.
• Key responsibilities include hands-on development, leading a squad, collaborating with product and data members, ensuring alignment with product objectives, and making technical decisions.
• The role includes line management responsibilities for 1-3 developers and maintaining standards across teams.
• The Lead Engineer will own multiple domains within the business, work with security and compliance, identify dependencies, and drive standardization and best practices.

Requirements:

• Candidates should be eager to grow their careers and make an immediate impact, with the ability to deploy up to 150 times a day.
• A strong focus on the product lifecycle and customer value is essential.
• Passion for accessibility, operational metrics, UX, and A/B testing is required.
• Candidates must be pragmatic and capable of delivering effective solutions based on measurable outcomes.
• A strong understanding of web apps and related tech stacks is necessary.
• Familiarity with React, Node.js, AWS Lambdas, ECS, Serverless, and Typescript is helpful but not mandatory.
• Experience managing CI/CD pipelines and deployments is required.
• AWS/DevOps knowledge, including Lambdas, API gateways, SQS, ECS, and Terraform, is a plus.
• CLI skills are not mandatory, but familiarity with the command line is beneficial.

Benefits:

• The position offers remote working options.
• A competitive basic salary is provided.
• Employees can work from anywhere in the world for up to 30 days per year.
• The company offers 25 days of holiday plus bank holidays, increasing to 28 days with length of service.
• Employees receive a half day holiday for their birthday and a day off for moving house.
• Company social events are organized for team bonding.
• A pension plan via People's Pension is available, with a pension match up to 5%.
• Sick pay and sick pay insurance are included.
• A wellness program is provided through Able Futures.
• Subsidized private medical insurance and critical illness cover are offered.
• Death in service benefits are included.
• Enhanced maternity, primary adoption pay, enhanced paternity, and secondary adoption pay are available.
• Compassionate leave is provided.
• Long service awards of up to £3000 are offered.
• Casual dress code is encouraged.