Affiliate Tech Lead - 5 month contract

Looking for an Affiliate Java/Angular Tech Lead - 2 days a week in Leeds. 5 month contract to start in October and finish in February. Who We Are: AND Digital are a tech company focused on accelerating digital delivery and dedicated to closing the digital skills gap. We’ve been helping organisations build better digital products and stronger digital teams since 2014. We believe our work should always leave a legacy for the client. We do this through close relationships with our offices (or ‘Clubs’) so that our partners are always prioritised by a regional team close to them. This unique model has driven success for our clients and ourselves, evidenced by our remarkable organic growth since 2014. Today we number more than 1,300 people with Clubs all over the UK and Europe with plans for global expansion in the next couple of years. Join us - and help us fulfil our mission to close the world’s digital skills gap. What you’ll bring to the table: The Lead Product Developer plays a pivotal role in the build and delivery of remarkable products, they will advocate for software quality and technical vision for AND and our clients, work on large-scale projects and support the team to grow in their roles. Key responsibilities will include: • Lead and guide the development of the team, providing direction and oversight of the technical delivery for the digital products and cross cutting initiatives they are responsible for • Help establish and follow a set of engineering principles and best practices to ensure consistency and quality in the engineering process are upheld • Feed engineering insight and experience into the wider Strategy and Architecture team to identify opportunities to improve engineering • Provide mentoring and coaching of more junior members of staff to enhance and improve the team’s capability • Bring an energetic and proactive approach to tackling complex technical challenges, encouraging creative problem-solving and continuous learning within the team Key skills and experience required: • Proven development experience of working as a Lead Engineer in a commercial development team with an expert understanding of Java, Typescript & Angular and wider experience in different tools and frameworks across the stack • Knowledge of AWS cloud technologies • Experience working with agile methodologies • The ability to take clients wider business concerns into account when making technical decisions and dealing with the challenges from stakeholders that come with this. • Experience of implementing architecture, DevOps, performance or security and an understanding and ownership of best practice as a Lead Engineer (eg. TDD, SOLID, XP) Why join AND Digital? We have three values: wonder, share, and delight. These values inform how we work with clients, and our culture: what it feels like to work for AND. We believe collaboration, ambition, curiosity and fun can drive innovation by creating a better environment for problem-solving. Equal Opportunities: At AND Digital we embrace diversity and are committed to equal opportunities. We are actively recruiting for a diverse and inclusive workforce so want to ensure we do everything we can to support your application. We want you to feel safe and empowered to let us know if you require any adjustments to be made to your application or interview process so please speak to our recruitment team.