In 2014 our client launched a tech-based power company to disrupt Aotearoa’s outdated, self-serving industry. They were the first energy retailer to offer Kiwis a way to purchase cheaper power directly off the wholesale electricity market.

They have stayed true to these foundations of fairness, honesty and transparency as they have grown.

Their platform integrates with the electricity market, invoices customers, manages their relationship with those customers, and provides signature digital experiences across multiple channels.

The Role:
The Lead Developer champions behaviour by setting aspirational standards in both technical expertise and delivery and coaching and developing other developers. This role is a technical specialist, responsible for setting the standards, and guiding the technical direction in their specialist area. You will work to achieve strategic outcomes for the engineering team, as defined by the Head of Software Engineering. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide developers with the support they need to grow technically and professionally in their practice.
• Staying current with technologies in our clients domain, and making informed decisions on appropriate technologies to use. 
• Estimating planning and managing all tasks with the team and reporting on the progress. 
• Building software in alignment with the quality assurance, standards, patterns and technologies.
• Using squad development workflows to predictably and reliably develop code to be production ready.
• Understanding customer or user needs, and seeking clarity when there is ambiguity
• Identifying issues and blockers and proactively seeking to solve them with the team; seeking help when you need a hand.
• Continuous improvement
• Using feedback as a tool for growth.

Key Skills and Experience:

• Excellent technical and non-technical communication skills with people at all levels.
• Deep technical and practical knowledge and experience in front-end software engineering 
• Strong analytical skills to identify the highest value areas for improvement in technologies and approaches in a specialist area. 
• Ability to effectively assess the benefits and costs of different technologies, frameworks and approaches, both familiar and unfamiliar.  
• Able to turn ambiguity and complexity into clarity.
• Previous experience building design systems and pattern libraries, mentoring developers, product development and leadership.
• Understanding of HTML, CSS, Javascript, OAuth2, React

If this sounds like something you could be interested in, apply now and we will be in touch! For questions about the role, email Laura at laura@talent.army