Director of Engineering

6 days ago

Upper Langwith, Derbyshire, United Kingdom Energy Jobline Full time
Job Title: Director of Engineering

We are seeking an experienced Director of Engineering to lead our digital engineering team and drive our digital transformation strategy. As a key member of our leadership team, you will be responsible for developing and implementing our engineering vision, strategy, and roadmap.

About the Role:
  • Lead the transformation and modernisation of our eCommerce platform, ensuring scalability, robustness, and the ability to handle high transaction volumes.
  • Provide strong leadership and organisation across engineering teams, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, professional development, and high performance.
  • Implement and enhance development processes that meet stringent quality, security, and scalability standards.
  • Collaborate with teams across the business, such as Retail, Warehouse, Commercial, and other key departments to ensure seamless delivery of technical solutions that align with overall business objectives, maintaining a solid focus on MACH principles.
  • Technology Evaluation and Innovation: Stay ahead of industry trends, evaluate emerging technologies, and recommend scalable, high-performance solutions tailored to business needs.
  • Performance Optimisation: Enhance the performance, scalability, and reliability of eCommerce solutions by identifying bottlenecks, implementing caching strategies, and improving system responsiveness, especially in high-traffic environments.
  • Quality Assurance and Governance: Establish quality assurance processes to maintain high standards in software development, conducting code reviews, performance testing, and user acceptance testing. Maintain coding standards and promote software quality across the engineering team.
  • Transitioning to Modern Practices: Facilitate the upskilling of teams as they transition to MACH-based and composable commerce architectures, leading training efforts and fostering technical growth.
Requirements:
  • 15+ years of relevant work experience in software development.
  • 10+ years of management experience leading diverse engineering teams.
  • Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
  • Proven Experience in leading a large-scale MACH architecture and composable commerce transformation program, guiding engineering teams through transformative digital changes.
  • Deep understanding of DevOps and Agile methodologies, with the ability to implement and advocate for cross-functional squads, continuous integration, delivery pipelines, and high levels of automation.
  • A track record of leading high-performing software development teams, with extensive experience in modernising and scaling digital platforms.
  • Strong technical expertise in software design, cloud-based solutions, and development methodologies, with specific knowledge of MACH principles and microservices architectures.
  • Leadership and organisational skills to manage large, distributed teams, fostering collaboration and maintaining a high-performance standard.
  • Proficiency in cloud-solutions and composable commerce architectures, with a deep knowledge of technologies like JavaScript (ES6+), React,, NoSQL/SQL databases, GraphQL/REST APIs, and microservices architecture.
  • Demonstrated ability to set and maintain coding standards, oversee code reviews, and ensure software quality across teams.
  • Experience managing third-party suppliers, offshore teams, and contractors.
What We Offer:

Along with your benefits package, we also offer a wide range of perks for our colleagues, including:

  • Retail Reconnect: In order to build the planet's most admired and compelling brand ecosystem, all employees must understand our business, product, and customers. Each financial year, Head Office employees will gain insights by spending two days in one of our stores or the Warehouse.
  • Frasers Fit: Our Everlast Gyms Team are on a mission to make our workforce the best, and fittest on the planet. We run free gym classes for employees as well as discounted memberships to our clubs.
  • Retail Trust: We know that it's not just about physical health, mental wellness is equally important, which is why all of our employees get free access and support from the Retail Trust charity.

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