The Access Group

Engineering Team Lead

Location
Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom
Posted At
11/28/2024
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Description
About you: 
You are a reliable, dynamic and skilled leader with a deep passion for technology. Your mission is to build and lead a diverse, high-performing SaaS software engineering team that aligns with our business growth goals and Product Engineering strategies. With experience in delivering high-quality SaaS software across various technologies, you focus on optimizing delivery, quality, and team engagement. You excel in organizing engineering teams for success, fostering strong relationships within your squad and across the business. You take ownership of issues, are curious about the problem space, and facilitate teamwork to generate solutions that enable our customers to serve theirs. You remain calm under pressure, think ahead, and drive momentum. You use reliable data to make objective decisions in both engineering and business contexts. You are comfortable working in a scaled agile environment with team members across different geographies and time zones, and happy to travel within the UK and internationally to locations, such as Romania.


Day-to-day, you will: 
• Collaborate with Product Management, UX, and Architecture to ensure your team designs and develops high-quality software solutions that meet requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Establish and evolve engineering standards through discussion and adherence.
• Lead an agile squad, driving technical excellence, accountability and predictability for team deliverables.
• Ensure your squad meets quality gates and manage mitigation plans if needed.
• Proactively manage the roadmap with your squad and Product Manager, balancing technical, commercial, and risk factors.
• Participate in requirements analysis, identify gaps, contribute to discussions, and understand the scope, risk, and complexity of changes.
• Communicate key metrics to track progress, risks, quality, and areas for improvement.
• Discuss performance of team members against role responsibilities, competencies, and objectives, setting and monitoring remedial actions as needed.


Your skills and experiences might also include:  
• Tech Stack: Strong background in PHP, Python, MySQL running on AWS and associated PaaS services.
• Team Management: Proven ability to lead and mentor a SaaS Software Engineering team, fostering a collaborative, safe and high-performance environment.
• Project Management: Strong organizational skills to manage multiple projects, timelines, and deliverables.
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills to interact with stakeholders and team members across different geographies.
• Problem-Solving: Analytical skills to troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues.
• Adaptability: Ability to stay updated with the latest technology trends and adapt to new tools and practices.


Love Work. Love Life. Be You. - is central to our success and how we give our customers the freedom to do more of what's important to them.


What does Access offer you? 
We offer a flexible, hybrid working environment where you can balance work and life while maintaining a strong office team-based culture. We deliver on what we say, taking the development of our people seriously. We'll work with you to progress your success plan and provide opportunities to accelerate your career. 


On top of a competitive salary, our standard 25 days holiday (which goes up the longer you're with us), and a matched pension scheme, you'll also be able to choose from a range of benefits to suit you. We're an organisation that likes to give back, so you'll also have one charity day allocated to support a cause that matters to you.  


What are we all about? 
The Access Group is one of the largest UK-headquartered providers of business management software to small and mid-sized organisations in the UK, Ireland, USA and Asia Pacific. It helps more than 100,000 customers across commercial and non-profit sectors become more productive and efficient. Our products and solutions go beyond providing technology, we connect the right people with the right data, at the right time, through Access Workspace.


At Access, we are committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. If you're excited about this role, (even if your previous experience doesn't align perfectly), you might just be the perfect fit for us! We wholeheartedly believe in equality for all and the transformative power of diversity.
Why not join our vibrant team where you can love what you do, love how you live, and most importantly, be authentically you? Let's make a difference together.
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