Engineering Tech Lead - Brand Experience

Betsson Group
Malta
On-site

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have hands-on experience leading technical improvements in large-scale web applications.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with hands-on experience in leading technical improvements and mentoring engineers
    — “Help build our world class teams, thus participating in technical interviews and providing technical feedback on people, as well as coaching & mentoring engineers.”
  • Individuals with a deep understanding of front-end architecture and integration with backend services
    — “Possess demonstrated working experience in defining and documenting technical solutions around front-end architecture and its integration with backend services.”
  • Candidates who have led technical investigations and developed POCs for new technologies
    — “frequent opportunities to research new technologies, lead technical investigations and develop POCs for new ideas”
  • Individuals with experience working in geographically distributed teams
    — “Working experience with geographically distributed teams.”

Things to consider

  • The role demands active participation in team ceremonies and ongoing technical discussions
    — “Participate in team ceremonies such as planning, refinement, etc... to keep up to date on ongoing works and upcoming plans.”
  • Candidates must be comfortable with high expectations for code quality and performance
    — “Expertise in delivering highly performant web solutions on an international scale”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your experience with leading technical initiatives and documenting solutions
    — “Possess demonstrated working experience in defining and documenting technical solutions”
  • Emphasize your ability to review PRs and provide constructive feedback
    — “Ability to efficiently review PRs and provide constructive feedback.”
  • Showcase your leadership in mentoring engineers and contributing to team culture
    — “Is approachable and open, someone the team feels comfortable going to for guidance or support.”
  • Demonstrate your familiarity with Observable technologies like RxJS or Signals
    — “Deep understanding of Observable technologies (preference for RxJS / Signals).”
  • Include examples of implementing SSR and optimizing content delivery with CDNs
    — “Expertise in delivering highly performant web solutions on an international scale, with preference given to implementing SSR mechanisms and optimising content delivery with CDNs”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • Drive technical excellence in the domain
  • Improve stability, performance, code quality, and development efficiency
  • Support managers in building world class engineering teams
  • Lead technical investigations and develop POCs for new ideas
  • Collaborate with product, architecture and engineering colleagues
Typical background
Strong technical background in software engineering for web applicationsExperience in defining and documenting technical solutions around front-end architecture

Skills & requirements

Required

TypeScriptJavaScriptWeb Markup (css3/html5)Observable Technologies (rxjs / Signals)Modern Agile Software Development PracticesGIT Based ProjectsCI/CDWeb Component Frameworks (stenciljs)Large Scale ApplicationsSDK & FE Components ArchitectureModularisationEfficient Application BundlingUnit TestingIntegrating With Backend ApisDelivering Highly Performant Web SolutionsSSR MechanismsOptimizing Content Delivery With Cdns, CachingDefining And Documenting Technical Solutions Around Front-end ArchitectureReviewing PrsCoaching And Mentoring

Preferred

Experience With International Scale Applications

Stack & domain

TypeScriptJavaScriptWeb Markup (css3/html5)Observable Technologies (rxjs / Signals)Web Component Frameworks (stenciljs)Large Scale ApplicationsSDK & FE Components ArchitectureModularisationEfficient Application BundlingUnit TestingIntegrating With Backend ApisHighly Performant Web SolutionsSSR MechanismsOptimising Content Delivery With Cdns, CachingDefining And Documenting Technical SolutionsReviewing PrsCoaching And MentoringTechnical InterviewsTechnical FeedbackTechnical ExpertiseLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationTrainingKnowledge SharingWeb ApplicationsFront-end ArchitectureBackend Services

About the role

Original posting from Betsson Group via Greenhouse

The Wow

As a Tech Lead at Betsson Group, your primary responsibilities will be geared towards driving technical excellence in our products. You will serve as a bridge between the domain architect(s) and engineering teams, facilitating technical design, decisions and delivery. Being a technical expert, you will actively support our managers in building world class engineering teams. This is a hands-on role, where you will have frequent opportunities to research new technologies, lead technical investigations and develop POCs for new ideas, and will actively participate in key technical initiatives

A taster of what you will be involved with: 

Your main goal is ultimately to drive technical excellence in the domain - in particular towards improving stability, performance, code quality, and development efficiency. To this end, you will be expected to:

Identify and champion technical improvements for consideration in the roadmap, ensuring the benefits are clear and understood.

Work closely with architects to ensure that the architectural direction and standards are being communicated, aligned & implemented within the teams.

Develop and maintain a strong understanding of our business and products.

Take the lead on technical design decisions, whilst ensuring alignment with the domain architect(s).

Take an active, hands-on role with important technical initiatives and issues.

Support new product development by producing POCs and/or documented technical designs.

Research new technologies and assessing their potential application.

Review major changes to ensure they are up to standard.

Serve as a key technical point of contact for the domain, collaborating with product, architecture and engineering colleagues across the organisation.

Help build our world class teams, thus participating in technical interviews and providing technical feedback on people, as well as coaching & mentoring engineers.

Participate in team ceremonies such as planning, refinement, etc... to keep up to date on ongoing works and upcoming plans.

Lead technical trainings to share knowledge and improve technical expertise within the teams.

What we are looking for

A strong technical background in software engineering for web applications.

Highly knowledgeable and experienced with TypeScript / JavaScript and Web Markup (CSS3/HTML5).

A deep understanding of Observable technologies (preference for RxJS / Signals).

Highly knowledgeable and experienced with modern agile software development practices, GIT based projects, and CI/CD.

Knowledge about web component frameworks (ex. StencilJS)

Highly experienced and comfortable working with large scale applications, including: SDK & FE components architecture, modularisation, efficient application bundling, unit testing, and integrating with backend APIs.

Expertise in delivering highly performant web solutions on an international scale, with preference given to implementing SSR mechanisms and optimising content delivery with CDNs, caching, and other solutions surrounding front-end applications.

Possess demonstrated working experience in defining and documenting technical solutions around front-end architecture and its integration with backend services.

Ability to efficiently review PRs and provide constructive feedback.

Experienced and passionate about coaching and mentoring people, preferably having done so in a similar role.

Communicates clearly and confidently with the engineering team, whether running training or knowledge transfer sessions, walking through requirements, or presenting technical designs

Communicates effectively upwards with Architects and the Head of Engineering, presenting technical proposals, trade offs and risks with clarity and sound reasoning

Is approachable and open, someone the team feels comfortable going to for guidance or support. A strong team player who builds trust, shares knowledge willingly and contributes to a collaborative team culture

Great if you have

Prior experience working with custom UI design system frameworks.

A good understanding of front-end data tracking through Google Analytics / Google Tag Manager.

A good understanding of AI Tooling and AIDLC practices. Helps driving AI Tooling adoption within the team in a responsible manner, building confidence and good habits. Applying sound judgement to AI generated output, ensuring code quality and security is never compromised.

Working experience with geographically distributed teams.

What we offer

Much like riding a rollercoaster, sometimes life at Betsson can be lightning fast with twists and turns but always FUN! Then again, what else would you expect from a business 75% millennial and 1700 strong, spread across 7 offices with 900 based out of our Malta HQ alone! We recognise it may not be for the faint-hearted, but if you’re a go-getter, initiator and adrenaline junkie, always striving to push the boundaries and challenge yourself, then you’ll fit right in.

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Source: Betsson Group careers (Greenhouse)

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