Lead Software Engineer, Driftrock
£70-90k
Lead generation marketing technology
Be an early applicant
Lead generation marketing technology
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
£70-90k
21-100 employees
Company mission
Driftrock's mission is to make marketing better.
Role
Who you are
- You should have strong backend experience (expert level in Elixir or similar languages) and some experience with frontend frameworks
- You have experience leading technical initiatives, from architectural design to delivery
- You should demonstrate a desire to continuously learn to improve your technical, communication and other soft skills
- You have a clear interest in leadership and management pathways; you enjoy helping others succeed as much as you enjoy shipping code
- You value and enjoy working in a small team, collaborating closely with other engineers as well as members of other teams
- You can provide new and diverse viewpoints for our technical and product discussions and be comfortable making (and standing by) technical decisions
- You are interested in, and have a view on agile practices such as continuous delivery, TDD, pair programming, code reviews and retrospectives
- You have a strong track record of mentoring engineers and a proactive view on how to foster a high-performing, happy team
- You should have some experience mentoring engineers and a view on how to create a productive team
- You are keen to ensure there is a high standard of quality and security in the software we produce as a team
- You can work in the same timezone as the rest of the team (flexible)
What the job involves
- The Driftrock engineering team is on the hunt for a Lead Software Engineer who will work directly with everyone in the company to continuously improve our product, drive technical innovation, and help scale our engineering capabilities
- Take ownership of complex technical problems, leading the design and implementation of solutions
- Be an active leader within of our engineering team, working together with the other developers and mentoring them to help them grow their skills in a productive and challenging environment
- Have a strong data-driven mindset when assessing the value that our work has for customers
- Act as a bridge between business requirements and technical implementation, ensuring we are building the right things the right way
- You will be joining a growing product team at a pivotal moment of scaling
- You will work with engineers who are deeply passionate about technology and problem solving, and you will have a chance to make a huge impact on the culture, processes and practices of the team, and the wider company
- We believe in continuous improvement and we are constantly optimising how we work and communicate
- We plan our work weekly, using a lean approach (a mixture of Kanban and eXtreme Programming)
- This way we are able to deploy several times a day, allowing us to have a short feedback cycle on our changes
- We have a data-driven mindset and we use data to drive decisions on everything from user story prioritisation to company strategy
- We also strongly believe in observability and keeping a close eye on how our product is behaving
- Our platform is made of multiple services (mainly built in Elixir, plus some Ruby services that we are transitioning to Elixir), talking to each other via APIs and RabbitMQ and storing data in Postgresql and redis
- All services are hosted on Kubernetes and Google Cloud
- We are working on a project to introduce Lead qualification through various communication channels and tracking everything in our Single Customer View
- Together with the growing volume of data that we process for our customers this is a great opportunity for us to architect improvements to our event driven platform to be able to process existing and planned workloads without any issues
- We are also finishing the migration to our own style guide using Phoenix Components, as well as polishing existing and growing new product features
- In addition we are always open to opportunities to geek out with new technologies
Our take
Digital marketing has never been more important, with the majority of advertising spend being on digital channels. At the same time, navigating all the different digital marketing channels and knowing how and where to spend is very complex.
Driftrock is a social media advertising platform that provides tools and apps that integrate with brands existing data platforms to manage their customer insights. It makes it easier for marketers to navigate complexities and helps their customers reach more people while spending less, using the power of data.
The company has worked with major brands such as BMW, claiming to have reduced its customer acquisition costs by 56%. Driftrock is now enhancing its technology platform and expanding into new marketing channels such as Twitter and LinkedIn. With the effectiveness of digital marketing vs. other channels increasing, Driftrock has a good trend to capitalise on.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
45% female employees
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Sep 2016
$1.1m
SERIES A
May 2014
$1m
SEED
Total funding: $2.1m
Company benefits
- Fully remote work and flexible working hours
- Maternity and Paternity Package
- Budget to attend conferences or courses, & to purchase books to improve your skills
- Monthly socials at some fun venues and events in London. and/or virtual get-togethers
- Share options
- Pension scheme contribution
- Vision Policy
- Exclusive perks on CharlieHR
- ClassPass membership to get monthly free credits to spend on the best fitness classes of your choice
- Cycle to work and electric car schemes
- We celebrate birthdays and year anniversaries
- Remote working equipment set up
Company HQ
London, UK
Leadership
Matt Wheeler
(CEO)Founding Partner of Forward Partners (VC firm). Founded Omio.com, a mobile phone price comparison site. Once merged with uSwitch, Matt held a Director of Product role.
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