Engineering Team Lead, The Adaptavist Group
CA$150-180k
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Digital transformation technology provider
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Digital transformation technology provider
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
CA$150-180k
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To deliver innovative software, tailored solutions, and quality services across some of the world’s most trusted technology ecosystems.
Role
Who you are
- Strong software development skills in one backend technology (Java, Groovy, Python) and one of the following frontend Javascript/ Typescript framework (ReactJS, Vue.js, AngularJS) - Full Stack Developer
- Experience collaborating with & coaching more junior engineers
- Experience of Agile Methodologies
- Knowledge of implementing and/or running CI / CD
- Experience working on Cloud infrastructure, such as AWS infrastructure or other equivalent infrastructure
- Understanding micro-services oriented architecture with extensible REST APIs
- Strong experience in Java, Groovy, ReactJS and Typescript
- Not ticking every box? That’s totally okay! Studies show that women and people of colour might hesitate to apply unless they meet every single requirement
- If you’re passionate about this role and keen to learn and grow with us, we encourage you to apply, even if you don’t have everything that's listed just yet
Desirable
- Experience with mentoring and coaching more junior engineers
- Experience leading or managing a team
- Experience working across the full development stack
- Atlassian Ecosystem experience
- Any kind of plugin development experience
- Leading of agile ceremonies
- AWS Certified
- Experience developing applications with serverless architecture
What the job involves
- The role of an Engineering Team Lead will help shape and define the Engineering culture alongside the other Team Leads and Engineering Managers
- This position will work alongside an Engineering Manager and the wider Product team locally and remotely to shape the development of the ScriptRunner for Confluence Cloud product
- As an Engineering Team lead, you will lead a team practicing continuous delivery
- Growing your team of engineers is your responsibility so you'll be mentoring, coaching and using our development framework to help individuals increase their impact.
- As the most senior engineer on the team, you'll be responsible for facilitating solution design, building on the knowledge and skills in the team as well as reaching out to other engineering teams for input
- You'll value autonomy, mastery, practice, doing the right thing, paying down technical debt
- Provide a platform for developers to perform tasks of varying complexity
- Assist with priority setting for products
- Deliver updates to key stakeholders
- Ensure the team has the right tools, technology and freedom to deliver their work and innovate
- Leading software development team following agile processes
- Hiring and/or onboarding new team members
- Mentoring, coaching and developing a team of Software Engineers of varying level of experience
- Work with direct reports to set objectives and to create and execute development plans
- Facilitate and enable collaboration
- Align the team with product and business priorities
- Designing, writing and testing solutions
- Complex, collaborative problem solving
- Performing code peer reviews
- Respond to product incidents
- Assisting with support escalations
Our take
The Adaptavist Group is a leading player in the Atlassian ecosystem, which provides software for software developers. Adaptavist helps companies develop modern, adaptive approaches to development, deployment, and application lifecycle management to augment the Atlassian experience.
Back in the mid-noughties, The Adaptavist Group firmly established itself as a key player in helping companies utilise Atlassian's industry-leading tools. Adaptavist has subsequently developed similar optimisation products and tools for Amazon Web Services, GitHub and Monday, as well as consultancy services for companies wanting to maximise their use of these platforms. Adaptavist’s reach is global, and it was named Atlassian's Partner of the Year 2024. It services over 75% of the Fortune 500.
The Adaptavist Group is leveraging the global boom in software development. Its strategic expansion into the growing DevSecOps market, for example, through partnering with Sonatype, sees it unlock involvement in an industry that reached a $6.5 billion valuation by 2025. With this expansionist approach, The Adaptavist Group has aligned many leading brands under its umbrella and has been consistent in its launch of tools. Its reputation as a leading industry player propels a dynamic and hugely lucrative upward trajectory.
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Autonomy
"Autonomy is one of the core Adaptavist values. We are all treated as responsible adults from day one and continuously demonstrate that placing trust..."
Company benefits
- Flexible working, suit your personal needs while maintaining your job responsibilities
- Enhanced parental leave - 26 weeks at full pay for birthing partners, and 13 weeks at full pay for non-birthing partners
- Employee donation scheme with AdaptaKind, making an impactful change in the world through company-matched charitable giving, fundraising and volunteering
- Online streaming service - Whether you're a Disney fanatic, an Audible enthusiast or a Netflix nut, there should be something for all!
- Calm app subscription. Calm is the number 1 app for sleep, meditation and relaxation
- Extended leave for adoption, IVF, surrogacy, elective egg freezing, and women's health needs such as menopause, menstruation, endometriosis, and PCOS
- RRSP pension scheme up to 4% match as your employer
- Basic life insurance of $25,000 by Canada Life Scheme
- Healthcare insurance by Canada Life Scheme
- Dental care and optical care by Canada Life Scheme
- Accidental death and dismemberment of $25,000 by Canada Life Scheme
- Employee & Family Assist Program (EFAP) by Shepell providing professional, confidential support services for employees and their immediate family members
- Unlimited holiday! That's right, there's no cap on the number of days that you can request off in our holiday year
Company values
- Trust from day one - At The Adaptavist Group, trust is at the core of everything we do. We believe in our team's ability to work flexibly from anywhere, and we deeply value the trust that forms the foundation of our relationships with clients. Our commitment to privacy and security is unwavering, ensuring that we create a safe and supportive environment for everyone
- Teamwork - We admire individual talent, but we believe it’s even more powerful when combined with teamwork. With a global team of over 1,000 people, we know that every single person at The Adaptavist Group plays a vital role, and that nothing we accomplish happens in isolation
- Pragmatism - We value being practical, confident, and flexible over being rigid or stuck in our ways. Trust is key to how we work—we don't rely on strict rules or processes, but focus on what matters: achieving great results and getting the job done well
- Humility - We’re proud of what we do, but we stay grounded and let our work speak for itself. We approach everything with quiet confidence and, when we make mistakes, we own them and see them as chances to learn and grow
- Curiosity - We know we don’t have all the answers, and we understand there’s more than one way to get things done. We’re always open to fresh ideas and welcome the changes they might bring. Curiosity and a passion for innovation have fuelled our growth
Company HQ
London, UK
Leadership
Worked as a Senior Security Consultant for Barclaycard, and was Director of WTG. First joined Adaptavist as a Board Advisor, and was made CEO in 2010.
People progressing
Reece joined TAG as an Associate Software Engineer in May 2019. Within 5 months, they advanced to Software Engineer, then to Senior in under two years, and by September 2024, became Staff Engineer.
Sarah joined TAG as a Project Manager in 2017 in the Toronto office. They found their true calling in Sales and made an internal move a couple of years later and have since advanced to become a Strategic Sales Executive.
Rodrigo initially worked with TAG as a Contractor before joining the UK team permanently as a Commercial Operations Analyst. Since then, they moved to the Madrid office as a Business Operations Manager.
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at The Adaptavist Group
Emma Weston (Head of People Experience)
- We know that, historically, the tech sector has felt out of reach or even unwelcoming to many people. At The Adaptavist Group, we're committed to changing that. It's our people who make our success, and we believe that a diverse community—one where everyone feels respected, included, and valued—makes us stronger, more innovative, and more creative as a whole.
- We have created an environment that accommodates and supports people from all backgrounds, offering flexible ways of working and workplace benefits that are genuinely helpful, as well as keeping an open dialogue and welcoming feedback on these topics.
- Whether you've worked in tech for your whole career or this is a brand new direction for you, your experience and skills are valuable to us. We need fresh perspectives, forward thinkers, and problem solvers. We see the whole person, and we hire people who we believe will make a positive contribution to our community.
- We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, and particularly those who are often underrepresented in our industry, such as women and people of colour.
- We want to level the playing field for all those that interview with us. That's why we have created guidance on our careers page on what to expect as part of our interview process, typical questions we may ask you, and when and where to use AI as part of your application.
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