Technical Lead, New Look
Product Team
+ Profit-related bonus scheme
1-3 days a week in office
Global fashion retailer
Job no longer available
Global fashion retailer
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
+ Profit-related bonus scheme
1-3 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
Our aim is to uplift our customers, colleagues and suppliers while striving to make kinder choices for our people and planet.
Role
Who you are
- Shows great leadership by putting the team's needs and goals above personal interests
- Understands various agile methodologies (such as Scrum and Kanban) and has built high performing teams
- You're an advocate for cross-functional ways of working and set clear expectations for how product, design and engineering should operate in that model
- Able to understand and discuss technical concepts, so you’re able to lead on discussion around potential trade-offs of new ideas, with a focus on speed of delivery
- Proven track record of taking ownership and successfully delivering results in challenging environments. You can simplify complex ideas and maximise business value
- You create a positive team spirit, focus on team engagement and embody the New Look values
- You'll demonstrate excellent communication skills, both verbally and in written form. An expert in the power of Slack to drive asynchronous communication and culture change
- Demonstrable proficiency and prior experience in security minded designs, implementations, and integrations
- Experience with backend (Java Spring MVC/Boot, Microsoft SQL Server etc.) and front-end applications and technologies (React, Typescript, NextJS, iOS, Android). (desirable)
- Experience working with teams using agile methodologies, ideally with Jira and Confluence
- Experience of OOTB SAP Commerce capabilities, configuration and use of these. Can articulate the use of OOTB capability vs integration and customisation efforts with the related benefits and issues (desirable)
- Understanding and experience with SDLC methodologies (such as Waterfall, Spiral, Agile software development, Rapid prototyping, DevOps, Platform Engineering and SRE)
- Experience working in the fashion retail industry (desirable)
What the job involves
- The Technical Lead of a Product Team provides guidance to the development team, makes architectural decisions for the product within the overall architectural guardrails, and ensures the scalability, reliability, and maintainability of the product, including systems built and owned
- The TL works in partnership with the Product Manager to lead a healthy, high functioning team that can deliver at pace
- They help the PM understand the technical complexity of potential improvements to the product, allowing estimates to be produced which aid capacity planning within the team
- They are considered a senior engineer capable of mentoring more junior members and someone who can collaborate closely with architects
- Co-Lead one of our cross-functional, cross-platform Product teams (aka “squads”) to become high-performing
- Work hand-in-hand with the PM to make decisions on behalf of the team around ways of working, delivery and prioritisation
- Own the technical roadmap for the product working within the wider Architecture and Engineering community
- Work with the team to provide estimation of the work required to fulfil the roadmap
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to team members, helping them to better understand their assigned work and growing their technical skills in the process
- Help remove technical blockers that inhibit delivery – eg. ensuring every developer on your team has the right access to the third-party services that we use
- Identify and address technical debt proactively to prevent it from accumulating and hindering future development
- Help design systems that can scale horizontally or vertically to accommodate future growth
- Implement strategies to enhance the reliability and security of the product, including fault tolerance, monitoring, and disaster recovery
- Ensure that the codebase is maintainable by following coding standards, reviews, modular design, and proper documentation
Salary benchmarks
Our take
New Look, a well-known UK fashion retailer with over 380 stores, has been a staple of the British retail scene since the late 1960s. Though it has faced challenges in the competitive retail landscape, including entering and exiting international markets, the company has steadily evolved its business model.
Though still shedding its "fast fashion" label, New Look's recent changes signal a more focused direction. With the company reducing its UK store footprint and withdrawing from international markets to concentrate on sustainability and digital growth.
In line with these efforts, New Look has partnered with blockchain traceability startup TrusTrace to enhance transparency in its supply chain. The collaboration supports the company's ambitious sustainability targets, including a 46% reduction in carbon emissions by 2031 and achieving Net Zero by 2040.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
4% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- 40% staff discount plus friends & family discounts throughout the year
- Access to our reward platform for external discount and offers
- Private pension scheme
- Profit related bonus scheme
- Company Car allowance - you can use it to buy, lease or fund your current vehicle or take as cash benefit (Manager level and above)
- AXA Private Medical Scheme
- Virtual GP access for you and your children – it allows you to speak to a doctor at a time and date that suits you
- All employees are covered by our life assurance policy from day one
- Unlock extra leave with our buy more holiday scheme
- Celebrate YOU! Enjoy an extra paid day off on your birthday each year
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, and shared parental leave
- Spread the cost of your commute with interest-free season ticket loans
- Do your bit for the environment and save money with our Cycle2Work scheme
- We're proud to partner with the Retail Trust and Fashion & Textile Children's Trust
Company HQ
Shadwell, London, UK
Leadership
Helen Connolly
(CEO)Helen was appointed to the Board of Directors in January 2022 when she became CEO. Previously CEO at Bonmarche, and senior roles at George at Asda, Dorothy Perkins and Next.
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