Lead Engineer, GB Group
Go (3896)
Identity verification and fraud prevention solutions
Job no longer available
Identity verification and fraud prevention solutions
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1001+ employees
Company mission
To ensure more genuine people have digital access to opportunities, and businesses have access to more genuine people.
Role
Who you are
- A strong foundation in software engineering principles and deep knowledge of a high-level programming language. Go is used heavily across our products
- Experience working with distributed cloud systems, using containers and infrastructure as code. We run on Kubernetes across different cloud platforms
- Strong knowledge of database technologies used with algorithmic searching (e.g. ElasticSearch, SQL Server, MongoDB)
- Experience designing algorithmic software for scale, performance, and high availability
- Previous experience of being the primary technical leader in a team and collaborating with other teams and stakeholders
- A passion for promoting engineering excellence in those around you through coaching and guidance
- An understanding of different architectural and design patterns, and an appreciation of when to use them
- Experience shipping fast, reliable, real-time applications using modern development tools and practices
Desirable
- Understanding of GitOps and experience with tools such as Argo CD
- Experience with SQL and data warehousing/pipelining tools
- Hands-on experience with AI tooling to enhance engineering workflows and deliver innovative solution
- Understanding of machine learning principles for developing advanced ranking algorithms
- Proven experience in navigating and transforming legacy codebases, as well as leading greenfield projects
- A polyglot who can identify and use the right tool for the job
What the job involves
- We are on a mission to build the best engineering team
- We are looking for engineers who are excited to be part of our story and help us build a diverse and vibrant tech community
- We hire engineers with a broad set of technical skills, who are highly cross-functional, and eager to solve a wide range of engineering challenges
- This is an exciting and impactful role that provides the opportunity to heavily influence the technical growth of our team and products
- You will bring your passion for technology, experience of developing great software, and constant desire to improve
- There are a wide range of opportunities to flex your technical skills, from designing and optimising searching algorithms, spearheading greenfield projects to ensuring existing products run as efficiently and reliably as possible
- There is no line management responsibility with this role – you will work closely with Engineering Managers, Product Managers and other Technical Leads to drive technical excellence within our teams and deliver value for our customers
- Take ownership of the technical design, delivery, and documentation of our address search products as we scale to support millions of transactions per day. This role has a mix of both hands-on development as well as lead/architecture work
- Raise the bar for technical standards, performance, reliability, and operational excellence
- Mentor and coach othersto help them be the best they can be
- Care about agility as much you care for scalability and availability. Continuous deployment keeps us focused on incremental releases
- Take responsibility for platform health and observability, using our own data to understand user behaviour and drive product development
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Founded in 1989 as a mailing system in Cheshire, GB Group became an information management company before several acquisitions and name changes led it full circle back to operations under GB Group - or GBG. Now valued at $706M, the company created an international identity verification service that is its current leading product.
With 21 countries under its wing and companies such as IBM and HSBC using its services, GBG simplifies employee onboarding, cyber security, and personal data protection with a friction-free digital platform.
With international revenues steadily growing, GBG managed to navigate the market from acquired startup to company-acquiring global leader. However, the rocky economic climate in the UK has led to GBG's purchase by US private equity firm GTCR in September 2022, a growing trend among foreign companies in the UK tech industry. Since then, however, GBG has gone on to win contracts with award-winning companies like Shoplazza, indicating that it has retained its momentum post-acquisition and is ready to continue upwards.
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Insights
0% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Leadership
Dev Dhiman
(CEO)Dev has been with GBG since 2020, initially joining as a Managing Director of Asia Pacific before becoming CEO in 2024. They previously spent 12 years at Experian in various Directorial roles and 3 years at Deloitte UK as a Senior Associate and Assistant Manager.
David Ward
(CFO)Prior to joining GBG in 2021, David spent over 10 years at AVEVA as Head of Finance, CFO and Finance Director & Company Secretary. He was also an Senior Assurance Manager for over 13 years at EY.
James Gothard
(COO)James joined GBG in 2025 as the Chief Strategy Officer, he moved into the role of Chief Operating Officer in 2026. Prior to GBG, he spent 20 years at Experian in various roles, including GM of Credit Services & Strategy, South East Asia.
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