Lead Engineer, Blenheim Chalcot
5 days a week in office
Innovative AI-powered tech venture builder
Job no longer available
Innovative AI-powered tech venture builder
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
5 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To be a great place for great people to become great entrepreneurs.
Role
Who you are
- We ‘re looking for an experienced software engineer who can be individually productive in development, infrastructure configuration and deployment, or manage and mentor a team of engineers, leading by example
- The ideal candidate will have a track-record in delivering results in a fast-moving business and hence be comfortable with change and uncertainty
- Excellent stakeholder management experience is essential to being successful in this role
- 5+ years of experience with React.js and/or Next.js
- 5+ years of experience with Node.js (Express.js, Fastify, etc)
- 3+ years of experience with Python (FastAPI, Flask, Django, etc)
- Prior experience with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines
- Actively participates in architecture and system design discussions, with a focus on scalability, performance, and maintainability
- Familiar with testing methodologies and working with QA people
- Knows and has experience with writing clear documentation
- Action-oriented and excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive the product forward
- Knowledge of containerization technologies such as Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes
- Git and Jira experience is essential
- Understands agile methodologies and is used to working in an agile environment
Desirable
- Contributions to open-source projects or a strong presence in the dev community
- Has led a team of engineers including one or more senior engineers
- Familiarity with microservices architecture and related paradigms
- Experience with some cloud platform (preferably GCP)
- Experience with LLMs and have tinkered with ChatGPT, Bard, llama2, etc
What the job involves
- You will be pioneering new projects while navigating the inherent ambiguity and adjustments that come with early-stage development
- The Lead Engineer will be comfortable across the software development spectrum, from coding and tooling to infrastructure, and adept at various development processes, plus adapt to new technologies and environment
- On top of your technical expertise, you'll be a champion for your team, empowering each member and fostering a collaborative environment
- Looking to seek improvements in productivity and quality is essential for constant innovation, and you will act as the glue that brings consistency and alignment across different engineering disciplines and departments
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Blenheim Chalcot is a digital startup venture builder. It raises funding and provides operational support for fledgling companies to allow them to focus on building an exceptional product to take to market. Blenheim Chalcot takes a different approach than its more traditional competitors by investing knowledge, experience, ideas, infrastructure, and funds. Companies are started in-house and given everything they need to become a successful tech firm.
Blenheim Chalcot specialises in SaaS and generative AI startups and more recently has branched into healthcare tech, a rapidly expanding sector. Companies in their portfolio include financial services, education, media and marketing, public services and health as well as sports market companies, with over 60 businesses amounting to more than $500M in annual revenues.
Blenheim Chalcot has had a number of significant exits in the past few years – just 3 years after its launch, ClearScore was acquired by Experian for £275M in 2018. Its portfolio has been responsible for employing over 3,000 people and managing assets exceeding £1.8B. Its laurels then, indicate a savvy and successful business investment venture.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
5% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
Shepherd's Bush, London, UK
Leadership
Charles Mindenhall
(Co-Founder)Oxford graduate and serial entrepreneur. Previously founded Liberis (small business finance). Currently Board Member at Modulr, trustee of The Royal Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Youth Zone.
Manoj Badale
(Co-Founder & Managing Partner)Manoj is a serial entrepreneur and the co-founder of Scale Space, Salary Finance, ClearScore, and Modulr among other companies. Alongside this, they serve as a Director at Koodoo, British Council EnglishScore, Fospha and CONTENTIVE.
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