Tech Lead

Reporting of the Role

This role reports to Head of Engineering

Overview of job

The Programmatic team develop and maintain the products that drive the commercial revenues for direct and programmatic advertisement at Global for both Connected Audio and Out Of Home. We have had great success in building scalable and efficient systems across our platform and we are looking to expand our footprint in the ad tech chain for both supply and demand. This role will be crucial to that success. We are a friendly and close-knit team and work in a highly collaborative, agile environment. 

3 best things about the job

Work with our dynamic ad insertion platform that provides a personalised experience for millions of people every day.

Work in a highly collaborative, agile environment to develop innovative solutions.

Work closely with stakeholders and the product team to set the priorities for the fastest growing part of the business.

Measures of success – 

In the first few months, you would have

Gained a deep understanding of the business context and how it affects all of the deliverables of the teams.

Set the standard for good development practice and ensure it is followed across all teams.

Worked with the teams to develop an innovative architecture that meets future business requirements.

Ensured a reliable production environment, kept track of problems and worked with the teams to ensure a reduction in incidents over time.

Partnered with product team members and stakeholders to set the roadmap across all the teams.

Driven the culture of learning, knowledge sharing and mentoring across the teams.

Responsibilities of the role

Work across multiple feature teams to build an architecture that meets current and future business requirements.

Setting development standards across the teams including performance, security and scalability considerations. Making sure they are consistently met.

Fostering a culture of collaboration, learning and mentoring and ensuring a friendly work environment.

Setting standards for production reliability, managing problems and ensuring incidents are resolved as soon as possible. Working with the teams to reduce issues and improve reliability over time.

Working with stakeholders and product to set the roadmap across the teams including technical considerations and improvements.

Working with other teams across the business to ensure end to end thinking.

What you will need

The ideal candidate will be proactive and willing to develop and implement innovative solutions, capable of the following:

Demonstrable experience in developing and supporting low latency distributed systems

Demonstrable experience at solving complex problems across a whole system, taking into account performance, security, supportability, maintainability.

Demonstrably great communication skills, both written and verbal and the ability to influence and drive discussion and collaboration.

An operational mindset, demonstrable experience in relevant tooling and maintaining a production environment including debugging complex issues across a system.

A passion for building an effective team and fostering an environment that allows team members to learn, grow and flourish.

High standards to get the solution right and ensure it stays right by having relevant development and QA procedures in place.

Everyone is welcome at Global  

Just like our media and entertainment platforms are for everyone, so are our workplaces. We know that we can’t possibly serve our diverse audiences without first nurturing and celebrating it in our people and that’s why we work hard to create an inclusive culture for everyone. We believe that diversity will set us apart, so no matter what you look like, where you come from or what your favourite radio station is, we want to hear from you.   

We will always seek to make appropriate adjustments to the recruitment process and workplace to be fully inclusive to people with different needs and working styles. If you require us to make any reasonable adjustments for you or to disclose a condition, please email recruitment@global.com