Engineering Lead

Render's singular focus is best summarised by our purpose; continuously innovate and evolve technology to build networks better and connect communities. Render's geospatial network construction platform enables telecommunication network operators and construction teams to digitize the construction workflow and cut the time and cost of large-scale fiber deployment by over 20%.

Network infrastructure spend in the USA is forecast at more than $60B per annum over the next decade. So, the demand for technology-enabled efficiency and construction innovation is sizable and acute. Render's market-leading platform is experiencing rapid adoption. In partnership with majority partners IFM Investors, Render is perfectly positioned to build on existing momentum and realize significant growth.

Our entire team has a genuine passion for innovation and understands technology's role in enabling communities to connect and thrive globally. Our shared values shape everything that we do at Render. We cannot overstate how central the following five cultural statements are to our culture:

• Innovate for impact

• Love what we build

• Back ourselves to win

• Be the customer outcome

• Stay open and connected

The role you will play:

As an Engineering Team Lead at Render, you have a strong background in designing, developing & managing web front ends, internal APIs, as well as leading a team of developers in a B2B SaaS organization. Your responsibilities include setting the technical vision of our web front ends and their interactions with our internal APIs and ensuring this vision and its execution aligns with the strategy and goals of the business, including costs, risk, security, maintainability, robustness, and scale.

In this role, you will work closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, and other engineers, to deliver high-quality front-end components that interact with APIs, meeting the needs of our customers and partners. You will be responsible for setting technical standards, best practices and ensuring that the team adheres to them. You will drive the architecture and design of our front ends and work closely with other engineering leads to build out supporting APIs, ensuring that it is aligned with the overall product & technology strategy of the organisation. You will also be involved in troubleshooting and resolving complex technical issues, as well as mentoring and coaching more junior developers. This is a hands-on, front-end focused role that requires a deep understanding of front-end & API technologies, as well as strong leadership and communication skills.

Key responsibilities of the role will include:

• Oversee the evolution of Render's web platform, developing new functional and automation capabilities as well as rearchitecting underlying implementations for simplicity, configurability, and ease-of-use as needed.
• Work with other engineering leads to set the technical strategy for Render's overall product & platform, advocating for engineering-driven investments with a vision for keeping our systems flexible and maintainable to meet customer needs now and in the future
• Hands-on coding as well as being technically responsible for a small team of engineers tasked with building and uplifting Render's front ends
• Lead and mentor a team, fostering a culture of technical excellence and collaborative problem-solving, enabling the team to deliver at a high velocity while helping them grow their skills in the process
• Be a key collaborator with other groups in Product & Technology, serving as a public face for Render's web application and representing our interests across functional boundaries.
• Partner with Product Managers, Delivery Managers, and Data Engineers to deeply understand internal and external requirements, and then propose elegant solutions to meet them.
• Stay abreast of new industry trends, technologies, and best practices, integrating them into the Product & Technology strategy and delivery framework.

Our ideal candidate:

• BS degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering, or relevant experience
• 8+ years of professional software development, including API integrations with a focus on front-end web applications
• 2+ years leading engineering teams
• Solid understanding of the full stack of technologies needed to build and run web applications and APIs
• Experience working in multiple JS frameworks with an advanced knowledge of JavaScript & TypeScript
• Advanced understanding of React, in particular the use of functional components, efficient hook usage, state and store/context patterns & API integrations
• In-depth experience testing React components & frontend technologies, as well as familiarity with linting, formatters, and general code quality tools
• Experience in optimising and profiling web applications for efficiencies and performance, ie, WebPack, code splitting, build tools, Lighthouse, etc
• Experience in Restful API design and working with backend engineers on implementation
• Production experience with observability tooling, Datadog, New Relic or similar
• Solid understanding of CI/CD methodologies and experience in building pipelines
• Motivated to develop high-quality code, ability to engage with all necessary stakeholders to ensure that happens
• Experience with agile software development methodologies
• Experience with gathering and documenting technical requirements and specifications
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and delegation skills
• Experience working within AWS (Render's stack is based on API Gateway, Lambdas, and the Serverless Stack)
• Demonstrated knowledge of and development with GIS mapping technologies such as Esri, Mapbox, or Google Maps is a plus.

What's on offer:

At Render, we're 'reimagining connection' and enabling both our customers and the communities they exist to serve to reach their full potential. We do this by building world-class technology that improves: deployment speed, connectivity quality, and economic outcomes for some of society's most vulnerable families and communities.

Engagement is important to us at Render. We strive to ensure our people remain connected in thoughtful ways:

Flexible working:
 We treat our employees as adults. They understand the importance of coming together to collaborate, innovate, and perform, and we understand the importance of providing the flexibility to work remotely, connect virtually, and at different times

Professional development:
 In addition to having goal-oriented check-ins to ensure potential is realised and performance maximised, our culture focuses on supportive and robust development. Learning opportunities, including tech talks and guest speaker sessions, are hosted regularly, and individual employees have customised training and development plans

Collaborative culture:
 We know big ideas can come from anyone. So, we encourage and empower everybody to share their ideas and expertise to feel valued and to make a positive impact

Technology investment: We work with leading technology platforms and enablement tools to support your success

Wellbeing focus:
 All people perform better when they're firing on all cylinders; health and wellness benefits are essential. Render supports all employees' well-being via our Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and we encourage people to be themselves by creating an inclusive workplace

Employee Benefits:
 We offer competitive paid parental leave with 12 weeks of paid leave for Primary Caregivers and two weeks of paid leave for Secondary Caregivers.

At Render, we celebrate diversity and promote equal employment opportunities in the workplace. Our open, transparent, and inclusive team culture provides a licence for every individual to turn ideas into impact. We look for many different skills and abilities, as well as how you can enhance Render and our culture. So, even if you don't think you quite meet all of the skills listed or tick all the boxes, we'd still love to hear from you