Software Engineering Team Lead

Overview
Software Engineering Team Lead (Mobile) at Repeat.gg.
The role involves managing people and delivering product-focused work for the Repeat mobile app, with time split between people management and technical delivery.
Responsibilities
Manage a team of engineers.
Help engineers grow their skills and experience.
Own the delivery of the Repeat mobile app to market.
Provide guidance and coaching on technical contributions, product architecture, and other areas.
Maintain empathy for the team by overseeing engineering processes and practices (e.g., one-on-ones, code reviews, and handling non-critical path bugs/features).
Conduct managerial interviews for candidates and train the team to conduct technical interviews.
Generate and implement process improvements.
Hold regular 1:1s with all team members and give clear feedback on performance.
Foster technical decision making while making final decisions when necessary.
Improve product quality, security, and performance.
Possess more than one specialty on the team per our shared domain concept.
Participate in the Incident Management on-call rotation to help meet availability goals.
Develop features and improvements to the Repeat product in a secure, well-tested, and performant way.
Collaborate with Product Management and other stakeholders to iterate on new features.
Craft code that adheres to internal standards for style, maintainability, and best practices for a high-scale web environment, and advocate for these standards through code reviews.
Ship small features with minimal guidance and collaborate on larger projects.
Contribute to improving the overall product experience and identify areas of codebase improvement (e.g., component library).
Learn, collaborate and mentor other Software Engineers; promote inclusive and collaborative contributions.
Help triage bugs, determine priority, and ensure timely resolution.
Follow and contribute to the team workflow and the Repeat community's practices.
Qualifications
Demonstrated experience in a leadership role with current technical experience.
Experience running Scrum or other agile rituals.
Experience delivering mobile applications to market on Android and iOS.
Excellent English written and verbal communication skills.
In-depth technical experience in React Native and React.
Professional experience with Typescript.
Professional experience with NodeJS, SQL (MySQL or PostgreSQL) and MongoDB.
Experience writing automated tests (e.g., Jest, Cypress, Karma, Jasmine, Mocha, AVA, tape).
Experience using Git in a professional environment.
Solid understanding of core mobile concepts.
Ability to clearly communicate complex technical, architectural, and organizational problems and propose iterative solutions.
Experience with performance optimization and diagnosing related problems.
Comfort working in a highly agile, iterative software development process.
Ability to onboard and integrate with an organization long-term.
Positive and solution-oriented mindset; effective communication and regular status updates.
Inclination towards communication, inclusion, and visibility.
Self-motivated and self-managing with strong organizational skills.
Ability to work closely with other parts of the organization and align with shared values.
Must be based in Brisbane.
Nice to have
Experience in a peak performance organization, preferably a tech startup.
Experience with competitive video games (e.g., Fortnite, DotA2, League of Legends, Rocket League).
Product company experience.
Enterprise software company experience.
Computer science education or equivalent experience.
Experience working with a global or multicultural team.
Equal Opportunity
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