Lead Clojure Developer at Yuppiechef

What will you do?

Architect & Implement

• Own and evolve the technical & architectural roadmap, ensuring systems are scalable, secure, and maintainable
• Design, build, and deploy fault-tolerant services that balance performance and trade-offs
• Stay current with new technologies, proactively updating dependencies and patching vulnerabilities

Champion Observability

• Establish and advocate best practices for monitoring, logging, and telemetry – and mentor the team on their adoption
• Use data-driven insights to identify issues, optimise performance, and guide continuous improvement

Lead & Mentor

• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to the engineering team, setting high standards of quality and innovation
• Conduct design and code reviews, sharing feedback to strengthen the team’s capabilities and outcomes
• Support hiring, onboarding, and professional development of engineers

Streamline Processes

• Define frameworks, tools, and workflows to boost developer productivity and reduce duplication
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business needs into technical requirements and actionable plans
• Maintain clear documentation and guidelines that enhance knowledge sharing and make development more efficient and consistent

Align with Business Goals

• Collaborate with stakeholders to help develop and refine the technical strategy and roadmap, ensuring alignment with key initiatives
• Contribute to setting and achieving KPIs, driving initiatives that deliver measurable impact
• Ensure engineering efforts support wider business priorities, translating vision into actionable plans

What will you bring?

• 10+ years of hands-on programming experience building web or mobile applications
• Strong experience in system monitoring, logging, tracing, and triaging tools
• Experience with cloud infrastructure
• Experience with build, CI/CD & deployment pipelines and related technologies like Kubernetes, Docker, Jenkins etc.
• Effective problem solving skills, ability to make design trade-offs, balancing the long-term "big picture" and short-term implications of design decisions
• Effective communication and collaboration skills, including consensus building, conflict resolution, influence and persuasion skills
• Proven leadership in project management, technical execution and mentorship of other engineers
• A degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience in a related field