Lead Software Engineer

Company: Mercer

We are seeking a dynamic Lead Software Engineer to spearhead our engineering team dedicated to the salary survey line of applications, which plays a crucial role in supporting our global external client business generating over $200 million in annual revenue. In this pivotal position, you will not only lead a talented group of engineers but also drive the development and enhancement of innovative software solutions that empower our clients to make informed compensation decisions. Your expertise will be instrumental in ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of our applications, directly impacting client satisfaction and business growth. Join us in shaping the future of our technology offerings and making a significant contribution to our organization’s success in the competitive landscape of compensation analytics.

The Lead Software Engineer is part of the strategic group of engineers within the organisation that helps to embody best practice, quality and the engineering strategic vision. They are leaders of an engineering organisation and are seen as well respected members of the engineering community and make natural role models for other engineers to look up to. You will be a hands‑on product builder who leads by example and embodies the principles of the organisation and helps ensure the delivery of its goals. You will actively encourage and model the use of AI developer tools (for example, GitHub Copilot) to boost developer efficiency and productivity. You will also lead in the identification, prototyping, and integration of AI capabilities into new and existing applications to enhance functionality and user value.

We are an organisation in the state of transformation. You will need to be a role model and a catalyst for your teams and help bring about the change required. You should look to advocate a style of servant leadership that ensures you put the needs of your team first; your prime goal should be to bring out the best of other talented engineers on the team and help grow the future engineering organisation.

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• Manage an engineering organisation which will include one or more Senior Software Engineers
  
• Build, support and mentor effective teams
  
• Hands‑on abilities; write code, peer review and test alongside your teams
  
• Be an active member of the MMC Technology community – contribute, collaborate, and learn
  
• To have strong problem‑solving skills and embody the principles of reuse both across your teams and the organisation
  
• Advocate best practices and principles within your organisation
  
• Work closely with a Lead Test Engineer on Test Engineering Strategy
  
• Champion good agile practices that are foundational to product delivery
  
• Facilitate a diverse, inclusive and collaborative working environment where everyone’s ideas and opinions and equally valued
  
• Build strong relationships with product owners, solutions architects, analysts and pod leadership
  
• Work with state‑of‑the‑art technologies to solve genuine, real‑world problems
  
• Contribute to thought leadership and strategy for the Software Engineering organisation
  

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• For the Lead Engineer role, we are looking for a Senior Engineer with proven experience of working on multiple products
  
• The ability to communicate effectively to both technical and non‑technical colleagues in a cross‑functional environment
  
• Proven track record of successfully delivering software with a broad mix of languages, technologies and platforms
  
• Strong people‑management skills with ability to build collaborative and innovative teams
  
• Provide opportunities, training and mentorship to software engineers to help create and traverse career pathways
  
• Experience working with Agile at Scale, Lean and Continuous Delivery approaches such as Continuous Integration, Test‑Driven Development and Infrastructure as Code
  
• Experience with cloud native software architectures
  
• Proven experience in Security‑driven design practices and the remediation of SAST/DAST findings
  
• Experience in CI/CD and DevOps practices including the use of Quality Gates to maintain high levels of code
  

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• Broad experience across multiple programming languages and frameworks with in-depth skills in at least one of the following: JavaScript, Typescript, C#
  
• Strong experience in one or more of the following frameworks: Angular, NodeJS, Express.JS, .NET, Less(Sass)
  
• Experience or willingness to learn Github Copilot.
  
• Experience with Unit Testing and Integration Testing is also essential
  
• Experience of the following middleware is desirable: Kafka, NServiceBus, Camunda, Dremio, RabbitMQ
  
• Experience with container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
  
• Practiced experience refactoring, implementing design patterns, design‑driven development, continuous integration, system and application design, application security
  
• Strong experience working with an ORM Framework including the use of TSQL and NoSQL databases such as MSSQL and MongoDB
  
• Strong Knowledge of SDLC processes and practices and experience with some or all of Confluence, ADO, Github etc.
  
• Experience designing and deploying applications on cloud infrastructure with providers such as AWS and Microsoft Azure
  
• Experience working with the MEAN or MERN stack
  

Our team comprises all sorts of people from all sorts of backgrounds. We believe everyone brings value and a unique perspective and want promote a fun and diverse culture. To help us succeed we hope that you can demonstrate:

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• A genuine passion for technology
  
• A clear commitment to creating brilliant products that will give our clients the edge
  
• A willingness to work fluidly and respectfully with our incredibly talented team
  

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• To be part of a company with a strong brand, committed to making a difference in people’s lives.
  
• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.
  
• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities. xcfaprz
  
• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well‑being.
  

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