***This role is aligned to Mexico City, please only apply if you are based in/near to Mexico City***
About GBG
GBG is the leading expert in global identity and location. In an increasingly digital world, GBG helps businesses grow by giving them intelligence to make the best decisions about their customers, when it matters most.
Every second, our global data, agile technology, and expert teams, power over 20,000 of the world's best-known organisations to reach and trust their customers.
Learn more at www.gbgplc.com and follow us on LinkedIn and X @gbgplc
Why you should be@GBG
- We make the world a safer place
- We trust each other and win together
- We are local experts in a global business
- We want you to be yourself
- We grow when you grow
The Team
We build and own the delivery of the customer portal in GBG’s Documents and Biometrics portfolio; part of a solution that helps with document verification and digital trust.
We are a cross functional team who pride ourselves on our collaborative spirit. We value every team member’s expertise, and each member contributes to our collective success. Our daily work follows agile methodologies, placing a strong emphasis on automation and continuous improvement.
The Role
This is an exciting and impactful team leadership / team manager role that provides the opportunity to heavily influence the technical growth of our team. You will bring your passion for management, technology, experience of developing great software, and constant desire to improve.
You will play a dual role, contributing both technically and as a people manager. You will be responsible for designing, developing, and overseeing the implementation of complex software solutions, ensuring high standards of code quality and technical excellence from the team. Your expertise will be critical in guiding the team through challenging technical problems and in making decisions that shape the direction of our projects. You will foster a collaborative and productive environment, providing regular feedback, supporting the professional development of your team members.
Tech Stack Overview
- Currently, our front end is built with Angular, with plans to transition to React – React experience critical to the role.
- We utilize Microsoft .NET C# for robust and scalable back-end services.
- Our platform is hosted on Amazon AWS, ensuring reliability and scalability.
- We leverage AWS Aurora MySQL for high-performance and secure data management.
What you will do
- Lead, mentor, and motivate a team of engineers, fostering a collaborative and productive work environment.
- Conduct regular performance reviews, provide constructive feedback, and develop personalized growth plans for team members.
- Participate in the hiring process, including interviewing candidates, and ensure effective onboarding of new team members.
- Address and resolve any interpersonal or work-related conflicts within the team, maintaining a positive and professional atmosphere.
- Identify skill gaps and coordinate training opportunities to enhance team members' professional growth and technical skills.
- Facilitate clear and open communication within the team and with other stakeholders, ensuring alignment on goals and expectations.
- Implement strategies to boost team morale and engagement, ensuring a high level of job satisfaction and retention.
- Be an individual contributor; actively participating in engineering tasks to drive the team towards achieving sprint goals and deliverables.
- Support continuous integration practices including Test Driven Development
- Troubleshoot and debug complex software issues, employing advanced problem-solving techniques to identify and implement effective solutions.
- Proactively identify trends to address problems before they become incidents.
- Conduct code reviews and maintain code quality and consistency.
- Participate in Agile activities, ceremonies, and planning with your team.
- Contribute to the evolution of broader architectural patterns and practices across our entire Documents & Biometrics product portfolio
- Raise the bar for technical excellence, performance, and reliability.
- Care about agility as much you care for scalability and availability. Continuous deployment keeps us focused on incremental releases.
Requirements
What We're Looking For
- A proven track record in leading / managing software engineering team(s),
- Passion for motivating and inspiring team members.
- Strong experience in React
- Worked with scalable back-end services (C#/.net preferred)
- Amazon AWS technology stack or a comparable cloud platform.
- Proficiency with OOP, SOLID principles, and design patterns.
- TDD approach, Unit testing with nUnit, xUnit or similar framework.
- Experience in the building and deployment of REST APIs and Microservices
- CI/CD - automated build, testing and deployment utilising Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or similar
- Experienced in working in an Agile / SCRUM environment.
- Excellent communication skills (must be able to speak English)
- A passion for promoting engineering excellence
- An unwavering "can-do" attitude
- Proficiency in identifying and resolving intricate technical issues
- A commitment to continuous learning and professional development, with a curiosity for exploring new technologies, tools, and methodologies.
Behaviours we'd like to see
Benefits
Next steps
Click here to see more about what’s important to us, including our hybrid and flexible work policy, our commitment to ESG, I&D and much more.
To chat to the Talent Attraction team and find out more about our benefits, drop an email to [email protected] and we’ll be in touch!
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