Technical Team Lead 👩‍💻

At a glance details

Contract hours: 35 hours
Contract type: Permanent
Flexibility: We offer flexible core hours and are currently running an extended trial of a 9 day fortnight work pattern
Location: This role will operate primarily on a remote basis however occasional travel to our office in Scotland will be required

Accessibility, as one of our key company values, is at the heart of everything we do and we are
in the process of establishing a second SaaS accessibility product with significant high-growth potential within a number of markets.

If you’re ready to help a brilliant team who are all committed to levelling the playing field through our brilliant tech then we’d love to talk to you!

About The Job 🤓

We’re looking for somebody with significant development experience to join our small team of developers in delivering our next phase of the product suite.

You will mainly be driving delivery of our greenfield project this year using Next.js amongst other technologies, however at points you’ll also be working on our React Native mobile app and distributed Office 365 add-in.

What You’ll Be Doing ✅

● Working in a Scrum environment with an enthusiastic team of developers who strive to bring accessibility to the forefront of development without compromising on great user experience.

● Bringing to life the next stages of our tech development as the company grows in size and scope

● Mentoring the team to really drive technical change, and helping the team grow

● Writing high-quality code (reliable, readable, efficient, testable), participating in code reviews, maintaining tests, and contributing to documentation

Skills and Experience 🛠️

You’ll be successful in this role if you have:

● Significant experience in a modern javascript framework, preferably React or React-based (e.g. Next.js )
○ Typescript and Tailwind would be beneficial within this experience

● Significant experience with server-side coding, preferably Python or Node.js, however other OOP languages are acceptable

● Experience working in an early-stage startup, or scale up, environment

● Exposure to and experience of accessibility in tech including standards and guidelines with development best practices

● Experience working with Git version control, preferably using Github for code reviews
○ Working with Github Actions to drive automation would be beneficial


It would be great if you also had experience in any of the following;
● React Native
● OpenAI / LLMs / Prompt Engineering
● Analytics - Amplitude/Google Analytics
● Next.js
● Cloud computing platforms such as AWS or GCP
● Prompt Engineering

About You 😀

You’re able to work in a self-directed way and in your senior role you’ll be guiding the development team in work prioritisation - we believe in the self-organisation of the development team with a strong emphasis on talking within the team.

You’ll thrive being part of an early-stage startup, with all the challenges, ambiguity and excitement that brings.

Adaptability is one of our key values so you’ll need resilience to cope in a fast-paced environment, a can-do attitude and the ability to roll your sleeves up wherever required!

You’ll bring a positive energy to the company team dynamic - we are a small but close team so you’ll be someone who works in a very collaborative way remotely.

You’ll love mentoring others and take real pride in seeing others grow in their knowledge with your help - you’ll have a strong desire to drive technical change and improvement within the team.

You’ll be ambitious for growth both personally and for Estendio - we’re learning all the time so you’ll be passionate about sharing knowledge and personal development.

Our Benefits ✨

● Salary: let us know your expectations given your experience and we’ll be happy to chat.

● Holiday allowance of 33 days (this includes all public holidays).

● Flexibility: we operate a core hours flexi system and are currently running an extended trial of a 9 day fortnight work pattern so that we have every second Friday off.

● EMI share options - we want everyone to have a share of the success.

● Company pension scheme.

● Wellbeing cashback plan - we know how important wellbeing is to happiness at work and we’ll help you cover some of the costs of everyday healthcare needs (and a lot of 'nice to haves’!).

● Fantastic personal development growth opportunities - you’ll learn an incredible amount on the job and you’ll get exposure to every part of the business.

● The opportunity to work with an incredible bunch of folk who are committed to making real impact through tech for good - and having some fun along the way!

● Assistive technology support package - we mean what we say about accessibility and we're happy to look at any reasonable adjustments you might need when you're working with us.

More Details

We’ll still consider applications which don’t meet every single one of our criteria so don’t be put off if you don’t match them perfectly.

We want to keep building a workplace where everyone feels like they belong, including people with learning differences or disabilities. If you need any adjustments to the interview process because of a difference or disability, please let us know.

Any information you share with us will only be used to ensure your candidate experience is inclusive and accessible based on your needs.

Our Recruitment Process 💼

Generally, we have a 2 stage process to make sure we’re getting the right people to join our team.

First, we’ll schedule a 30 mins informal chat with a member of our team to work out if we think at this stage we are a good fit for each other. If this goes well then we follow up with a second stage interview to talk more about your skills and personal attributes - we also include in this a culture fit focus where we really zone in on our company values and make sure we’re really well aligned to each other.

Sometimes, if it’s do-able, we like to meet people face to face so that we can properly see how we interact together in a more human way or we may schedule a final meeting to introduce you to a few more of the team.

Interviews are a two-way process and at all stages, you can ask as many questions as you want to find out about us!