Lead Backend Developer

Waracle is looking for a Lead Backend Developer to join our world-class digital technology consultancy. We are a diverse, smart, and ambitious community of specialists dedicated to technology-driven transformation. We partner with bold clients to solve their most significant business challenges, creating intelligent digital products that make a real impact. We thrive on complexity and deliver business-critical IT transformation, moving seamlessly from strategy and design to delivery and operations.

This is a Hybrid role working from the Bristol office 2 days per week.

As a Lead Developer, you will be a cornerstone of our technical community, operating at a strategic level to define project-level architecture and technical approaches. This role is about more than just code; it’s about empowerment. You will foster a psychologically safe environment where your squads can flourish, translating big-picture business objectives into clear, achievable technical tasks. You’ll be a key influencer, ensuring our technical roadmaps align with long-term goals while managing expectations with heart and transparency.

• Technical Leadership: Defining architecture for squads and proactively anticipating risks in scaling systems.
• Strategic Planning: Turning business dreams into technical reality and ensuring our solutions meet long-term client needs.
• Stakeholder
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Facilitating workshops to deeply understand requirements and managing the balance between scope, budget, and priorities.
• Team Empowerment: Leading a project squad with accountability for delivery while championing a collaborative culture.
• Operational Excellence: Taking ownership of technical outcomes and making thoughtful trade-offs to maintain a healthy delivery pace.
• Practice Leadership: Owning Community of Practice (CoP) initiatives and setting the gold standard for coding and shared practices.

We believe in work-life harmony and being transparent about how we work. To ensure our releases are supported smoothly, this role involves a predictable, rotating shift pattern just two days a month
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• Rotation: On these two days, you’ll work either 6 AM – 2 PM or 12 PM – 8 PM
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• Standard
  
  Hours:
  
  Aside from these two pre-planned days, all other working time follows our standard business hours.

• Core Technical Expertise:
  Deep experience in defining and scaling microservices, specifically maintaining and troubleshooting secure Go (Go langage) systems at scale.
• Polyglot Mindset:
  Senior-level experience in at least one other major programming language, showing your ability to lead across diverse environments.
• Orchestration Mastery:
  Expert-level command of Kubernetes and Helm for complex, cloud-native deployments.
• Strategic Delivery: A proven track record of leading squads through the full Agile lifecycle, from initial design to Continuous Delivery (CD).
• Quality Mentorship:
  Mastery of coding best practices and the ability to inspire and enforce high standards across teams.
• Analytical Acumen:
  Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to manage technical trade-offs effectively.

• Initial Chat: You’ll start with a call with your dedicated Talent Acquisition Partner to talk about Waracle, your aspirations, salary, and benefits.
• Two-Stage Interview: You’ll then be invited to a two-stage process to dive deeper into the role and showcase your unique skills and experience.
• Supportive Guidance: Your Talent Partner will be by your side, guiding you through every step until your first day.

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