Tech Lead

| Full-Time Role | Visa sponsorship available | £75 – 105k

Limio is changing the way companies deliver Subscription Commerce. The subscription economy is growing fast and so are customers’ expectations. Limio’s vision is to help subscription-first companies deliver the best omnichannel customer experience for commerce. We make subscription ecommerce simple, fast and reliable.

We’re looking for a Tech Lead to join our Technology team, someone who wants to lead our development practice, manage a team, and set the technology direction of our products. Limio is a small, fast-growing company, and the Tech Lead will be expected to be hands-on, ship code, and care about making an impact.

Limio is an early-stage startup founded by Amaury de Closset and Daniel Morton, formerly of GoCardless (YC S11), Zuora, BCG and Three, and has raised $420,000 from fifteen fantastic entrepreneurs, including the founders of Gumtree, Entrepreneur First and Zephr, and top business angels from Episode 1 and Crane VC. We count the Economist, La Repubblica and Which? as customers.

The Role

As the Tech Lead at Limio, you will play a crucial role in driving the technical vision and leading the engineering team. This position requires a hands-on approach, strong leadership skills, and a commitment to develop good development practices. You will have the opportunity to work closely with a talented group of engineers, provide mentorship to junior team members, and make critical decisions on complex technology issues

The core requirements of the position are:

• Management: Manage a team of talented engineers, providing guidance, mentorship, and fostering a culture of collaboration and excellence. You will identify and address skill gaps within the team, fostering professional growth and career development opportunities.
• Technical vision: Drive the technical vision, roadmap, and strategy for our products, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Development: Take a hands-on approach, actively contributing to the development process by writing code, reviewing pull requests, and resolving technical challenges.
• Architecture: Make fast and informed decisions on complex architecture issues, working closely with the team to implement efficient solutions.
• Best developer practice: Stay on top of best practices, applying them to improve our development processes and ensure technical excellence.

You will also be expected to:

• Support the business: Effectively communicate with cross-functional teams, including Product and Customer Success, to ensure we can meet customer’s expectations.
• Work with customers: Talk to the customers if senior technical guidance is required and appropriate, for example when adopting new frameworks.
• Help with support: Everyone at Limio, including the CEO and CTO, help with support.

The Technology

Our applications use the following technology:

• Front-end: ES6, React, Redux, Gatsby
• Back-end: Node, Express, Lambda, Git, ElasticSearch, DynamoDB
• Testing: Jest, React Testing Library, Mock Service Worker
• APIs: REST
• DevOps: AWS serverless technologies, Terraform, Docker

You should apply if

• Proven experience (5 years+) in Software Development. You should have reached the level of a Senior Engineer, Tech Lead, Architect or a similar senior role in a tech environment.
• Strong technical background with hands-on experience in programming frameworks and technologies used, preferably with React, Node, and AWS Services.
• Demonstrated ability to make fast and informed decisions on complex architecture issues with limited time and information.
• Excellent leadership and people management skills, with a track record of successfully mentoring and developing junior team members.
• Great problem-solving skills, relying on design documents and prototypes to support decision-making.
• Efficient, concise and to-the-point communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.

Not essential, but nice to have:

• You have experience working with a multi-tenant SaaS product.
• You have worked at or with enterprise customers.

Logistics

Compensation is £75k to £105k depending on your experience. We strongly believe in shared success and you will receive a competitive stock option grant.

We offer flexible working hours, 25-days + bank holidays vacation policy, the latest Macbook equipment, cycle to work benefit and pension plan.

Our interview process consists of:

• An initial screening interview with a member of the team
• Technical interview
• Culture fit interview
• A final round interview with the CEO/CTO
• A reference to a previous manager (if possible and appropriate)
• Receive an offer.

Our office is usually at London Bridge, a 5-minute walk from London Bridge station. We expect all employees to be in the office at least 3 days a week (Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays).

No recruiters, please. We can offer visa sponsorship for this position. This is not a remote position.