Technical Lead

Tech Lead Dunya Labs is a deep tech product company currently focused on building infrastructure, developer tooling and middleware for deploying scalable blockchain applications. We combine a theoretical research team with a product team to lead cutting-edge developments in the blockchain space. Seeking Tech Lead professional to spearhead our product development efforts, build engineering capability and culture, and act as a leader in the organization. Key Responsibilities: ● Lead a full product development lifecycle from ideation, design, development, to roll out and support ● Own the delivery of multiple features of the product end to end while hands-on developing the same ● Advocate best development practices such as continuous integration/continuous delivery, automation (testing and infrastructure), and quality code ● Lead and adopt security- first approach in the product development and ensure automated and manual security checks in place across the delivery pipeline ● Lead by example and mentor other developers in the team both technically and professionally ● Support other Senior Product Engineers and contribute to their growth ● Work with CTO/Head of Engineering, other tech leads and the team to ensure shared technology vision and develop state of the art design and architecture for any product development ● Work with other functions such as testing, analysis, constraints and delivery timelines. ● Ensure timely and accurate communication with broader team in order to share understanding of product functionality, features, and technology vision ● Look out for technology trends across the industry and apply relevant developments to the products ● Work with the decentralised application business owners to ensure their vision is realised through efficient technology and delivery timelines ● Work in a dynamic, collaborative, transparent, non-hierarchical, and ego-free culture where your talent is valued over a role title ● Develop personally and professional outside of the confinements of a traditional career path by focusing on what you’re passionate about rather than a predetermined one-size-fits-all plan Qualifications: ● 10+ Years’ of experience, managing teams of 5+ people ● Must have excellent programming and scripting skills with a solid understanding of Object Oriented Design principles ● Must have ability to learn/iterate quickly in a rapidly changing technical stack with nascent codebase and developer tools ● Must possess passion for decentralized applications, delivery-focused development, and overcoming challenges through teamwork and self-motivation ● Ability to work in a variety of client settings and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment ● Ability to communicate technical vision and direction of the product and make significant impacts to technology and design choices Experience: ● Architectural design while leading and inspiring software development teams ● Leading development of large, custom-built object-oriented applications ● Continuous integration tools and test automation ● Managing systems in production and understands release process, monitoring, and debugging ● Working and developing in agile environment working with XP/Scrum development practices Skills and Competencies: ● Proficiency in at least two of the following: Java, Go, JavaScript, Scala, Python programming stacks, and passion for software engineering and craftsman-like coding prowess ● Knowledge of software practices like refactoring, clean code, domain driven design, Encapsulation etc ● Experience of working in a forward thinking, OSS-centric environment ● Good knowledge of DevOps tooling like docker, kubernetes, ansible/chef, AWS. ● Great OO skills, including strong design patterns knowledge and enterprise integration Dunya Labs is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other basis as protected by applicable law.