Lead Engineer/Architect - with Shift Left experience

At Mindera, we craft software with people we love. We are on the lookout for a Lead Engineer with Shift Left experience to join our talented team. In this role, you will be responsible for leading the engineering efforts on various projects while ensuring that quality is integrated at every stage of the development lifecycle.

As a Lead Engineer, you will be responsible for driving best practices in quality assurance, continuous integration, and deployment. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, guiding the team in adopting testing strategies that identify and resolve issues early. Your leadership will be instrumental in fostering a culture of excellence while mentoring other engineers to elevate their skills.

This is an opportunity for you to take on a leadership role while working with innovative technologies and methodologies. You will be instrumental in mentoring junior engineers and promoting best practices within the team to enhance our software delivery process.

• Proven experience as a Lead Engineer or Technical Lead in software development, specifically with a focus on the Shift Left testing approach.
• Strong experience with software engineering technologies and methodologies, including Agile development practices.
• Solid understanding of automated testing frameworks and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Familiarity with cloud technologies (e.g., AWS, Azure) and their integration into development workflows.
• Experience mentoring and guiding junior engineers to promote growth and knowledge sharing.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to identify and address vulnerabilities in the development process proactively.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, allowing for effective collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Passionate about quality assurance and the best practices in software development.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and mentor engineers in Shift Left testing strategies to enhance software quality from the start of development.
• Design automated testing solutions for quick feedback and early issue identification in the development lifecycle.
• Promote continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) to improve reliability and efficiency in software updates.
• Analyze and improve testing and quality assurance processes to eliminate bottlenecks and boost efficiency.
• Conduct training sessions on best practices in testing and quality assurance to empower team members.
• Communicate with stakeholders to report progress, address challenges, and ensure project alignment.
• Emphasize quality, performance, and security in software delivery at every development stage.
• Seeking a Lead Engineer or Architect with practical experience in Quality Assurance (QA) and automation implementation.
• Desiring a leader with a record of guiding organizations towards quality excellence and transformative practices.
• Looking for a highly experienced engineer who understands and advocates for the Shift Left approach.
• Ideal candidates should have a QA mindset and an engineering perspective, driving collaboration and proactive quality assurance.

We Offer

• Fun, happy and politics-free work culture built on the principles of lean and self organisation;
• Work with large scale systems powering global businesses;
• Competitive salary and benefits.

About Mindera

• At Mindera we use technology to build products we are proud of, with people we love.
• Software Engineering Applications, including Web and Mobile, are at the core of what we do at Mindera.
• We partner with our clients, to understand their product and deliver high performance, resilient and scalable software systems that create an impact in their users and businesses across the world.
• You get to work with a bunch of great people, where the whole team owns the project together.
• Our culture reflects our lean and self-organisation attitude. We encourage our colleagues to take risks, make decisions, work in a collaborative way and talk to everyone to enhance communication.
• We are proud of our work and we love to learn all and everything while navigating through an Agile, Lean and collaborative environment.
• Follow our Linkedln page - https://tinyurl.com/minderaindia
• Check ot our Blog: http://mindera.com/ and our Handbook: http://bit.ly/MinderaHandbook
• Our offices are located: Aveiro, Portugal | Por

We Offer

• Fun, happy and politics-free work culture built on the principles of lean and self organisation;
• Work with large scale systems powering global businesses;
• Competitive salary and benefits.

About Mindera

At Mindera we use technology to build products we are proud of, with people we love.

Software Engineering Applications, including Web and Mobile, are at the core of what we do at Mindera.

We partner with our clients, to understand their product and deliver high performance, resilient and scalable software systems that create an impact in their users and businesses across the world.

You get to work with a bunch of great people, where the whole team owns the project together.

Our culture reflects our lean and self-organisation attitude. We encourage our colleagues to take risks, make decisions, work in a collaborative way and talk to everyone to enhance communication.

We are proud of our work and we love to learn all and everything while navigating through an Agile, Lean and collaborative environment.

Follow our Linkedln page - https://tinyurl.com/minderaindia

Check ot our Blog: http://mindera.com/ and our Handbook: http://bit.ly/MinderaHandbook

Our offices are located: Aveiro, Portugal | Porto, Portugal | Leicester, UK | San Diego, USA | San Francisco, USA | Chennai, India | Bengaluru, India