Technical Lead

Are you looking for a Technical Lead role in a high-growth start-up? Do you want to take ownership of the architectural direction of a cutting-edge SaaS platform?

At AYLIEN we are on a mission to revolutionize the Data Intelligence market with the use of market-leading AI. We already make it easy for companies like IHS Markit and Revolut to not only collect but truly understand large volumes of human-generated (unstructured) data using Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Natural Language Processing. Other companies talk about AI, we live it! We currently have over 15 ML models running on a flexible, fully extendable platform processing millions of documents daily! And the best bit is we are only getting started!

We are looking for a passionate problem solver who happens to also be a strong Tech Lead. We are looking for someone who values personal growth and team collaboration over ego and attitude. Someone who can help us build a platform that will scale to meet our ambitions and perform to meet those of our customers.

Our Tech (Cause we know that’s what you really want to know!)

• ReactJS/Redux
• Javascript/Typescript
• Java for Microservices & APIs
• Scala for Pipelines
• BigTable and ElasticSearch
• GCP, Terraform, Docker / Kubernetes for infrastructure automation
• Grafana and Kibana

You may not have the exact tech ‘full house’ but if you can demonstrate that you are someone who has self-taught other languages or complex tech and put them to use in delivering great products that are cool too!!

What you will do...

Technical

• Build, maintain and enhance the AYLIEN News Intelligence platform
• Adopt and own the technical vision and roadmap; incrementally transform the architecture
• Contribute to the development of AYLIEN’s products, and ensure continuous delivery of value to our customers by developing, maintaining, and improving software
• Participate in our on-call rotation
• Share your knowledge with the rest of the technical team at AYLIEN

Non-Technical

• Collaborate with product management to provide feedback on the product roadmap from an engineering standpoint
• Carefully interpret product roadmap, and consider long-term and strategic goals in architectural decisions
• Mentor team members, and promote adoption of new engineering best practices
• Embrace our culture and enrich it with your own
• Understand the motivations behind our processes and actively apply them in your work (we are constantly improving our processes, so your input is welcome and valued)

Requirements

• Tech Lead in a SaaS company for a min of 2-3 years
• Experience with owning large-scale data processing workflows
• Deep understanding of delivery and engineering best practices
• Strong programming skills in Java, Javascript or Python
• Experience with containerization technology (e.g. Docker and Kubernetes)
• HTTP (REST) APIs and networking
• Cloud computing services (e.g. Google Cloud Platform or AWS)
• Search solutions (e.g. Solr, ElasticSearch, Lucene)
• Experience with test frameworks across a variety of languages
• Great communication skills including the ability to explain technical concepts to people inside the company

Nice-to-haves

• Interest in Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, and related topics
• Domain knowledge and passion for the news and media intelligence industry

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Employee stock options
• 24 days annual leave
• Healthcare
• Paid maternity and paternity leave
• Life Assurance
• Serious Illness Cover
• Relocation assistance

At AYLIEN, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and team members without regard to factors such as race, colour, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. AYLIEN believes that diversity and inclusion among our team members are critical to our success, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.