We’re looking for a Technical Lead to join us and share your superpowers! You’ll set the direction and act as the technical expert in one of our Agile development teams.

Are you a Technical Lead, or maybe an experienced Software Engineer ready for your next challenge? Perhaps you prefer to think of yourself as a Software Superstar, an Expert Developer or just a really good engineer who’s great with people? This could be the dream job you’ve been waiting for.

Consult Red is an employee-owned company and a trusted partner to some of the world's largest brands. We're an R&D technology partner that develops cutting-edge 'Internet of Things (IoT) smart, connected products, video and broadband end-user equipment streaming TV devices, networks and platforms. Connected devices and systems developed by Consult Red are currently in more than 30 million homes around the world.

Our story started in 2003 when five friends founded the company in Shipley, West Yorkshire. Since then, we've grown a lot. We work with the world's leading media operators, including Liberty Global (Virgin, UPC), Comcast (Sky) and AT&T (Directv), and in the last 12 months alone we’ve grown our team in the UK, Poland and the US by 40%. We're now over 220 people globally, working collaboratively to provide an industry-leading consultancy service across software development, hardware, embedded, and cloud technologies.

We're proud to be an employee-owned business. At Consult Red, everyone has a stake, and everyone has a say. The employees are the business owners, and we work together with shared values and purpose towards our common goals. We want every team member to feel empowered, have a say in our future, and share in our success.

In this role, you’ll build on your proven experience in software development and add in the ability to lead and inspire your team. You’ll still be in a hands-on technical role, working day-to-day in a Scrum team, but you’ll be the one your colleagues look to for support, to set their technical direction, help them out of sticky situations, and advise them on the right approach to a problem. Our clients will know you as the most dynamic member of the team (though not necessarily the most senior in years) and as someone, they can rely upon to answer their questions and explain difficult technical stuff in a down-to-earth way.

You’ll have excellent knowledge of software development. We mainly use C++, Android or Java, so experience with those is really helpful, but if you can show expertise in other languages, good theoretical knowledge and an ability to learn quickly we’d still love to hear from you.

We’re an entrepreneurial, customer-facing consultancy business, so our Technical Leads need to be passionate about innovation, communication, and leading by example in all that they do; consistently providing a first-class service to their team, the business and a wide variety of customer stakeholders.

You’ll generally be part of an established Agile (Scrum) team. While Scrum teams don’t officially have leaders, you’ll be able to use your experience to offer support and advice to other members of the team.

The work involves the delivery of a wide array of bespoke customer projects – you might be working on anything from the next generation of TV streaming boxes to a new embedded Internet-of-Things device that might sit at the heart of the home of the future.

Our customers value our expertise and industry experience, so they will look to you for advice, feedback, and solutions to a variety of technical problems. This means you’ll need to be knowledgeable, approachable and adaptable; stepping in to assist proactively, wherever you see a potential bump in the road.

This is a highly visible role within the business and, as well as helping others; you’ll have significant opportunities to train, develop yourself, and to progress your own career at Consult Red.

Requirements

• Really strong, hands-on, software engineering experience
• Great knowledge of modern software engineering techniques – such as object-oriented design, unit testing/test-driven development, CI/CD, use of code analysis tools
• You are likely to have experience of developing in languages such as C++, Android or Java, but you’ll also be comfortable with the idea of learning new languages and technologies quickly
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams
• Experience mentoring and supporting other engineers on your team. While this doesn’t need to be in a formal management/leadership capacity, you will be a “people person” and a very strong team player, and you’ll know how to encourage a team to achieve its technical goals and hit deadlines
• A desire to grow your career – you’ll be the sort of person who is always up for a challenge, interested to learn new things and gain new experience
• A flexible, can-do approach
• Outstanding communication skills; you’ll be confident discussing technical matters with both technical and non-technical people

Experience with any of the following is useful, although not required – ability and willingness to learn is just as important.

C++11 / RDK / STL or frameworks such as Qt • Embedded or mobile Java, JNI • Linux development /kernel / driver / networking code • Android / AOSP development • RTOS • GCC / GDB • TDD and Unit Testing frameworks such as Google Test / Mockito / JUnit • Software development for consumer electronics, Internet of Things, or TV • Audio, Video & TV standards • Networking protocols and standards including TCP/IP, Wi-Fi, UPnP / DLNA, HLS, MPEG-DASH • Cloud development for AWS / Google Cloud / Microsoft Azure • Agile / Scrum / Kanban • UML • Use of planning tools e.g. Jira, MS Project

Benefits

• A competitive salary.
• Remote working
• Performance bonus.
• Employee ownership bonus
• 401(k) contributions matched up to 5%
• Flexible health care
• Dental & Vision coverage
• Life Insurance
• Paid Sick leave
• Paid Time Off
• Additional length of service PTO

So what are you waiting for? If this sounds like the challenge you’ve been looking for, just click apply to send us your details and we’ll be in touch really soon.

You can find out more about our company, and what it’s like to work with us, on our LinkedIn or Glassdoor pages