Tech Lead

Company DescriptionInforma is a leading academic publishing business intelligence knowledge and events business creating unique content and connectivity for customers all over the world It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 100 Taylor Francis Group produces high quality peer reviewed books and journals We produce unique trusted content by expert authors spreading knowledge and promoting discovery globally We aim to broaden thinking and advance understanding providing academics and professionals with a platform to share ideas and realise their individual potential We are currently looking to bring on a talented self-motivated and conscientious Tech Lead to work in our busy development of our submission platform focusing on helping researchers publish to leading journals You will work with like minded talented engineers towards enriching the experience of our users and partners and report to Head of Engineering What you ll be doing xc2 xb7 Contribute to all aspects of the services under the team s ownership which includes design implementation refactoring automated testing deployment and uptime of the services xc2 xb7 Help other team members grow as engineers through code review pairing and mentoring xc2 xb7 Leading 1 or more scrum teams to design deliver epics stories the backlogs xc2 xb7 Improve internal team processes by keeping what s working throwing away what s not xc2 xb7 Help set the vision of the services under the team s ownership xc2 xb7 Help align the roadmap based on customer and company desires xc2 xb7 Build the technology the right way for us this means simple well-tested services that gradually grow over time and that provide plenty of insight into production performanceQualificationsWhat we re looking for xc2 xb7 Being passionate about your craft and want to be surrounded by like-minded individuals xc2 xb7 Ability to clearly communicate to technical and non-technical audiences xc2 xb7 Ability to multitask in a dynamic environment xc2 xb7 Possess a good understanding of continuous delivery writing unit tests and automated testing xc2 xb7 Prior experience delivering using Agile on at least 1 key projects xc2 xb7 Comfortable working at all tiers of modern applications from the frontend all the way to the database xc2 xb7 Do TDD BDD all day xc2 xb7 Enjoy working with any and all technologies like Java Javascript MySQL Angular React Node MongoDB and love playing around with AWS xc2 xb7 Must have a very strong knowledge of how the web works and how to make it efficient HTTP caching page rendering sockets etc xc2 xb7 Must possess solid software development fundamentals data structures algorithms problem solving OO design and system architecture xc2 xb7 Must have exposure to Microservice Architecture Domain Driven Design REST APIs Single Page Applications xc2 xb7 Care about great design not only in the product and visual sense but also in your code and technical architecture xc2 xb7 Have experience managing Git and release workflow xc2 xb7 Have a BE Msc - Computer Science xc2 xb7 Have a minimum 10 years in Java Javascript programming experience Additional Information 24 days annual leave 4 volunteering days annually Day off for your birthday Pension contributions Medical insurance for self and dependants life cover and personal accident cover for self Seasonal social and charitable events Training and development Blended style and flexi working time Right tools for remote working At Taylor Francis we care about our colleagues promoting work-life balance wellbeing and flexible working We believe that the skills and experience you bring to Taylor Francis are invaluable We want you to have the opportunity to develop your abilities and to innovate and develop in areas which you are passionate about You must have the right to work and live in the India This role is based at our Bangalore officeWe would like to thank all applicants in advance and regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified