Engineering Lead - #1769814
UST

Who we are:Born digital, UST transforms lives through the power of technology. We walk alongside our clients and partners, embedding innovation and agility into everything they do. We help them create transformative experiences and human-centered solutions for a better world.
UST is a mission-driven group of over 30,000+ practical problem solvers and creative thinkers in over 30+ countries. Our entrepreneurial teams are empowered to innovate, act nimbly, and create a lasting and sustainable impact for our clients, their customers, and the communities in which we live. With us, you’ll create a boundless impact that transforms your career—and the lives of people across the world.
Visit us at UST.com.You Are: We are looking for an Engineering Lead to take the helm and lead our technical engagement with a large retail client. This is all part of our journey with them on a digital transformation to build a unified commerce experience for their customers.
Key areas of work will include new customer-centric products, capability-based engineering, improved automation, new product information management and many more as we layer in the ground work for the unified commerce experience. As the Engineering Lead, you will be at the forefront of driving this change and adaptation for our client. Your reach and impact will be across the entirety of our client’s Engineering capability, working with their senior leadership team.
You will be ensuring they are given the tools and support they need to not only deliver great products to their customers but also to continue developing the engineering capability. The role will be a hybrid role with 3 days onsite at the clients’ offices in the Midlands. The Opportunity:Technical decision making and alignment across an entire engineering division
Senior people management - the wins, the misses and any improvements required
Stakeholder management up to CxO - presenting, pitching, clarifying
Career progression / growing leaders and teams
Team culture - assessing setting and embedding culture
Measurement driven approaches across people, process, technology
Arbitrator of difficult prioritisation situations
Spotting problems before they become highly impactful - navigating and pitching accordingly
What you need:Experience of running an engineering function including managing people and a team across multiple geographies
Experience of managing front end, packaged products, QA and Platform software engineers
Experience of managing SAFe Agile team
Experience of SAFe working in a Retail organisations
Proven track record of managing all aspects of a successful projects / products throughout its lifecycle.Senior stakeholder management skills
Understanding of modern application designs, ecommerce solutions and MACH architectures.Understanding in the latest automated testing methodologies and CI/CD processes
Tech Environment:React.JSNode.JSJavaJavascriptEcommerce Software SolutionsWhat we believe:We’re proud to embrace the same values that have shaped UST since the beginning. Since day one, we’ve been building enduring relationships and a culture of integrity. And today, it's those same values that are inspiring us to encourage innovation from everyone, to champion diversity and inclusion, and to place people at the center of everything we do.
Humility:We will listen, learn, be empathetic and help selflessly in our interactions with everyone. Humanity:Through business, we will better the lives of those less fortunate than ourselves. Integrity:We honour our commitments and act with responsibility in all our relationships.
Equal Employment Opportunity StatementUST is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. UST reserves the right to periodically redefine your roles and responsibilities based on the requirements of the organization and/or your performance.
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