Technical Lead (Golang) - EMEA

1 day, 7 hours ago
Full-time
Lead
Software Development
Tyk API Management

Tyk API Management

Tyk is a leading API Management Platform that enables interconnectivity between systems and devices through its fast, scalable, and open-source API Gateway, Analytics, Dev Portal, and Dashboard.

Internet Software & Services
51-250
Founded 2015
$40M raised

Description

  • Define and maintain solution design principles and tooling standards for testing, CI/CD, observability, and quality.
  • Work with the Head of Engineering Operations to refine domain strategy and propose new technical approaches.
  • Design and deliver reusable frameworks and components that reduce duplicated effort across engineering teams.
  • Build scalable testing infrastructure, observability frameworks, CI/CD optimizations, and automation tools, primarily in Go.
  • Write production-ready Go code and contribute hands-on to complex technical solutions.
  • Identify performance bottlenecks, flaky pipelines, test infrastructure failures, and other systemic engineering issues.
  • Lead architectural decisions, create ADRs, and align teams around target-state architecture and platform strategy.
  • Mentor engineers on solution design, testing, CI/CD, quality best practices, and engineering processes.
  • Lead major initiatives end-to-end using Kanban, from problem definition through rollout and impact measurement.
  • Line-manage engineers in the Non-Functionals team, including 1:1s, feedback, and career development.

Requirements

  • Strong software engineering experience with significant work on non-functional capabilities such as observability, testing, CI/CD, reliability, and developer productivity.
  • Proven leadership experience driving technical initiatives across multiple engineering teams.
  • Deep knowledge of architectural frameworks and principles, such as TOGAF.
  • Experience designing long-term target-state architectures and architectural blueprints.
  • Demonstrated success delivering measurable productivity, reliability, or efficiency improvements with quantified ROI.
  • Experience line-managing, mentoring, and coaching engineers.
  • Hands-on experience with both client-side and server-side systems.
  • Strong understanding of cloud-native environments, including Kubernetes, observability, CI/CD, and testing at scale.
  • Experience in performance optimization, test infrastructure, and quality automation.
  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code, automation frameworks, and modern software quality tooling.
  • Advanced Go development skills, with Go as the primary language for frameworks and tooling.
  • Proficiency with Kubernetes, including resource optimization, deployments, and pod management.
  • Infrastructure as Code proficiency with Terraform or similar tools.
  • Proficiency with developer tooling such as linters, static analysis, and pre-commit hooks.
  • Strong API design and integration skills for automation tools.
  • Strong understanding of Kanban, with knowledge of SCRUM principles.
  • Deep knowledge of software quality practices, including static analysis, dependency management, and security scanning.
  • Data analysis mindset with comfort establishing baselines, tracking outcomes, and building metrics to demonstrate impact.
  • Proficiency with CI/CD systems, particularly GitHub Actions, including workflow design and optimization.

Benefits

  • Unlimited paid holidays.
  • Remote working from anywhere in the world.
  • Total flexibility in working hours.
  • Employee share scheme.
  • Generous maternity and paternity leave.
  • Volunteering days.
  • Company retreats.
  • Employee wellbeing platform.

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