Flock
insurance
EngineeringLead
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“Engineering Lead at Flock. Skills: Technical Leadership, TypeScript Development, AWS Serverless, Team Growth, Delivery Ownership. Owning delivery, operational reliability and developer experience for the Acquisition team.. Shipping production code.”
What You'll Achieve.
Lead a team building products that directly drive Flock's growth.; Own delivery and technical quality for the Acquisition team.; Ship features that directly impact how fleets find and choose Flock.; Raise standards and share ownership of technical direction.; Drive improvements to developer experience, CI/CD, observability and release practices.; Ship products that directly drive growth.; Raise the bar for engineers around you.; Improve operational resilience through observability, runbooks and automated recovery.
Industry & Context.
Making pragmatic trade-offs that balance reliability, performance and cost; Navigating the trade-offs that come with eventual consistency at scale; Bringing clarity to complex problems
Minimum of 3 days per week spent in the office in Central London.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Proven ability to co-lead a team alongside a PM, taking joint ownership of delivery, quality and outcomes, not just your own output., Hands-on engineering comfortable shipping high-quality, well-tested TypeScript in production and holding the team to the same standard., Significant experience with AWS and modern serverless (Lambda, API Gateway, SQS, EventBridge, DynamoDB, S3, CloudWatch) or other cloud platforms., A pragmatic approach to technical decisions, balancing reliability, observability, performance and cost, and bringing engineers along on the reasoning., Track record of raising engineering standards as a force-multiplier, through code reviews, pairing, design discussions and shaping long-term technical direction., Communication able to represent the team upwards and translate business goals into clear technical scope and delivery plans., Experience improving developer experience, CI/CD, release practices and delivery cadence across a team.
Nice to Have
Experience aligning technical direction beyond your immediate team, working with senior stakeholders and other leads to shape how engineering works at a broader level., Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform or CDK, with a track record of improving operational resilience through observability, runbooks and automated recovery., Practical experience designing event-driven, distributed systems and navigating the trade-offs that come with eventual consistency at scale., Background in a fast-moving, product-led environment where commercial impact drives decisions and adapting quickly is part of the job., A track record of creating the conditions for engineers to step up, not just mentoring but actively giving ownership and space to grow.
What You'll Do.
operational reliability and developer experience for the Acquisition team.
Shipping production code.
Providing technical coaching and leadership.
Owning delivery and technical quality for the Acquisition team.
Shipping features that directly impact how fleets find and choose Flock.
well-tested TypeScript.
Owning end-to-end delivery to production.
Translating business goals into clear technical scope
success metrics and delivery plans.
Coaching and mentoring engineers.
Driving improvements to developer experience
observability and release practices.
Making pragmatic trade-offs across AWS services.
Integrating with and contributing to the development of RESTful APIs.
Supporting and extending the Acquisition team's services and pipelines using AWS.
Provisioning and managing cloud resources using infrastructure-as-code tools.
Leading projects from scoping and planning through to delivery and measuring impact.
Giving engineers space and ownership to lead projects.
Raising standards through code reviews
pairing and design discussions.
Championing practical testing
type-safe APIs and pragmatic patterns.
Bringing clarity to complex problems.
Defining sharply scoped
impactful deliverables.
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Working closely with the PM to lead the team toward its goals.; Working hand in hand with the PM to ship features.; Partnering with product to drive impact.; Working closely with the PM, the Engineering Leadership Team and stakeholders.; Co-owning the team's success with the PM.; Giving engineers the space and ownership to lead projects themselves.; Asking the right questions to challenge engineers' thinking.; Working with senior stakeholders and other leads to shape engineering at a broader level.; Creating the conditions for engineers to step up.
Communication Scope
Represent the team upwards; Translate business goals into clear technical scope and delivery plans
Process & Methodology
Owning delivery, Delivery plans, Scoping and planning, Measuring impact, Delivery cadence
Full Job Description
A BIT ABOUT FLOCK At Flock we do insurance very differently. We're nearing 1 billion connected, insured miles. Meaning our real-time, data-driven approach enables us to price connected vehicle insurance and assess risk better than ever before, giving fleet owners the insights they need to improve safety. We don’t just pay claims; we help our customers prevent them. We now insure hundreds of fleets in the UK, including the likes of Amazon, DPD, Uber and Bolt. We've now raised over £50M and our goal is to become the leading insurance company for connected and autonomous vehicles, and we're building a world-class team to help us get there. THE ROLE Engineering Lead for the Acquisition team. You'll work closely with the PM to lead the team toward its goals, owning delivery, operational reliability and developer experience. You’ll ship production code and provide technical coaching and leadership to the engineers around you, not line management. WHAT WE THINK IS MOST EXCITING ABOUT THE ROLE: Lead a team building products that directly drive Flock's growth - Own delivery and technical quality for the Acquisition team, working hand in hand with the PM to ship features that directly impact how fleets find and choose Flock. - Write high-quality, well-tested TypeScript and own end-to-end delivery to production Partner with product to drive impact - Work closely with the PM, the Engineering Leadership Team and stakeholders to translate business goals into clear technical scope, success metrics and delivery plans. Grow engineers around you - Lead by example through code, design discussions and pairing. - Coach and mentor engineers across the team to raise standards and share ownership of technical direction. Shape how the team works, not just what it builds - Drive improvements to developer experience, CI/CD, observability and release practices that make the whole team faster and more confident. - Make pragmatic trade-offs that balance reliability, performance and cost a
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