Flock

Insurance

EngineeringLead

£105–155k ~AI est. London, United Kingdom FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Engineering Lead at Flock. Skills: Engineering leadership, Cloud infrastructure, API development. Own delivery for Acquisition team. Write high-quality TypeScript”

What You'll Achieve.

Ship features impacting fleet choice; Raise standards for engineers; Make team faster and confident

Industry & Context.

Insurance
Problems you'll solve

Pragmatic trade-offs

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Co-lead team with PM, Hands-on engineering, Ship high-quality TypeScript, AWS experience, Pragmatic technical decisions, Raise engineering standards, Improve developer experience

Nice to Have

Align technical direction broadly, Terraform or CDK experience, Improve operational resilience, Design event-driven systems, Experience in fast-moving environment, Create conditions for engineers to step up

What You'll Do.

Own delivery for Acquisition team

Write high-quality TypeScript

Own end-to-end delivery

Translate business goals

Share technical direction

Make pragmatic trade-offs

Integrate with RESTful APIs

Contribute to API development

Support Acquisition team services

Extend Acquisition team pipelines

Provision cloud resources

Manage cloud resources

Challenge engineer thinking

Deliver high-quality code

Act as force-multiplier

Raise standards via code reviews

Shape technical direction

Bring clarity to problems

Define impactful deliverables

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Work with PM; Work with ELT; Work with stakeholders; Co-lead with PM; Cross-functional teams

Communication Scope

Represent team upwards; Translate business goals

Process & Methodology

Delivery plans, Scoping, Planning

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 ac

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