Flock
Insurance
EngineeringLead
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“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.
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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