Lead Engineer

Lead Engineer

About Blenheim Chalcot

Blenheim Chalcot is one of the leading venture builders in the world. We have been building exciting and disruptive businesses for over 26 years across sectors including FinTech, EdTech, GovTech, Media, Sport, Charity and more. These companies are all GenAI enabled and are some of the most innovative companies in the UK and increasingly around the world.

The BC team in India has been instrumental to the growth and success of Blenheim Chalcot. Established in 2009, Blenheim Chalcot India serves as a pivotal launchpad for those aiming to make a difference in the realm of innovation and entrepreneurship.

Blenheim Chalcot India is driven by a mission to empower visionaries to lead, innovate, and build disruptive solutions. We support our diverse portfolio of ventures and create impactful solutions that shape global trends. We provide a range of services to help new business get off the ground, including technology, growth (marketing and sales), talent, HR, finance, legal and tax, plus so much more!

One of our FinTech ventures, Koodoo, is scaling fast and we’re looking to hire high energy, motivated and curious talent to support them on that journey!

About Koodoo

Our vision is a world where securing the financing for your dream home is seamless and transparent. We are powering the future of mortgages.

Were are a digital mortgage platform that helps lenders distribute and underwrite mortgages digitally. The platform today powers digital distribution for 15 of the top 20 lenders in the UK as well as comparison for major brands e.g. Compare The Market, ClearScore, Confused.com, Experian, Go.Compare, Nerdwallet amongst others.

Our mission is to create a world where securing the best home finance deal is transparent, seamless and empowering. We do this through helping customers understand their mortgage options on their favourite comparison sites, and enabling them to apply for a mortgage directly with lenders or using a panel of mortgage brokers.

Responsibilities:

Experienced software engineer who can be individually productive in development, infrastructure configuration and deployment, or manage and mentor a team of engineers, leading by example.

Excellent written and verbal communicator who can listen, understand, synthesize and replay technical and non-technical project discussions.

Excited by the opportunity to work on new and early stage proof of concept projects and products with new ventures.

Comfortable with the ambiguity, pace and changes of direction that arise in these circumstances

Able to anchor a small to medium sized team as the senior engineering resource, owning technical design and delivery

Able to take a leadership role within a large engineering team, working with peer team leaders and reporting into a Head of Engineering

Strong familiarity with coding, tooling and infrastructure products across front-end and back-end development

Strong familiarity with software engineering processes including project and product lifecycle, development, code review, testing, release management, deployment and monitoring

Comfortable working across different infrastructure and environments, applying skills and experience to learn and get the best out of components that may be determined outside the project

Comfortable with security and able to seek and take advice

As a lead, you will, depending on the project, work independently or reporting directly to a Head of Engineering, Chief Architect or other senior technical staff to help coordinate across various engineering teams and projects.

While you are technically credible and know the details of what our engineers are working on, you will spend time ensuring our teams’ success, by putting each team member in the best position to succeed in their role.

You will always be looking for ways to improve productivity and increase the quality of outputs, and help in coordinating across various stakeholders and departments to accomplish goals collaboratively.

You will provide technical expertise, but will utilise your various “soft skills” to manage efficiently and effectively across a wide range of projects and teams to bring order from chaos by bringing consistency and alignment – being the glue - between all our engineering disciplines.

Must have:

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Able to design scalable and supportable cloud native solutions

An expert in at least one high-level language

Comfortable working with ambiguity and using lean development approaches to learn fast and pivot when needed

Product-focused and have a pragmatic approach to engineering, prioritising delivering value to our customers and stakeholders

Inquisitive and curious, and ask great questions

Constantly learning, problem solving and pushing boundaries

Experienced across a broad scope of technologies

A team player who collaborates effectively with others

Able to understand, communicate and improve the quality of multiple teams

Nice to have:

• Experience working with diverse and hybrid teams across multiple locations

• Experience in high growth environments

• Great brokering skills and can achieve consensus amongst stakeholders

• Management experience and credibility

• Demonstrated longevity in at least one job

• A wealth of technical knowledge, skills, and experience

Qualifications:

Bachelor's or above in a related field.

What we can offer you

Be part of the World’s Leading Digital Venture Builder

Have the opportunity to be a part of and learn from the incredible diverse talent in BC

Be exposed to the right mix of challenges, within a culture that promotes continuous learning and development and opportunity to work with GenAI

A fun and open, if a little cricket obsessed, atmosphere – we own the Rajasthan Royals IPL team!

19 days of Earned Leave+5 floater leave + public holidays

Maternity & paternity leaves

Private Medical for you and your immediate family

Important

At Blenheim Chalcot, we strive to create an environment where differences are not only accepted but greatly valued; where everyone can make the most of their capabilities and potential. We promote meritocracy, competence and the sharing of ideas and opinions. We are driven by data and believe the diversity, agility, generosity, and curiosity of our people is what sets us apart as an organisation. Our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion is evident through our constant focus on recruiting, developing and advancing individuals based on their skills and talent.

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