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Lead Backend Developer

WARACLE · GB
Web Development Full–time
ID: #2483
Posted: 2026-03-07
Salary

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Waracle is looking for a Lead Backend Developer to join our world-class digital technology consultancy. We are a diverse, smart, and ambitious community of specialists dedicated to technology-driven transformation. We partner with bold clients to solve their most significant business challenges, creating intelligent digital products that make a real impact. We thrive on complexity and deliver business-critical IT transformation, moving seamlessly from strategy and design to delivery and operations.This is a Hybrid role working from the Bristol office 2 days per week.The OpportunityAs a Lead Developer, you will be a cornerstone of our technical community, operating at a strategic level to define project-level architecture and technical approaches. This role is about more than just code; it's about empowerment. You will foster a psychologically safe environment where your squads can flourish, translating big-picture business objectives into clear, achievable technical tasks. You'll be a key influencer, ensuring our technical roadmaps align with long-term goals while managing expectations with heart and transparency.Key Aspects of the RoleTechnical Leadership: Defining architecture for squads and proactively anticipating risks in scaling systems.Strategic Planning: Turning business dreams into technical reality and ensuring our solutions meet long-term client needs.Stakeholder Collaboration: Facilitating workshops to deeply understand requirements and managing the balance between scope, budget, and priorities.Team Empowerment: Leading a project squad with accountability for delivery while championing a collaborative culture.Operational Excellence: Taking ownership of technical outcomes and making thoughtful trade-offs to maintain a healthy delivery pace.Practice Leadership: Owning Community of Practice (CoP) initiatives and setting the gold standard for coding and shared practices.Flexible & Sustainable DeliveryWe believe in work-life harmony and being transparent about how we work. To ensure our releases are supported smoothly, this role involves a predictable, rotating shift pattern just two days a month.Rotation: On these two days, you'll work either 6 AM - 2 PM or 12 PM - 8 PM.Standard Hours: Aside from these two pre-planned days, all other working time follows our standard business hours.What you'll bringCore Technical Expertise: Deep experience in defining and scaling microservices, specifically maintaining and troubleshooting secure Go (Go langage) systems at scale.Polyglot Mindset: Senior-level experience in at least one other major programming language, showing your ability to lead across diverse environments.Orchestration Mastery: Expert-level command of Kubernetes and Helm for complex, cloud-native deployments.Strategic Delivery: A proven track record of leading squads through the full Agile lifecycle, from initial design to Continuous Delivery (CD).Quality Mentorship: Mastery of coding best practices and the ability to inspire and enforce high standards across teams.Analytical Acumen: Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to manage technical trade-offs effectively.Recruitment processInitial Chat: You'll start with a call with your dedicated Talent Acquisition Partner to talk about Waracle, your aspirations, salary, and benefits.Two-Stage Interview: You'll then be invited to a two-stage process to dive deeper into the role and showcase your unique skills and experience.Supportive Guidance: Your Talent Partner will be by your side, guiding you through every step until your first day.We believe in supporting our team, inside and outside of work. Here's a glimpse of what you can expect: Our valuesTo make the world a better place through impactful softwareFrequently-asked questionsHere are some of the things that people tend to ask about working at Waracle.We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.We are not accepting applications from recruitment agencies. •

Hard Skills 4
Skill Source Confidence
Go (Golang) llm_hard
100%
Kubernetes llm_hard
100%
Microservices llm_hard
100%
CI/CD llm_hard
80%
Soft Skills 16
Skill Source Confidence
Facilitation llm_soft
100%
Problem-Solving llm_soft
100%
Leadership llm_soft
100%
Team Leadership llm_soft
100%
Strategic Thinking llm_soft
100%
Mentoring llm_soft
100%
Coaching llm_soft
100%
Decision-Making llm_soft
100%
Stakeholder Communication llm_soft
100%
Collaboration llm_soft
100%
Project Management llm_soft
80%
Building Trust llm_soft
80%
Adaptability llm_soft
80%
Emotional Intelligence llm_soft
80%
Time Management llm_soft
80%
Giving and Receiving Feedback llm_soft
80%
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