Lead Engineer

Job Description

At Visa, we are passionate about making a difference. We lead the way in disrupting fraud from multiple vectors. In this role you will be joining an exciting, innovative business new to the Visa family.

At Featurespace, we strive to be the world’s best software company at protecting our clients and their customers from fraud attacks. We do that with personality, heart and professionalism, cultivating an innovative, fun and positive team atmosphere where everybody can contribute to solving our clients’ problems in new, innovative ways. We are always seeking to be the best at what we do and make our customers smile.

The Opportunity

In this role you will motivate the team to ensure delivery of the required standards of excellence and performance. Supporting the continued personal and professional development of all team members. You will lead the team to ensure that resources (people, technological, etc.) and processes are appropriate to the required standards of operation, cost-efficiency, best practice, and performance. You will work with Engineering Management and Product to plan and size new product features for future releases, and have responsibility for team level prioritisation and scheduling of work whilst providing higher-level status updates and take operational responsibility.

Responsibilities       

We hire people with a willingness to adapt to a variable role, so along with the key responsibilities below, we ask for ownership of any other duties as required.

Technical

• Champion engineering best practices across the organisation.
• Ensure your team poses appropriate high technical competence and strives for excellence.

Impact

• Provide leadership to engineering managers, address technical, resource and personnel issues.
• Proactively nurture the talent of the senior staff in your areas.
• Build and support high functioning, motivated teams.
• Lead projects with high strategic importance.
• Ensure key technical decisions have the relevant stakeholder buy in and support.
• Continuously seek ways to improve team processes.
• Advocate for team within the wider organisation.

Behaviour

• Demonstrate high emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills.
• Lead by example, promoting ethical behaviour and integrity.
• Seek diverse perspectives and deliver high quality developmental feedback.
• Set high quality personal development plans for your teams.
• Mentor other engineering managers.
• Develop succession plans and identify future leaders.
• Build strong networks within and outside the organisation.
• Coach and develop leadership skills in others.

This is a hybrid position, we therefore require 3 days per week in the Cambridge office.

Qualifications

Required experience:

• Extensive software engineering and IT experience, leading teams.
• Proven track record of success in leadership positions.
• Ability to deal with multiple concurrent issues, bringing a sense of calm when situations require.
• Exceptional project management and organisational skills.
• Strong, clear, concise written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven experience fostering good engineering practices and processes.