Who we are

Nova is a Liverpool-based venture builder, launched in 2009. We partner with entrepreneurs to turn ideas into successful, scalable tech startups, in sectors including health tech, fintech, and edtech. We iteratively design and develop products that will work at a web scale on any device delivering an exceptional experience to their end-user.

We practice agile methodologies, between our offices in the UK and Islamabad and we pride ourselves on our open communications and flat management structure. We hope we have created a company where honesty, talent, and hard work can shine.

If you think you have technical skills along with a progressive attitude to contribute to our fast-growing business, feel free to apply!

We have openings at our Islamabad office for Senior Technical Lead (Section Lead) to join our fast growing and fast-paced international organization.

About the Role:

Each Section builds and maintains software for up to four active projects. It is split into one Team per project. The Section Lead is also responsible for multiple inactive projects, for which they must handle emergency requests and make sure languages and frameworks are kept up-to-date. As a Sr. Technical Lead (Section Lead), you will:

• Act as an escalation point for your Team Leads, to provide support on team leadership and technical guidance.
• Maintain a high-level technical understanding of each of the projects in your Section, to include the basic architecture and technologies used.
• Maintain a high-level delivery understanding of each of the projects in your Section, knowing about upcoming major technical and project milestones.
• Complete performance reviews for your Team Leads or mentees each quarter, and provide salary recommendations to your Engineering Manager for all of the engineers in your Section.
• Be a member of the Project Resourcing Group, contributing to proposals for your Section of new and existing projects.
• Be responsible for the adherence of each project to the standards set within the department by the CTO.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience
• 5+ years of overall software development experience
• 2+ years of experience directly leading a development team of 3+ people
• Development experience using at least one of our core back-end technologies: .NET Core, ASP.Net Core (C#), Java or Node.js.
• Development experience using at least one of our core front-end technologies: ReactJS or React Native.
• Experience developing solutions using AWS services.
• Experience developing RESTful APIs.
• Expert knowledge in analyzing, designing, and developing solutions.
• Hands on experience with CI/CD tools and implementations.
• Essential team management skills:
• Clear, effective communication
• Emotional intelligence / empathy
• Ability to delegate / openness
• Problem solving / decision making
• Measuring performance / mentoring
• Adaptability / flexibility

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong experience with relational and non-relational databases (MySql, SqlServer, MongoDB, etc.)
• Experience with Stripe’s payment gateway would be an advantage.

Salary & Perks :

Salary: Market competitive salary as per the candidate's skills and expertise.

As well as we also offer

• Family healthcare including parents
• Dynamic learning environment
• The opportunity to gain shares in UK business
• Paid wedding leaves
• Paid Maternity / Paternity leave
• Flexible, relaxed, flat structure working environment

Job Type: COVID-19 Remote