Ding is the world’s leading universal top-up service. Founded in 2006, born from seeing something that wasn’t there. More than 80% of the world’s 5 billion mobile phones are now prepaid – and growing. We believe mobile phones can change lives and we want to improve people’s lives by helping those with less gain access to more.
Ding is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, and has employees working across the world!
We are proud of our culturally diverse team of more than 200 employees, all with unique personalities who support our commitment to delivering cutting-edge, potentially life-changing technology to developed and emerging markets alike.
We're always on the lookout for talented people who embody our core values:
- We are Customer Curious
- We are Thinkers, Linkers & Doers
- We Work Better Together
- We Seek Out that Spark
About this role:
As Engineering Team Lead you will report into the Head of Engineering. This role will see you immersed amongst a team of .NET developers, interacting with other teams such as Architects, Product, QA and DBA to name just a few. You’ll perform hands-on development with our exciting technology stack and play a key part in the design and decision-making process. While the role is hands-on from a coding perspective, there’s also a strong emphasis on involvement with enhancing design, technical standards, improving the development process and the ongoing investigation around new technologies and practices.
This is a really exciting opportunity to create an impact and gain great experience in dynamic, growing, global company; if you’re a talented technology enthusiast who can learn our tools quickly and hey, maybe suggest some new ones to us too - we’d love to hear from you!
What we need you to do:
- Build out web-scale applications and platforms using modern .NET technology.
- Work with the latest platforms and tooling including Visual Studio/ReSharper/Rider, CoPilot, Chat GPT and .NET 6/.NET 8.
- Work with exciting Microsoft and Open-Source technologies (Redis, RabbitMQ, Structure Map, SQL, MongoDB and NHibernate).
- Participate in adoption of native AWS cloud technologies.
- Slice monoliths into new microservices as Docker containers.
- Lead a team of 2 developers; supporting and coaching them to succeed in their roles and develop their careersMeet challenging deadlines; collaborating with a team who are constantly thinking about efficiency through good practices.
What we are looking for:
- Ability to be part of the whole lifecycle of a feature; from idea to discussion with the business to delivery, release and production.
- Analytical skills with the ability to investigate and troubleshoot.
- A strong team player who has experience using Kanban methodologies and can mentor other members amongst a distributed team; fostering a collaborative and inclusive environment.
- The ability to give accurate estimates and to manage timelines with other stakeholders.
- Excellent written and spoken English.
Ding is committed to creating equal employment opportunities in the workplace. We know that experience looks different for everyone – if you believe your proven experience would suit this role and is what we are looking for we encourage you to apply.
Life at Ding:
At Ding, we are striving to grow and nurture a culture that is inclusive, global, and equitable but most of all fun! In addition, to your basic salary and bonus there are many benefits also available across Ding. Some are recent additions, some have been enhanced and others have been there all along!
- YOLO days & Dingversary Leave: additional holidays the year of your 4th/7th/10th/13th Anniversary
- Ding Dollars: flexible benefit allowance allowing you to tailor your benefit choice
- Flexible & Hybrid Working: we recognise the need to use space and working practices in ways that best support you
- Work Abroad Programme: the opportunity to work for 30 days from another country each year
- Tax Free Remote Working Allowance: of up to €70 per month
- Wellness Programme: with monthly events, both virtual and in-person
- Referral Fees
- Enhanced Family Policies
Our aim is to build and run the safest, simplest, most effective and convenient top-up technology, in partnership with the best operators and platforms. Now more than ever we realise the importance of keeping in touch and here at Ding we believe a little goes a long way.
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