Technical Lead - Full Stack - ReactJS, NodeJS

Cyara is the world’s leading Automated CX Assurance Platform provider, enabling leading brands across the globe to build better customer experiences faster. Through automated testing and monitoring, Cyara accelerates the delivery of flawless customer journeys across digital and voice channels while reducing the risk of customer-facing defects. Every day the most recognizable brands, including Airbnb and NAB trust Cyara to deliver customer smiles at scale. Our promise is Customer Smiles - Delivered at Scale, and as a member of Cyara’s team, you’ll be given the opportunity to bring that mission to fruition alongside our amazing community of fun-loving forward thinkers. Interested to find out more about us? Check out: www.cyara.com

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Cyara’s Values: 

At Cyara, our values shape everything we do. We're passionate about Delivering Excellence by putting the customer first, collaborating globally, and always striving to improve. We take smart risks and Innovate Boldly, setting new standards and learning from every experience. Integrity First is our cornerstone—we value humility, authenticity, and respect for diversity, building trust in all we do. We Embrace Curiosity by empowering you to experiment, learn, and grow in a dynamic environment. At Cyara, our values drive us forward, shaping a culture where innovation and excellence thrive. 

Cyara’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusive and Belonging: 

At Cyara, we are dedicated to fostering a workplace that embodies equal opportunity and champions diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB). We strive to cultivate an environment where every individual feels valued, respected, and empowered to bring their whole selves to work, contributing unique perspectives and talents. Our commitment includes continuously evaluating and enhancing our policies, practices, and culture to align with our DEIB principles. We ensure a discrimination-free environment where individuals are evaluated solely on their merits and abilities, regardless of legally protected statuses such as sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, or medical condition. By celebrating our differences and championing inclusivity, we enrich our organization, make more thoughtful decisions, and drive collective success. 

As a Tech Lead, Engineering at Cyara, you will play a pivotal role in leading and coordinating engineering efforts while also contributing directly to technical projects. You will guide a team of talented engineers, foster collaboration, and drive the successful execution of our product roadmap. You'll support engineers in their development and reviews. This role requires a strong technical background, excellent communication skills, and a passion for delivering high-quality solutions that exceed customer expectations.

You will be responsible for:

• Team Leadership: Lead and coordinate engineering efforts, ensuring alignment with the product roadmap and strategic goals.
• Technical Contribution: Actively contribute to technical projects, providing expertise and driving high-quality outcomes.
• Mentorship and Reviews: Support engineers in their development through mentorship and code reviews, ensuring adherence to best practices.
• Collaboration and Communication: Foster collaboration and effective communication within the team and with other departments.
• Quality Assurance: Ensure the delivery of high-quality solutions that meet customer expectations and business requirements.
• Agile Participation: Lead Agile processes, promoting iterative development and continuous improvement.
• Problem Solving and UX Delivery: Address challenging problems to deliver impactful UX solutions quickly, efficiently, and with high quality.
• Scalable Systems Architecture: Contribute to the evolution of systems architecture, ensuring scalability with the growing demands of the business.
• Collaborative Cross-Functional Work: Share knowledge and communicate effectively (both verbally and in writing) across the organization to align front-end development with overall business objectives.
• Problem Identification and Resolution: Analyse, identify, and address problems or bugs to ensure a seamless and error-free user interface.
• Contribution to Modernisation Efforts: Contribute significantly to multiple front-end frameworks, with a primary goal of modernizing the company's technology stack, particularly focusing on React.

Let’s talk about your skills/expertise:

• Minimum 8 years of industry experience. 
• Advanced, wide-ranging experience using professional concepts and company objectives.
• Applies a deep understanding of the technology stack and development processes to improve overall efficiency and quality.
• Works on complex issues requiring detailed analysis and innovative problem-solving.
• Develops robust solutions that address both immediate and long-term technical challenges.
• Networks with key contacts outside their own area of expertise, collaborates across teams, and facilitates knowledge sharing.
• Encourages a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
• Good understanding and experience in modern software design/software engineering such as modern web application development (REST API, CI/CD, Docker, Git). 
• Advanced programming skills with a willingness to learn new technologies.
• Experience working with the full technology stack, including the following but not limited to: 




Front-End: 

• Strong JavaScript knowledge with mandatory React experience
• React Projects: Proven experience in creating projects from scratch, maintaining, and extending existing ones using react-app.
• State Management: Strong experience in using React hooks for state management, context providers, refs, and callback functions.
• Typescript: Good command in writing and understanding *.tsx code, configuring and managing ts config files.
• Front-End Technologies: Solid understanding of HTML and CSS; experience with preprocessors would be a plus.
• Styling: Proficiency in dynamic styling and experience building projects with Webpack.
• Material UI Library: Experience with Material UI Library and its API, including the ability to create reusable components.
• Netlify: Experience with Netlify is optional but considered a plus, mainly for the creation and deployment of sites and functions.
• Familiarity with AG-grid and High charts will be an advantage.




Back-End:

• Microservices Architecture: Experience in building scalable applications using microservice architecture. 
• Node JS Framework Proficiency: Strong knowledge of Node framework.
• Experience with MongoDB and Influx DB will be an advantage.
• Advantageous to have previous experience in designing and implementing event-driven systems using Apache Kafka.
• Concurrent and Parallel Programming: Solid understanding of concurrency, parallelism, and event-driven architecture. 
• Web sockets, WebRTC and Kong service experience.
• Experience with writing unit tests for backend applications.

 

Deployment:

• Experience with AWS and GCP based cloud platform. 
• Skilled in working with CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins. 
• Ability to design and implement scalable and secure cloud solutions.
• Familiarity with cloud cost management practices.
• Linux background would be considered advantageous.




Security:

• In-depth understanding of web security principles and best practices, complemented by practical experience in implementing advanced security measures.
• Proven track record in designing and executing security strategies to defend against both common and sophisticated threats, including SQL injection, XSS, and CSRF vulnerabilities.
• Skilled in optimizing code, queries, and server configurations to improve performance and scalability.

Why you should join us: 

At Cyara you’ll have the opportunity to work with a group of people who share common goals, are driven by a similar passion, and value the expertise of their peers. Cyara is committed to being an equal opportunity employer, focused on building and maintaining a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace; and a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment, based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy. At Cyara we appreciate and welcome the fact that our culture is living and growing as we continue to evolve over time. With this opportunity comes the chance to enjoy a flexible work environment, competitive compensation and a work culture that's results-oriented, fast-paced and focused on continuous improvement, whilst maintaining a family first, team oriented, and ever positive atmosphere.

Cyara cares for its own - you’ll feel that on your first day - and you'll get the chance to work for a global, growing company, and an all-inclusive team of innovators.

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