Engineering Lead

Description
We are looking for engineering leaders to help us ship amazing products and develop outstanding engineers.


Our Mission
We’re creating a more open world, where identity is the key to access.

Onfido is the new identity standard for the internet. Our AI-based technology assesses whether a user’s government-issued ID is genuine or fraudulent, and then compares it against their facial biometrics. That’s how we give companies like Revolut, Barclays, Babylon Health and BlaBlaCar the assurance they need to onboard customers remotely and securely.


The Technology Team
We are over 100 technologists at Onfido. We range from machine learning scientists and product designers to mobile, back-end, front-end and test engineers. The challenges are varied and it's easy to stay hungry as opportunities are plenty. Tech teams are cross functional which gives them a great degree of autonomy. As a lead, there are opportunities in the following teams:

SDK Team
This team ships the Onfido SDKs that the aim to deliver an easy to integrate, customizable and accessible user flow. One focus of the team is on helping the end user take the best quality photos/videos of themselves and their documents. This is so that when we do verify them, the verification does not fail for quality reasons. Another focus is on integrator experience, this demands high quality api/code design and high interoperability with customer web apps.

We also develop security mechanisms that ensure both the safety of user data, but also the integrity of that data. This is to ensure that fraudsters are not able to fool us about the source of the data.

Customer Acquisition & Experience
This team focuses on delivering great experiences to our customers. They work on three stages of the customer experience: the first contact customers have with Onfido, trialling and onboarding, and finally managing customers’ live integrations, which includes the Onfido API and its tools. Front end wise they develop our customer dashboard, React Native demo apps, documentation, website and design system!

Requirements
At Onfido, we work in cross-functional, mission-driven teams who build and ship independently. We place huge value on trust and ownership, and believe these are the key elements behind motivated, engaged and high-performing teams. Here’s a bit more about how teams work at Onfido.

Engineering leadership at Onfido is twofold:

In partnership with a product manager, you’ll be responsible for guiding your team to deliver on their mission and figuring out how to make that real - with the best balance of pace, rigour and customer value
You’ll be responsible for guiding the growth, wellbeing and performance of a small team of engineers
We believe that combining team leadership and people management allows our engineering leaders to have a tremendous impact, both on individual growth and Onfido’s long-term success.




Our wish list is a combination of…
Solid background in software development; ideally, past experience in a technical leadership role
Experience managing the performance and career development of engineers
You build strong relationships and care deeply about finding ways to help others succeed
Experience working in an agile development environment
Track record of developing and growing people.
...plus Bonus points:
Experience with one of the following: iOS or Android.
Familiar with Web functionality
Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, AWS.
Benefits
We're committed to making Onfido a fantastic place to work, so we go to great lengths to give you what you need to succeed. Our benefits include:

Meaningful equity in our business
A monthly wellness subsidy - to be spent on childcare, sport, therapy or any activity that improves mental health
Training budget to go to conferences or take courses
Quarterly team socials
For more details on our amazing benefits see here!



Our Culture
Succeed Together - If someone is in need of help, the default is to pull up a chair and spend some time working on the problem together. This is actively encouraged by all levels of management.
Take Pride - We like to talk about our achievements and people are actively encouraged to share and explain interesting pieces of work they have done. There are multiple forums for this such as guilds, weekly company presentations, tech presentations.
Learn Things, Share Them - We make time to learn we have a good library and dedicated budget to go to conferences, buy books and courses. We also expect people to share their knowledge. We even have our own Onfido University with regular courses taught by anyone who’s interested. We’ve even had people change professions from courses they took at Onfido!
Find A Better Way - Like all companies we have some haunted forests, but we have plenty of people who are willing to venture in and change things. This is encouraged and time can always be made available if value is clearly added to the wider team.
Customer Buzz - When we build or change features, we are not shy about it. We tell our customers, particularly if it's an idea coming from them. Our goal is to delight them and get them excited about everything we do.

What next?
Apply! We’ll then assess and start the process:

Initial phone call with recruiter + engineer
Technical task and assessment
Cultural fit interview