Engineering Lead

Salary Competitive

Slice, Belfast is hiring for a Lead Software Engineer who is a skilled developer that builds high quality, scalable software and who is self motivated with the ability to make smart decisions!


What is Slice?

Slice is the easiest way to order authentic local pizza. We serve the $45 billion U.S. pizzeria market in two ways: by providing a pizza-centric mobile and web ordering experience for consumers and by empowering local restaurants with technology that grows their business and helps them compete with Big Pizza. Can you imagine what a local pizza shop could achieve with the resources of Domino’s?

Slice was born in 2011 and has quietly bootstrapped its way to profitability while building a network of more than 10,000 pizzerias nationwide. Ilir Sela, the founder and CEO, started the company as a passion project to help friends and family in the pizza business but he quickly saw a massive opportunity and has built an amazing team of operators, technologists, and investors.

The Ideal Candidate

You are a skilled developer that builds high quality, scalable software. You are self motivated with the ability to make smart decisions and ask questions when necessary. You lead by example and are known as a pragmatic and reliable thinker. You know that the best results are delivered through a combination of leadership, critical thinking and teamwork. You know how to build relationships with stakeholders of all kinds, not just engineers. You are as comfortable discussing the roadmap of the product you are responsible for as much as you are the implementation of the features on that roadmap with your team.

The Role

We operate in a dynamic, highly competitive product environment and we need experienced engineers with the right mix of solid engineering fundamentals and great new ideas to come and help us not only compete, but to Win.

- Working with seriously good engineering talent, across multiple locations, both on your team and on others, to deliver very high quality software, at scale, and on time.

- You will help us build great products and services by leading a team of engineers and taking ownership over your part of the Product roadmap.

- Collaborating with the Product team to deconstruct the Product Strategy into deliverable features each with their own metrics for success.

- Use your experience in system design and software engineering skills to develop and deploy software that will help drive improvements towards availability, performance, efficiency, and security.

- Being the example. Lead your team from the front by being the example of pragmatism, reliability and collaboration.

- You will help to train and develop the engineers that you work with today, and also help us recruit the engineers we will work with tomorrow.

- You will always be able to find the right balance between planning, mentoring, technical project management and coding features with the team.

Essential Criteria

- 7+ years of experience building commercial software in a relevant programming language.

- 2+ years of Leading engineering teams.

- You have a background in one or more of the following:

- Highly available web applications.

- A migration from a monolithic application into individual lightweight services.

- A very regularly updated mobile app with a large install base.

- Comfortable in Linux/Unix-like environments for development and production.

- History of using solid software development practices and tools such as automated testing, source control, and agile process.

- Fluent verbal and written English skills

- Positive approach to work, and treat others well.

- Ability and experience in mentoring others

- Excellent problem solving, analytical and organisational skills

- Strong communication skills

- Able to clearly express opinions on product design, while respecting the thoughts and opinions of their peers.

- Proven ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with engineers and non-engineering stakeholders alike

Desirable criteria

- Passion for technology

- Comfortable working in a polyglot environment, focusing on the best tool for the job.

- An understanding of building consumer-facing software, including shopping experiences and e-commerce.

Interested?

We operate like a startup, so being self-motivated, curious, and flexible is a good start. You prefer to come up with your own solutions to problems but are not afraid to ask for help. You enjoy making suggestions for how to improve our product and business, no matter the department. You’re the kind of person who roots for the underdog. And lastly, this job will probably be a lot easier if you have a soulmate-level love for authentic pizza.

Why Slice?

Join a community of best-in-class engineers who combine creativity, curious minds and a commitment to excellence with the desire and commitment to grow and build on the engineering skill base and community here in NI. Missing a few of the criteria but have worked in a pizza shop? Why not get in touch!

Benefits

- Market leading salary

- Share options

- Strong pension contribution

- Health and dental care

- Income and Death insurance

- £750 a year to use for any self learning/education

- Health and wellbeing benefits

- Market leading maternity and paternity Schemes

- Flexible working

- Generous time off allowance and policies

- Free friday pizza and Monday breakfast

- Fully stocked kitchen/snacks

- Annual conference attendance and training/development budget

- Substantial gym membership discount

How to apply?

We do not use agencies as we have a strong network of referrals, and also want you to have the best recruiting experience possible. A CV gives us a good idea of your background, we are interested in your latest work and projects. Education is great to see, but it's not overly important to us. If you have them, be sure to include links to any personal projects, blogs, contributions, or anything you want to add to your application.

My Pizza Slice Ltd is an equal opportunity employer

 

Perks and benefits

This job comes with several perks and benefits

Free friday beers
Free friday beers

Friday is something special, let's enjoy a beer together.

Free coffee / tea
Free coffee / tea

Get your caffeine fix to get you started and keep you going.

Equity package
Equity package

Want to be a partner? Look no further.

Healthcare insurance
Healthcare insurance

Break a leg! Seriously, we got you covered in our company healthcare plan.

Maternity / paternity leave
Maternity / paternity leave

Kids are the future, go spend time with them.

Pension plan
Pension plan

We take care of you, even when you are old and wrinkly.

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Working at
Slice

Slice is the leading technology and marketing platform made exclusively for local pizzerias, making it super easy to order delicious, authentic local pizza anywhere, anytime.  Slice was born in 2009 and has quietly bootstrapped its way to building a network of more than 8,000 pizzerias nationwide. Ilir Sela, our founder and CEO, started the company as a passion project to help his friends and family in the pizza business, but he quickly saw a massive opportunity to champion these small businesses by bringing their bites to the masses. Ilir has since built an amazing team of operators, marketers, technologists, and investors — all dedicated to making it easier for people to enjoy their favourite local pizza. We celebrate pizza as the ultimate shareable food: It turns everyday moments into memories and brings together friends, families, and communities. And when you order pizza from a place in your neighborhood, you support a local business. So whether you call it a pizza parlor, slice joint, or pizzeria, we’re here to help you order authentic local pizza and live your best slice life. Local pizzerias are the cornerstone of communities across the country. They handcraft the one food that unites us all: pizza. It fuels our celebrations, family dinners, and busiest days. While pizza lovers crave their favorite local pie, they also crave convenience. This has led people to sacrifice the quality, authentic food of mom-and-pop shops for quick and easy chain pizza. But we believe nobody needs to make that sacrifice. You can have your pie and eat it too. Slice is uniting and empowering local pizzerias with tech, data, and marketing to take charge of their industry, to bring their business into the digital world, and to provide handcrafted, quality pizza with the utmost convenience. Unlike other online ordering services that drive down a pizzeria’s quality and value by charging high order fees, Slice builds a true partnership for a fair cost. We treat our pizzerias like family — with full support, transparency, and championship. This allows shops to expand their business while focusing only on creating the best food imaginable. Better pizza for pizza lovers, bigger profits for pizzerias, and a better experience for all. We believe pizza isn’t just food. It’s a slice of community, a slice of culture, a slice of life.

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