Monks - Software Engineering Team Lead
Responsibilities
• Serve as a Technical Subject Matter Expert for our product, owning the technical direction and quality of solutions designed and deployed. • Drive continuous improvement and innovation, including extended integrations with client technology and data systems beyond the immediate project scope. • Own the ongoing reliability and effectiveness of our product. • Contribute directly to our MarTech platform's priorities and roadmap, working with our internal engineering team on technical architecture and long-term planning so they are always aligned with the needs and vision for our client engagement. • Mentor other engineers on the team to support their professional growth and technical development. • Drive good engineering practices and processes, such as blameless post-mortems and automated testing, to ensure software stability and quality. • The essentials: • The essentials: • 5+ years of software engineering experience, ideally across the full stack. • 3+ years of people management experience (Tech Lead, Engineering Manager, or similar). • Experience designing secure, scalable systems end-to-end. • Hands-on experience with TypeScript, Next.js, Node.js, and React. • Comfortable in a hybrid technical/data role, bridging engineering and data-driven decision-making. • Solid understanding of secure integrations, API authentication, and OAuth 2.0 flows. • Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm in production. • Familiarity with domain-driven design or clean architecture patterns. • Experience using AI coding tools (Claude Code, Codex) to build software solutions. • Not a must, but a plus: • Background working in high-compliance environments (HIPAA, SOC2, etc.). • Experience with Terraform or other infrastructure as code tools. • Prior experience bootstrapping teams or greenfield systems. • Prior experience building products. • #LI-hybrid #LI-MJ1 GH11054
Benefits
• Monks is the global, digital-first, data-driven, unitary operating brand of S4 Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global Marketing and Technology Services to redefine how brands interact with the world. Through Monks.Flow, its flagship AI ecosystem for marketing orchestration, Monks transforms marketing into a growth engine, collapsing timelines and connecting brands to culture in real time. By deploying bespoke intelligent agents across disciplines and delivering culturally relevant, high-impact creative and digital solutions, Monks solves key critical business challenges across the entire brand enterprise to help brands sustain long-term impact. • Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services, ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-25) and remains the only partner featured in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). Named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023) and The One Show’s inaugural AI Pioneer Organization, Monks was also awarded Business Intelligence Group’s 2025 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Award in both the Organizational and AI Product categories. As a trusted partner to cutting-edge innovators in tech, Monks earned titles such as Optimizely Experimentation Partner of the Year (2025), runner-up for the Adobe Firefly Partner Award (2024), and Workato’s AI Visionary Customer Impact Award (2024). Additionally, Monks achieved a record-breaking number of FWAs and continues to hold the most of any partner. • We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us.
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