Lead Software Engineer

• Represent the team upward and outward with confidence • Communicate proactively, clearly, and respectfully • Keep the team informed about priorities and changes • Advocate for your team while challenging constructively • Stay aware of team capacity, stress, and wellbeing • Run 1:1s and offer coaching and mentorship • Nurture a collaborative, motivated team culture • Make and carry out difficult decisions for the good of the team and Kraken • Align the team to product vision and long-term goals • Maintain technical quality and improve systems thinking • Guide team planning, delivery, and retros • Translate large goals into achievable milestones • Make resource and prioritisation trade-offs • Contribute to hiring and talent development • Distribute work fairly and rotate responsibilities • Create clarity in ambiguous or shifting contexts • Oversee or delegate rituals (planning, standups, reviews) • Connect team delivery to product-group and company-level goals • Partner closely with key stakeholders • Remove blockers — technical, process, or people-related

• Experience with line management of at least 3 people • A strong software engineering background, minimum 5 years of experience • Is comfortable working asynchronously • Clear, regular communication • Strategic thinking and the ability to translate that to action • Advocacy for their team and its products • A commitment to mentorship and support • Strong organisational habits