Tech Lead Engineer - Backend

At PMI, we’ve chosen to do something incredible. We’re totally transforming our business and building our future on smoke-free products with the power to deliver a smoke-free future. With huge change, comes huge opportunity. So, wherever you join us, you’ll enjoy the freedom to dream up and deliver better, brighter solutions and you will have the space to move your career forward in many different areas/directions. IT at PMI PMI’s journey to a smoke-free future implies a shift from a tobacco manufacturer to a science and technology-based consumer-facing organization. Such a shift creates an abundance of unique and transformative IT projects to match all levels of skills and ambitions. You’ll feel like you’re working in a start-up – with the freedom to shape and define the future of digital, but with the support and scope of a vast global business. You’ll get a chance to work with cutting-edge technologies (e.g., Cloud, APIs, AI) as well as management practices (e.g., Agile, Design Thinking, Product Management). Our environment is fast-paced and highly collaborative. If you want the freedom to find new ways to connect with consumers, there’s no better place to progress your career. Digital at PMI is dynamic, diverse, and disruptive. Join us and become a part of a top talent team where you can bring new ideas to life in a global function that is a key driver of the success of our business. Joining the Digital Products Portfolio The Digital Consumer Engagement Products portfolio plays a critical role in delivering PMI’s Smoke-Free Future. We are enabling digital services to our consumers and retailers by building platforms to communicate our vision to broader society. Together with talent from multiple business and technology functions across our footprint, we are delivering a premium experience for our consumers. When you join this team, you will work in a dynamic, diverse, and warm environment. You will be primarily focusing on defining your Digital Product vision, regularly engaging with your customers to gather feedback and understand their needs to maximize value. You will be part of all stages of Digital Product incremental value delivery. What’s the purpose of this role? As Tech lead, you will collaborate with the solution & domain architect in making the Digital Product vision, a reality. You ensure that the solution getting implemented adheres to the design & you constructively challenge where you believe improvements and opportunities exist. You are relentless in your pursuit of engineering excellence, even when that means challenging the status quo. You are the champion of delivering solutions that meet the needs of the business design team and are loved by your users and customers (e.g. through user research or user-centric design). You’ll be acutely aware that transformation requires a ‘roll up your sleeve's mentality. Your day-to-day ● Establishing a strong engineering culture within the backend chapter, with a focus on code quality, scalability, and maintainability ● Lead technical discussions within the team and be the go-to person for the team for guidance and troubleshooting ● Understand, implement, and measure key Business and Engineering metrics around performance, quality, and availability, and work regularly with the team to push the boundaries and improve them periodically ● Foster and build a culture of actively engaging team members in engineering and design discussions ● Set up solid processes and practices around code quality, conventions, and standards ● Help delivery teams in grooming and prioritization of Technical Debts ● Leading and Contributed towards organization-wide tech initiatives and transformations ● Mentoring and coaching backend software engineers ● Help the organization in building a top-quality team by participating in hiring initiatives What is needed to succeed in this Role? ● 7+ years’ experience in large enterprise ● Bachelor’s degree or Master’s – ideally in IT related field ● Demonstrated ability in building, launching, and growing products ● Experience in working with AWS, Spark, GraphDB+QL, etc. ● Understanding of building large data pipeline enterprise-level solutions having batch and event-based models. ● Ability to deliver results in global, matrixed environments comprised of internal and external stakeholders ● Proven track record in fast-paced and ambiguous environments ● Organizational skills to effectively manage multiple projects with tight deadlines ● Good communication skills, should be able to articulate thoughts and ideas to engineering and non-engineering audiences. ● Extensive experience in developing, maintaining, and running APIs ● Experience leading a small engineering team ● Expertise in all common AWS Cloud technologies, Knowledge of CI/CD tools and workflows ● Proven track record in building highly-available and scalable distributed systems ● A keen eye for quality about following and establishing good coding practices, improving code coverage, ● Professional scrum certification (Scale, Agile Leadership) a plus What’s in it for you? There are many IT Organizations out there, so why should you join ours? We believe PMI IT’s true strength is fuelled by our people, and that our success depends on them coming to work every single day with a sense of purpose and an appetite for progress. We are a people-first organization committed to providing you with a first-class employee journey. Here’s a glimpse of what’s in it for you upon joining us: • Work-life balance: Well-being comes first. We offer a fantastic office environment and Smart working options to ensure you have the best work-life balance possible • Learning & Development: Your growth is a priority. Our robust and varied learning & development ecosystem will help you strengthen your technical skills and enhance your soft skills and business acumen. The capabilities you will acquire with us will support your lifetime employability within IT, PMI, and beyond • Inclusion & Diversity: Our differences - much more than our similarities - generate the innovation we are looking for. We aspire to build a diverse and inclusive organization to access the breadth and depth of thinking and sensitivity necessary to thrive Every single IT colleague is part of our Transformation journey. Join us and pursue your ambitions – our staggering size and scale provide endless opportunities to progress. If this offer resonates with you, we look forward to receiving your application and getting to know you. Together, let’s deliver a smoke-free future.