The Role
Rakuten Kobo is looking for a Team Lead to join our amazing Rendering team! You will be joining our content rendering team to deliver the best in class reading experience for our users.
We take full responsibility for our work, from requirements gathering and solutioning, to implementation and testing. Kobo is looking for an Team Lead who has a strong JavaScript and react background who shares these passions and is proud of the work they do.
Reporting to the Software Engineering Manager, the Team Lead plays a vital role in all aspects of delivery from design, planning and implementation through to releasing and monitoring.
Responsibilities:
1. Write, modify, and debug web applications using JavaScript, React, HTML, and CSS
2. Self-document development processes, conduct peer reviews, and give actionable feedback
3. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand product requirements and create comprehensive test plans
4. Perform regression testing to validate software stability after changes or updates
5. Collaborate with developers to troubleshoot and resolve issues, providing detailed bug reports
6. Monitoring the health of the application after release
The Skillset:
Required:
7. Proven experience as a JavaScript Engineer
8. Experience as a Scrum master or team lead experience
9. Knowledge of client-side single-page applications that use a modern framework such as React
10. Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle and agile methodologies
11. Experience with Git
12. Experienced and knowledgeable in CI/CD and different testing strategies and techniques (Unit, Integration, UI tests)
13. Comfortable with and enthusiastic about learning new technologies
14. Exceptional communication and organizational skills
Nice to Haves:
15. Test Automation using WebDriver
16. Working with GitLab, GitHub, AzDo
17. Knowledge of web tools (Webpack, vite.js)
18. Writing shell scripts
19. Working with Gitlab CI/CD
20. Working with Copilot
21. Knowledge of package managers (npm, pnpm,yarn)
The Perks:
22. Flexible hours and remote working environment
23. 4 extra long weekends around bank holiday weekends
24. Full benefits starting from your first day
25. Paid Volunteer days, unlimited sick days
26. Monthly commuting allowance and internet allowance
27. Flexible spending account
28. Talent and development training budget
29. Free Kobo device + free weekly e-book or audiobook
30. Weekly Kobo Tech University sessions
31. Maternity/paternity leave top up