Engineering Team Lead

Company DescriptionScriptRunner, part of The Adaptavist Group, is the market leader in automation and customisation for Atlassian tools like Jira, Confluence, and beyond. We push the boundaries of what's possible—helping teams around the world unlock unlimited possibilities for automation, customisation and integration with our must-have suite of super-apps. Our mission is simple: automate boring, time-consuming or critical tasks to optimise day-to-day running and ensure that everyone sleeps easy. Come join us and be part of the fun—there's never been a better time to make your mark.What we offer you

All the relevant skills, qualifications and experience that a successful applicant will need are listed in the following description.
We offer a very generous holiday (PTO) allowance, trusting you to take vacation time that suits your personal life, alongside flexible working hours that empower you to work when it best fits you and your team. We provide MacBooks to all employees and additional support for fully remote workers to set up their home offices.
Our exceptional Time Away Policy includes 26 weeks of fully paid leave for birthing parents, 13 weeks for non-birthing parents, and extended leave for adoption, IVF, surrogacy, elective egg freezing, and women's health needs such as menopause, menstruation, endometriosis, and PCOS.
Our trusting, flexible, remote-first way of working means that work can fit around your life, rather than your life fitting around work.Read our full list of benefitsJob DescriptionAbout the roleAt ScriptRunner, part of The Adaptavist Group, we’re looking for an Engineering Team Lead to lead the team behind Enhanced Search, our powerful Jira Cloud app that gives customers advanced JQL capabilities and helps some of Atlassian’s largest enterprise customers get more from Jira.This is a role for someone who enjoys working at the intersection of people leadership, technical direction, delivery, and product collaboration. You’ll lead a team of five engineers with a mix of experience and specialisms, helping them do their best work while staying close enough to the code and architecture to make strong technical decisions.You’ll partner closely with Product, Design, QA, and Documentation, shape the roadmap, and play a key role in how the team adopts AI across the software development lifecycle from planning and coding through to review and testing. You’ll also help share those learnings across the wider engineering organisation.This role will be a 1 year cover assignment working with the Enhanced Search team, before moving on to lead another of the ScriptRunner engineering teams.What you'll be doingLead a strong, healthy teamManage, support, and develop a team of five software engineersCoach individuals in their growth, development, and career progressionCreate an environment where engineers can do high-quality work and continue to growHire and onboard new team members when neededAct as the escalation point for challenges within the teamDrive delivery and technical directionWork with Product Management to set quarterly objectives and deliver against the roadmapLead delivery planning, team ceremonies, and day-to-day executionUnblock the team and escalate issues where neededUse your technical background to guide architecture, delivery, and engineering decisionsOwn the quality, security, compliance, and cost of the product in productionShape ways of workingRun retrospectives and turn insights into meaningful improvementsUse team metrics to improve delivery and effectivenessEnsure development processes meet legal and compliance standardsLead the team’s use of AI tools and modern development workflowsCollaborate across the businessPartner with Product Managers, senior leadership, and other engineering leaders to align priorities and plansShare ideas and practices with other Team Leads and Engineering ManagersWork with Atlassian and other partners on technical issues when neededHelp shape the wider engineering culture and direction across Adaptavist’s product organisationQualificationsWhat we're looking forA strong technical background and proficiency in at least one major programming language such as Java, TypeScript, or PythonExperience leading or managing a software engineering team, including coaching and developing engineersExperience using AI coding tools as part of a team’s development processExperience running agile delivery in Scrum, Kanban, or similar environmentsExperience building and operating services on AWS or similar cloud platforms, with delivery through CI/CDA solid understanding of distributed systems and REST APIsThe ability to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholdersA few nice to havesExperience in the Atlassian ecosystem, especially building apps for Jira CloudExperience with serverless architectureFamiliarity with observability tooling for logs, metrics, and tracingExperience supporting enterprise customersAdditional InformationNot ticking every box? That’s totally okay! Studies show that women and people of colour might hesitate to apply unless they meet every single requirement. At ScriptRunner, part of TAG, we’re dedicated to creating a diverse and welcoming team. If you’re passionate about this role and keen to learn and grow with us, we encourage you to apply, even if you don’t have everything that's listed just yet.
Drop us your application, we’d love to hear from you!What to expect
We have published some support on Interviewing with us to try to alleviate any pre-interview anxieties, here you’ll find information to help you prepare and ace an interview at TAG.You can read them hereLife at The Adaptavist GroupFrom our family-friendly policies to our flexible work environment we offer a range of benefits and policies in order to support staff from all different backgrounds. If you have any questions, please do ask us.Check out our WORK180 pageCheck out our Flexa pageWe look forward to your application!Equal opportunities for everyoneAt The Adaptavist Group, we are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community and believe this positively impacts both the creation of our innovative products and our delivery of bespoke solutions to our global customers and our own unique culture. We encourage all qualified applicants, regardless of age, disability, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, sex, gender identity, pregnancy and maternity, marriage, and civil partnership status.Recruitment fraud noticeWe are aware of recruitment scams where individuals or organisations may falsely claim to represent us. We take this seriously and are committed to protecting candidates throughout our hiring process.We will never ask for any form of payment, fees, or financial commitment at any stage of recruitment, including applications, interviews, onboarding, or equipment provision.Most of our recruitment communications are sent from our system, SmartRecruiters, and may come from addresses such as @ . All our emails are signed off by The Talent Team @ The Adaptavist Group. xwzovoh If you are ever unsure about the authenticity of a message or job offer, please verify it via our official careers channels before responding.SummaryType: Full-timeFunction: Information TechnologyExperience level: Mid-Senior LevelIndustry: Information Technology And Services