Technical Team Lead, Advertising Planning Products

About Us

KINESSO is the technology-driven performance marketing agency that sits at the very heart of IPG Mediabrands, providing actionable growth for both our agency partners and clients. We turn 'action' into 'outcome' for our clients, leveraging our unique capabilities in optimization, analytics, AI, and experimentation. KINESSO has brought together the collective power of what was formerly Matterkind, Reprise, and Kinesso under one collective entity that will serve as the most powerful delivery engine in the industry. We have extensive offerings spanning across performance marketing and data and technology.

Fueled by a deep understanding of consumer behavior, we offer an end-to-end engine of planning and optimization while also delivering on data-driven strategy for social platforms, actionable growth in e-commerce, and creating curated marketplaces specific to each client's function and needs. The company has more than 6,000 employees operating in more than 60 countries. Learn more at

Position Summary:

We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer as the technical lead of a product team working on advertising planning products relied on by Interpublic Group agency users. The team is currently working on rebuilding a streamlined version of one of the group’s key planning products; this is an exciting opportunity to be a part of building and architecting a product from the ground up with AI at its core , utilizing agents to power an AI copilot to assist users throughout their journey . Additionally, the team works on several other products that have a data science focus ( for example to optimize budgets across different marketing channels ) , so this is an ideal position for someone with an interest in this area .

You will be a hands-on contributor as well as coordinating a development team of 8-10 people, also working closely with two other teams within the planning department.

This position reports to the VP, Software Engineering, Planning. It will be primarily remote, though you are also welcome to work in our London office.

The primary application is developed in Python with a React frontend, but there are additional applications across a diverse tech stack (Angular, C#, Java) that may require maintenance. Our applications largely run on AWS in Kubernetes clusters. The development team is primarily located in France , Poland and the Netherlands, however we have developers across a wide range of locations around the Europe and the rest of the world.

Key Responsibilities:

• Shape the architecture and engineering design of the product and its interactions with other applications and services

• Be a key individual contributor that leads by example

• Work with the Product team and other Tech Leads to execute the roadmap and translate requirements into actionable software engineering tasks

• Discuss technical solutions with the development team, communicate goals and facilitate execution

• Develop new features and expand the product capabilities

• Lead functional design and code reviews and provide feedback to the development team, encouraging best practices

• Coordinate with QA team members and work together to achieve automated testing in support of continuous delivery capabilities

• Maintain a high-performance team, and encourage a highly innovative culture
• Have a results-driven personality, high enthusiasm, energy, and confidence
  

Minimal Requirements:

• Prior experience as a technical leader in a Scrum development environment

• Strong knowledge of Python and microservice architectures

• Experience in building web applications using different technologies , preferably including React

• Familiar with software development methodologies, scaled system design and best practices

• Knowledge of Amazon’s AWS ecosystem and technologies available

• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical problems clearly and concisely

• Excellent organisational and technical writing skills

• Experience working with remote and geographically distributed teams a plus
• Experience in advertising/marketing tech a plus

Employee Transparency

At Mediabrands and Kinesso, we celebrate difference and believe this makes us stronger. Mediabrands and Kinesso are equal opportunity employers and committed to championing an inclusive culture that provides a sense of belonging for all our employees. We do not discriminate against any applicant based on age, disability, race, colour, ethnicity, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, belief, marital status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Please reach out to our Talent Inclusion Specialist Jess at [email protected]if you would like to have a confidential conversation regarding any adjustments that would ensure our recruitment process is accessible for you. Please note requesting a reasonable adjustment will not affect your application.

The Perks

We aim to provide all our people with a supportive and fun work environment where you can develop your full potential and benefit from the broad range of opportunities within the agency. When you join us, we want to make sure you feel valued – and that you are rewarded for your fantastic work. So, we also offer a range of benefits:

• Flexi–leave, with 25 days annual leave to be taken as minimum. In addition to your holiday entitlement, the office usually closes between Christmas & New Year
• Free breakfast and free lunch
• Early finish Fridays
• Core Hours (Mon-Thurs, flexible start/finish times) 
• Retail discounts
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifices car scheme
• Wellbeing programme, including Headspace & flu jabs
• Interest free season ticket loan
• Paid time off for Volunteering
• Group Income Protection
• Life Assurance
• Private Medical Insurance or Health Cash Plan (dependent on level)
• Group Personal Pension Plan with matched contributions from 3-6%
• Generous Parental Leave & Pay 
• Independent mortgage advice
• Financial education
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Free eye tests
• Flexible benefits including Dental, Travel insurance, Cycle to Work, Gym Discounts and many more!