Development Team Lead

SF Technology Solutions
Shrewsbury
1 year ago
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Development Team Lead with a product development experience and a real passion for client led innovation is sought by a market leading tech innovation agency based near Shrewsbury.


With a move to expand the software development team this Development Team Lead can expect exposure to the latest technology including VR, machine learning, big data and cloud provisioning in an autonomous, collaborative environment where commitment to bespoke, high quality software is valued as a key factor in the company’s 12 years of success.


This Development Team Lead will be joining a growing development team tasked with day to day technical leadership and project roadmapping working closely with clients to understand their key deliverables and translate them into actionable solutions.


This company support real commitment to a healthy work life balance with 4 days a week remote working and flexible working alongside a collaborative, autonomous team culture.


This Development Team Lead based near Shrewsbury should have most of the following key skills:


  • Product development experience
  • Strong OO PHP
  • PHP framework exposure (Laravel, Symfony, etc)
  • Database design (MySQL etc)
  • Front end framework exposure – Vue.js, React, Next etc
  • Git version control experience
  • Agile methodology understanding
  • Strong business acumen with the ability to see the business impact of development projects
  • Team mentorship or leadership skills
  • Restful API exposure
  • Any AWS experience would be a real plus (EC2,ECS, S3, Lambda etc)


In return this Development Team Lead will receive:


  • Generous starting salary depending on experience
  • Flexible working patterns
  • Great progression opportunities
  • Work from Home for up to 4 days a week
  • Free parking
  • 25 days holiday
  • Choice of technology
  • An inclusive working environment with complete commitment to modern tech
  • Regular salary reviews
  • A well-structured training scheme with external certifications


So if you are a Development Team Lead who is looking to play a lead role in shaping the technical output of a successful, scaling organisation please apply now to be considered and for further info.


Development Team Lead

Shrewsbury


PHP, Laravel, RESTful API, Git, AWS, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Vue.js

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