Lead Software Developer (Polygot - ASP.Net, C#, Java, Spring)

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Lead Software Developer - Polygot – (.Net OR Java/Spring) – South Manchester  – Hybrid/Remote (post 3 months in office) – £85,000
 
An exciting new role based in a South Manchester office – where you will be directly having a positive impact on our future by working on a range tech 4 good and impact projects including climate-tech,  green-tech, sustainability and environmental. Your work will be directly contributing to making the world a smarter, safer, greener and healthier place! You will be working in a highly successful team – where your work will be showcased on a global scale.
Hiring multiple vacancies within the team due to project growth (the team grew by 15% last year alone)… They are now looking for talented Senior/Lead Engineers – to come in and bolster the existing team to the next level with a specific focus on shaping the technical practice of the team and also supporting more junior team members. If you’re looking for a voice, this could be the one for you!
 
The Role
As a Lead Software Developer, you will be a real linchpin within the development team – you will help build robust, scalable and sleek platforms within a divergent and multi-disciplinary team whereby you will work closely with other developers, engineers and architects. You will play a pivotal role in delivering enterprise scale solutions utilising the best of modern architectural patterns (such as microservices & DDD) across a wide range of clients from the NHS, MoJ and Home Office. One of their platform tests up to 86 million transaction per day! You will work on projects with cutting-edge tech such as IoT, machine learning and AI – you will get the opportunity to learn and apply new skills in both new tools and technologies. 
Ideally, you will have had experience within the full software lifecycle – E2E right through from initial conception through to deployment. The environment is extremely agile – you will use CI / Delivery tools and techniques and champion these. Your voice will be heard and you will get the opportunity to shape processes, promote and suggest ideas regarding engineering best practises and truly utilise a broad range of languages, tools and tech as well as pass on your experience to the more junior members of the team.
As a Lead Consultant/Engineer, you will be client facing and you will work closely with a Team Lead and a team for delivering a particular software solution. You will work directly with the client - taking requirements, dealing with disputes and be responsible for its delivery. You will be used to changing requirements, working to deadlines and have a pragmatic approach with technologies utilising the best tools for the job at hand. You will be a technologist and not pigeon-holed into one technical language (although most commonly, you will utilise .NET and/or Java. You will own the platform and act as the ‘specialist’ for the individual platforms that you are building.
Ideally, you will have previous consultancy experience.
 
Requirements:
3+ years’ commercial experience in multiple languages and leading frameworks such as .NET, C# or Java. However, any technical language experience is welcomed.
Strong knowledge of the latest software engineering practices and patterns i.e. micro services and server-less
Development practices such as CI/CD, TDD and BDD etc.
CI/Delivery tools such as Jenkins, Docker, Terraform etc.
Cloud: AWS & Azure
Ideally, you will be certified in .NET or AWS however this isn’t essential.
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with a clear sense of priority
A diligent attitude to attention to detail
Ideally, you will have experience within a consultancy environment 
 
The Company
This is an environment where you will get an opportunity to catapult your career- primarily through the standard of tech and opportunities that you will be presented with. You’ll be joining a team of exceptional talent in the industry – with a thirst for problem solving, keeping up to date with the latest cutting-edge tech and thrive on the solutions that they manage to build for their clients. They are award-winning, offer a dynamic and collaborative culture and your role will be shaped around where your goals and aspirations with your career. You will receive yearly appraisals and salary reviews, with 3 appraisals in your first year ensuring that you are fully embedded into the team as comfortably as possible.
This role is largely office based for the first 3 months – following this, you can be hybrid.
Benefits include: 25 days hol+bh, gym membership, office massages, private health care, life assurance, weekly paid lunches, enhanced paternity and maternity pay, profit share scheme, payment of any subscriptions linked to helping your role, 24/7 GP, support with certifications – AND MORE!
 
Lead Software Developer - Polygot – (.Net OR Java/Spring) – South Manchester  – Hybrid/Remote (post 3 months in office) – £85,000

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