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Salary up to £50,000 per annum.
Our award-winning client, based in Newark, Nottinghamshire is seeking a motivated leader who will plan succession and development for their team, alongside overseeing development projects and maintaining key systems. The Software Engineer Lead is a full time, permanent position with the opportunity for hybrid working.
The Role
As Software Engineer Lead, your responsibilities will include:

  • Supporting and leading the Development team with collaboration and growth
  • Working on the development strategy
  • Overseeing software development projects
  • Implementing and enforcing best practices, coding standards and agile methodologies
  • Ensuring innovation, continuous improvement and technical excellence
  • Collaborating with stakeholders (this is inclusive of product management, operations and executive leadership)
  • Upgrading and maintaining key systems
    The Candidate
    An ideal candidate for the Software Engineer Lead position should hold the following skills:
  • At least 3 years proven experience in software development (including 1 year of leadership)
  • Hold a strong technical background (software architecture, coding, system design)
  • Be familiar with Agile development methodologies and DevOps practices
  • Have an understanding of cloud technologies, security principles and modern development tools
  • Knowledge of BI tools, data warehousing and system infrastructure
  • Proficient in API development using languages such as C# and .NET
  • Be familiar with databases including SQL
    You will have experience designing, developing and maintaining system integrations between applications, services and platforms.
    A Software Engineer Lead candidate will ideally possess the following:
  • Familiarity / experience with AI, machine learning or blockchain technologies
  • Prior experience on MDM’s
  • Knowledge of ServiceNow, Azure Dev Ops, Netsuite and Power BI
    Following an initial training period, the successful Software Engineer Lead will have the opportunity to work on a hybrid basis.
    The Company
  • Paid volunteer day
  • Onsite gym
  • Ongoing learning and development
  • Bonus paid day off for your birthday!
  • Annual wellbeing budget
  • Increasing annual leave
  • Company sick pay
    Thank you for your interest in this vacancy and good luck with your application.
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