Job Description
WRK digital are partnered with a digitally ambitious and highly entrepreneurial group of professional services businesses advising SMEs that are entering an exciting digital transformation journey and central to that transformation is technology! They are seeking a technical Lead Developer who will be at the forefront of driving their digital future.
By joining, you will have the opportunity to shape exciting and innovative projects that will be critical to achieving the strategic business objectives. You will have the chance to dive into cutting edge tech including Azure, AI, Machine Learning, and more.
As Lead Developer, you will be working across multiple application stacks providing expertise in selecting new technologies, maintaining existing platforms and developing exciting new solutions in line with strategic business plans and objectives.
You will also be responsible for recruiting, managing and mentoring a group development team, providing technical guidance, assuring quality and ensuring that best practice is followed. You will be responsible for designing and overseeing the technical aspects of software projects, ensuring that the architecture aligns with the business goals, technical requirements and digital strategy.
As Lead Developer, you will be responsible for:
* Building and managing a team of traditional and low code developers capable of delivering the Group Digital Strategy.
* Mentoring and managing mid-level and junior developers, providing guidance and support to help them grow in their roles.
* Working with external developers and development partners to provide quality assessments and performance management on quality of code and make group recommendations for future platform usage.
* Ensuring the quality and alignment of software platforms by providing technical guidance and support to both internal and external development teams.
* Leading the technical end-to-end development using a combination of low code and traditional development techniques ensuring alignment with business requirements, design patterns and best practices.
* Using AI technologies to effectively address business opportunities.
* Working closely with the Head of Applications and Architecture to provide assurance when assessing SaaS providers and validating cloud architecture design.
* Proactively engaging in prototyping and identify emerging technologies to drive innovation in line with the group objectives.
* Designing and managing APIs and API strategy, ensuring best practice versioning and backwards compatibility with internal and external applications.
* Managing their version control strategy and ensure code management policies are adhered to.
* Contributing to the development of applications writing reusable, testable, and efficient code.
* Leading the development and maintenance of integrations between low-code platforms and other enterprise solutions.
As Lead Developer, you will have:
* A minimum of 4 years’ experience using .NET (C#) in a commercial environment.
* A minimum of 2 years’ experience working with front end frameworks such as Angular, Vue or React.
* Experience of working with and designing solutions for Microsoft Azure.
* Proficiency in using low/no code platforms such as Microsoft Power Apps.
* Strong understanding of software architecture principles and design patterns.
* Experience developing and delivering software solutions working within an Agile framework.
* Excellent experience developing RESTful APIs.
* Strong experience working with relational databases (SQL).
* Expert level in using GIT for version control and collaboration.
If this sounds of interest, click apply or drop an email to Hannah at hannahw@wrkdigital.co.uk.