Head of SoftwareEngineering
Sheffield, SouthYorkshire, United Kingdom / Hybrid (flexible office/homeworking)
Salary: 90,000 +Benefits
WRK digital are delightedto be shortlisting for a Head of Software Engineering to play apivotal role leading a talented development team and be responsiblefor designing, developing, and maintaining the technical solutionsthat enable a market leading PropTech business. The company saw a90% revenue growth year on year in 2023, with over 2.1 millionvisitors to their web platform.
If you are asoftware engineering leader with a passion for software strategy,building teams, and technical innovation, then this is an excitingopportunity to lead and shape the future of a growing softwareengineering function.
This role offers a flexiblehybrid work environment, combining the convenience of remote workwith the benefits of in-person collaboration whenrequired.
About theteam
The business has grown toalmost 100 employees in 2023 and has been named a fastest-growingtechnology company in Yorkshire and the Northeast in the 2023Deloitte UK Technology Fast 50. Your leadership will inspire andguide a software engineering team of 5 to reach new heights ofexcellence, creating a culture of continuous reflection,innovation, growth, and improvement.
The teamsindustry-leading property search platform and SaaS products aretaking the market by storm and they have ambition plans for 2024.There couldn't be a more exciting time to join theteam.
The team are buoyed by recent investmentand you will be empowered to help build a winning team, startingwith recruiting top engineering talent. Your role will includeidentifying, recruiting, and retaining high-performing engineerswith the aim of doubling the team size in the next 12months.
Areas of experience you'llneed to be successful in therole:
* Hands on experiencedelivering software applications using PHP (Laravel) andJavaScript.
* Setting and delivering a technicalstrategy.
* Team leadership and coaching for softwareengineering teams.
* Timely delivery ofprojects.
* Scrum/Agile delivery frameworkexpertise.
* Establishing and tracking key performanceindicators for the engineering team.
* DevOps, SRE, andcloud infrastructure knowledge.
* Test-driven developmentand quality assurance.
* Recruitment of top levelsoftware engineering talent.
Skillsand abilities you will be able to demonstrate:
* A deep understanding andhistory with PHP 8+ and Laravel 10.
* Leveraging APIs andintegrating third-party services.
* Strong technicalunderstanding and expertise with AWS and GCP.
* You'reproficient in agile software development methodologies, ideallyScrum.
* You're a people person and have excellentcommunication and leadership skills.
* A collaborative,team-oriented approach to software development.
* Youhave a demonstrable track record in optimising and improvingsoftware architecture for speed, stability, scalability, andsecurity.
* Extensive demonstrable experience indeveloping, testing, and launching softwareproducts.
Its a great place to work. With peopleand culture at the heart of our organisation, the team arecontinually enhancing their employee offer andculture.
There's a starting salary of 90,000 + anemployer pension contribution and a range of flexible benefitsincluding a health and wellbeing plan. There is a holiday allowanceof 25 days + bank holidays and they are business who are determinedto bring a good balance to your working life. This position isavailable for Software Engineering Leaders happy to spend a minimumof 1 day a week working from a stunning new office in the centre ofSheffield.
The team encourage learning anddevelopment as part of the job, alongside dedicated time in theworking week for upskilling and encourage you to keep learning withthe opportunity for company sponsored accreditation's andqualifications.
The nextsteps
This is what the processwill look like for this role once shortlisted by WRKdigital:
Step 1: 45-min initial TEAMS meetingwith the CPO to discuss your background and pastexperiences.
Step 2: A 90 minute face-to-face meeting andshort presentation with the Head of Talent, CPO and LeadDeveloper.
We are looking to shortlist rightaway. If you are a Head of Software Engineering with a passion forthe future tech landscape and leading high performing teams, thenplease apply now or contact WRK digital for a confidentialconversation around the next steps. We look forward to receivingyour application.
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