As a Software Development Team Leader, you will guide and support a talented team of developers, driving innovation and delivering impactful software solutions that shape our future.
The trading and tools team provide scalable enterprise solutions that enable trading operations to present fixtures across all sports, ensuring this information is fresh and relevant when the action starts by processing millions of events each day.
In this role, you will build and lead a diverse team of Software Developers, measuring quality and delivery while driving continuous improvements. Our tech stack includes C#, Golang, Kafka and SQL, and you will maintain a solid technical understanding of our systems, remaining close to the solutions being developed.
Your focus will be on people, processes, and governance in a fast-paced, challenging environment. We are looking for passionate individuals with a broad range of technical skills, ready to tackle some of technology’s greatest challenges.
This role is eligible for inclusion in the Company’s hybrid working from home policy.
Preferred Skills, Qualifications and Experience
• Passion for software development and creating efficient processes and best practice.
• Self-motivation with a strong drive to succeed.
• Capable of handling large workloads with rapid context switching.
• Strong appreciation of knowledge sharing and mentoring.
• Knowledge in at least one of the backend languages, or all of the following areas, .Net, MS SQL, Golang and GCP.
• Knowledge of version control and code repositories.
• Awareness of Microservices and distributed system architectures.
• Expertise in managing multiple delivery streams simultaneously.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or in a related field, or relevant professional experience.
Main Responsibilities
• Understanding Business and technical requirements to ensure timely provision of agreed deliverables throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Maintaining a solid understanding of the technical structure, domain, and architecture of the systems.
• Scheduling and planning development resource according to the Business needs.
• Tracking and reporting of progress.
• Mitigating risk and resolving blockers throughout the work.
• Collaborating with other teams within the Business as required.
• Analysing bugs raised and communicating with other teams involved to resolve them, enforcing governance of best practice throughout.
• Acting as a point of escalation for the team both in and out of office hours.
• Ensuring effective allocation of work and supporting the team’s personal development.
• Chairing team meetings, 1-2-1 sessions and feeding into team appraisals.
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