Who we are looking for.
A Software Development Team Leader who will help to coordinate and drive activity and efforts of the team to deliver software solutions. Come from a development background and taken the natural pathway to management? This role is for you.
The team is responsible for developing, enhancing and supporting our online transactional processes platform. This includes the delivery of real time content, across multiple devices, the sports website, mobile and tablet products up to and including the processing and settlement of transactions driven from that content.
You will be responsible for building and leading a team of front and backend developers of varying experience and skillsets. You will measure quality and delivery, contribute and drive improvements, whilst ensuring that we remain skilled, engaged and empowered and that our processes and technology are efficient and fit for purpose.
The team is a full stack team, who are open for people across all technical backgrounds.
This role is eligible for inclusion in the Company’s hybrid working from home policy.
Preferred skills and experience
* Commercial experience with leading development teams, in the delivery of high quality software applications in client or service side application development.
* Passionate about working with technology and software development processes and practices.
* Experience with Typescript, Golang or other server side technologies.
* Adaptable with the ability to lead a team, ensuring the best outcome for the Business.
* Experience with mobile technologies.
* Experience with performance testing.
* Knowledge of service orientated architecture.
* Exposure to multiple software development methodologies.
* Exposure to generative artificial intelligence and large language models.
Main Responsibilities
* Assisting in driving the provision of a capable, reactive, motivated and delivery focused team.
* Enforcing governance of quality, rules, standards and processes ensuring solutions meet business requirements.
* Ensuring the development process is conducted in a timely fashion.
* Planning and tracking works actively, as prioritised by the product, project and development management.
* Gaining a good understanding of the technical structure, domain and architecture of the systems the team are responsible for.
* Identifying and mitigating risk.
* Removing blockers to delivery.
* Working through dependencies.
* Mentoring members of the team and ensuring distribution of knowledge.
* Inputting developer appraisals and other performance feedback.