Development Team Lead - Watford, United Kingdom - iSupply Recruitment Ltd

iSupply Recruitment Ltd
iSupply Recruitment Ltd
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Watford, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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We are searching for an experienced Development Team Leadtake on a leadership role within the technical function and reporting directly to the Head of Technology.

You will be working in a highly focused yet friendly development function, leading a team of 5-6 developers.

You will have a high level of ownership and be responsible for driving the technical strategy of your product areas whilst delivering on the commercial goals of the product.

As the Development Team Leads, you will provide technical direction to your team and work closely with business stakeholders to drive improvements in the technology, processes and ways of working.

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Must be happy with hybrid working in Watford. _


What you'll be doing as a Development Team Lead:
Planning

  • Making sure the team is engaged from the outset of projects by participating in the requirements gathering and planning phase of projects
  • Making sure the team proposes appropriate technical designs
  • Making sure the team strives to provide accurate estimates for the effort required
  • Schedule the work internal to the team, resolving any conflicts of priority with stakeholders
Execution

  • Making sure the team builds technical solutions in accordance with the company's and industries established standards and best practices
  • Making sure that the team's technical solutions are fit for purpose in the context ofcomplex, highthroughput / highavailability system
  • Making sure the team follows an effective SDLC in accordance with the company's
established best practices to provide a solution that the team is confident in

  • Managing risks and exceptions to the delivery by communicating them to appropriate stakeholders in a timely manner
  • Making sure the team delivers the solution into production
  • Making sure the team delivers within the time frame it has committed to
Monitoring and Maintenance

  • Making sure the team has visibility into their system with appropriate monitoring and alarming
  • Making sure that the team is proactive in spotting production issues
  • Making sure the team is capable of being appropriately notified when issues arise in production
  • Making sure the team is equipped to respond and resolve production issues as they arise
  • Making sure that the team is investing in reducing technical debt
Instilling Growth and Ownership

  • Making sure the team has the appropriate skills, processes, and capacity to plan and deliver their work and support their systems
  • Identifying gaps within their team's skills, process and technology and activity working to close them, escalating where appropriate to resolve
  • Working actively to grow the competencies of your the team through identifying each individual's needs and providing support through setting up mentoring, pairing teammates etc. to enable skills and knowledge transfer

What we're looking for:


  • 10+ years of software engineering experience, ideally in PHP
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