Lead Software Engineer C#, Azure, .Net, Azure DevOps

Lead Software Engineer, C#, Azure, .Net, Azure DevOps, Reactjs, CI/CD

Are you looking for an exciting challenge working with a great forward-thinking company that has a social purpose at its heart, where your work will make a difference to people? If so, this may be the role for you.

Role Purpose

As a proven and experienced Lead Software Engineer, you will be pivotal in developing and maintaining our client's digital platform, transforming their ways of working. You will be reporting to the Head of Software Engineering and have a strong track record in .NET technologies having progressed into a lead/mentoring role.
You will be comfortable working across front-end and back-end technology stacks, and be enthusiastic about new and emerging technologies that can enhance the business. You will work with Architects/Engineering and Delivery teams to advise on technical solutions and be responsible for ensuring the delivery of quality standards on solutions.
As a technical lead, you will use your technical & digital experience along with your ability to build relationships to drive real change and innovation.

Term permanent full-time
Salary £61,164pa-£67,812pa
Location: Hybrid working 2-3 days a week in the office based in London
Visa sponsorship is possible for this role, must live and work in the UK at present.

Responsible for
* Manage a team of Software Developers in the creation and maintenance of high-quality software within agreed project deadlines.
* Assisting IT Heads in planning, guidance, and direction to the team.
* Assume a high level of ownership of all work developed by members of the team.
* Guide, coach, and mentor software developers.

Role accountabilities
* Manage a team of Software Developers in the creation and maintenance of high-quality software within agreed project deadlines and work in an Agile team taking ownership of the technical delivery of changes.
* Ensure that stories and tasks are appropriately sized, scoped, and defined.
* Drive the DevOps maturity roadmap within the team. As well as ensure the smooth running and support of live systems; providing the appropriate monitoring information to stakeholders for awareness and decision-making.
* Contribute to the wider enterprise technology strategy and roadmap.
* Ensure the team continues to produce high levels of services, expertise, development and test processes that are scalable and maintainable within the expectations of the stakeholders (including adherence to SDLC) Participate in the full software development life cycle, including agile scrum ceremonies.
* Ensure the appropriate levels of system and support documents are created and maintained.
* Coach and mentor staff members through training and individual support.
* Participate as a member of information technology teams, contributing to software development discussions, investigating the use of new development tools, and facilitating change. General

Essential skills and experience required;
* Proven experience of leading/mentoring a team of developers, with extensive development experience utilising C#, ASP, .NET and MVC, TDD, unit testing, and an understanding of BDD.
and Web API/RESTful AP and Agile delivery (ideally Scrum)
* Strong knowledge of SQL Server and NoSql ideally CosmosDB
* Good experience with mainstream JS frameworks like ReactJS or similar and well versed in Source Control using GIT and design patterns
* Experienced in CI/CD and enthusiastic about using Azure DevOps and exposure to Microsoft Azure services. As well as Responsive design, accessibility, mobile-first development, etc.

To apply for this exciting opportunity please send your CV to (url removed) or call Laura on (phone number removed).
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