The Software Development Team Leader role is responsible for ensuring the team is consistently delivering working software. Also, will contribute to the technical solution from design through to code level and provide technical leadership to teammates through coaching and mentorship.

Tasks and responsibilities:

• Guide team development efforts towards successful project delivery.
• Line management and personal development of a team of highly skilled developers.
• Provide technical leadership to teammates through coaching and mentorship.
• Maintain high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits.
• Identify and encourage areas for growth and improvement within the team.
• Participate in peer-reviews of solution designs and related code.
• Ensure all team members turn up promptly to team meetings, including stand-ups, retrospectives, and planning sessions.
• Understand and contribute to the technical solution from design through to code level.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of technological developments in the industry; research and evaluate a variety of software products.
• Test, maintain, and recommend software improvements to ensure strong functionality and optimization.
• Design, develop, and unit test applications in accordance with established standards.
• Make sound technical decisions that provide effective solutions to business challenges.
• Package and support deployment of releases.
• Work closely with Development Project Managers and Business Analysts to produce accurate delivery estimates and manage the transition from analysis through to design and delivery.
• Provide regular and effective progress updates to Development Project Managers, managing delivery risks or issues proactively.
• Assist in the collection and documentation of user requirements, including development of user stories, estimates, and work plans.
• Prepare reports, manuals, and other documentation related to the status, operation, and maintenance of software.
• Manage the delivery of multiple complex, simultaneous system development projects from design through to release.
• Define delivery phases of projects, including activities, sub-activities, and milestones, ensuring proper documentation for event logs, issue tracking, risk logs, and reporting.
• Ensure awareness, involvement, and support from key stakeholders by building strong project teams and maintaining robust communication throughout the project lifecycle.
• Contribute to the definition of departmental and systems strategies and progression of assigned objectives.
• Participate in reviews and meetings, providing clear updates on project progress.
• Take responsibility for identifying and managing risks and issues, ensuring delivery on time and to required quality standards.
• Work closely with relevant internal teams to ensure alignment and coordination across operations for seamless implementation of existing and new systems.
• Contribute to post-implementation reviews to assess project success and areas for improvement.
• Support project resource scheduling and department capacity planning, ensuring holidays and sickness are managed, tracked, and considered in planning.

Requirements

Essential

• Strong knowledge of the following technologies: C#, .NET, REACT, nodeJS, MVC, Entity Framework, nUnit / xUnit, Moq, AJAX, JavaScript, HTML 5, CSS.
• Excellent knowledge of authentication and identity protocols: OpenID Connect, SAML 2.0, OAuth 2.0.
• Experience in DevOps process (e.g., Scrum, Git Flow, CI/CD, deployment, etc.).
• Strong knowledge in Azure SQL Server development including relational database design, T-SQL queries, stored procedures, functions, and performance optimization.
• Understanding of cloud-based Microsoft development (Azure Web Apps, Azure Functions).
• Hands on experience in REST API implementation, Creating, maintaining and versioning API’s.
• Good understanding of software development methodologies, object-oriented programming, database design, and development.
• Advocate of design patterns such as MVC, Factory Pattern, dependency injection and unit testing.
• Excellent command of the English language.

Preferred

• Exposure to Microsoft Azure DevOps.
• Experience working with Azure API Manager.
• Experience working with Azure Cosmos DB.
• Experience working with Azure Search (or ElasticSearch).
• Experience working with Azure Service Bus (or similar message queues broker).
• Experience working with Microsoft Azure Application Insights (or similar event logging technologies).
• Experience working with in-memory objects cache technologies (e.g. Redis, Memcached, etc.).

Qualifications and specialist skills

• BSc/BA in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience of people management and the ability to lead and influence others.
• Experience in formal personal development planning and individual, team and process performance management.
• Able to influence and drive projects to meet key milestones and overcome challenges.
• Capable of leading and managing the delivery of system/software development projects in a structured environment.