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Job purpose
The technical development lead will guide the continuous development of Vits 's technology in a collaborative, effective and Agile manner leading a multidisciplinary technology team. High-quality software will be delivered using best-of-breed frameworks, such as Laravel, and components to support the requirements of a growing business.
Key areas of responsibility
- collaborating openly and autonomously within a non-siloed, organic business structure
- leading, coaching and growing a technology team of developers, UI and UX designers to deliver effective software within an Agile environment
- working with product owners and project managers to establish formal requirements, produce technical specifications and deliver software to an agreed plan
- identifying appropriate software architecture, approaches, frameworks and components to implement the business requirements
- safe-guarding the stability, effectiveness and continuity of software development
- maintaining and managing technical debt, security and compliance of in-house software
- overseeing Vits 's hardware resources, in collaboration with the IT support partner
The role requires
- experience of implementing software systems which leverage third-party APIs
- expertise in the traditional PHP stack (PHP/MySQL/HTML/CSS/JavaScript) in modern frameworks such as Laravel or Symphony
- implementing and working within service-oriented architectures and associated principles and standards, eg SOLID
- good understanding of test approaches (eg unit versus integration)
- a pragmatist who can achieve a balance between the creative approach of a developer and the needs of the business
The person will be
- careful, organised and diligent - even meticulous - with a good dose of common sense
- demanding of high standards, and at ease with demanding people
- effective - but also efficient - in both the physical and digital realms
- modestly confident, good-humoured and trustworthy
- at home in the worlds of art, architecture, craft and design
- informal but 100% professional, while respecting traditional courtesy and good manners
Royal Leamington Spa, UK
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01/05/2024 07:00:29
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