Head of Software Engineering

Head of Software Engineering
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom / Hybrid (flexible office/home working)
Salary: 90,000 + Benefits

WRK digital are delighted to be shortlisting for a Head of Software Engineering to play a pivotal role leading a talented development team and be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining the technical solutions that enable a market leading PropTech business. The company saw a 90% revenue growth year on year in 2023, with over 2.1 million visitors to their web platform.

If you are a software engineering leader with a passion for software strategy, building teams, and technical innovation, then this is an exciting opportunity to lead and shape the future of a growing software engineering function.

This role offers a flexible hybrid work environment, combining the convenience of remote work with the benefits of in-person collaboration when required.

About the team

The business has grown to almost 100 employees in 2023 and has been named a fastest-growing technology company in Yorkshire and the Northeast in the 2023 Deloitte UK Technology Fast 50. Your leadership will inspire and guide a software engineering team of 5 to reach new heights of excellence, creating a culture of continuous reflection, innovation, growth, and improvement.

The teams industry-leading property search platform and SaaS products are taking the market by storm and they have ambition plans for 2024. There couldn't be a more exciting time to join the team.

The team are buoyed by recent investment and you will be empowered to help build a winning team, starting with recruiting top engineering talent. Your role will include identifying, recruiting, and retaining high-performing engineers with the aim of doubling the team size in the next 12 months.

Areas of experience you'll need to be successful in the role:

* Hands on experience delivering software applications using PHP (Laravel) and JavaScript.
* Setting and delivering a technical strategy.
* Team leadership and coaching for software engineering teams.
* Timely delivery of projects.
* Scrum/Agile delivery framework expertise.
* Establishing and tracking key performance indicators for the engineering team.
* DevOps, SRE, and cloud infrastructure knowledge.
* Test-driven development and quality assurance.
* Recruitment of top level software engineering talent.

Skills and abilities you will be able to demonstrate :

* A deep understanding and history with PHP 8+ and Laravel 10.
* Leveraging APIs and integrating third-party services.
* Strong technical understanding and expertise with AWS and GCP.
* You're proficient in agile software development methodologies, ideally Scrum.
* You're a people person and have excellent communication and leadership skills.
* A collaborative, team-oriented approach to software development.
* You have a demonstrable track record in optimising and improving software architecture for speed, stability, scalability, and security.
* Extensive demonstrable experience in developing, testing, and launching software products.

Its a great place to work. With people and culture at the heart of our organisation, the team are continually enhancing their employee offer and culture.

There's a starting salary of 90,000 + an employer pension contribution and a range of flexible benefits including a health and wellbeing plan. There is a holiday allowance of 25 days + bank holidays and they are business who are determined to bring a good balance to your working life. This position is available for Software Engineering Leaders happy to spend a minimum of 1 day a week working from a stunning new office in the centre of Sheffield.

The team encourage learning and development as part of the job, alongside dedicated time in the working week for upskilling and encourage you to keep learning with the opportunity for company sponsored accreditation's and qualifications.

The next steps

This is what the process will look like for this role once shortlisted by WRK digital:

Step 1: 45-min initial TEAMS meeting with the CPO to discuss your background and past experiences.
Step 2: A 90 minute face-to-face meeting and short presentation with the Head of Talent, CPO and Lead Developer.

We are looking to shortlist right away. If you are a Head of Software Engineering with a passion for the future tech landscape and leading high performing teams, then please apply now or contact WRK digital for a confidential conversation around the next steps. We look forward to receiving your application.

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