Role: Lead Developer
Salary: Up to £70,000
Working Pattern: Hybrid
Location: Cardiff
I am currently working with an international HealthTech organisation dedicated to bringing life-changing products to the market. Their flagship product is a supply chain management solution tailored for companies in specialised patient care, helping them track the progress of therapy.
As a Lead Developer, you'll play a crucial role in the Integration Hub team, having 3 direct reports and ensuring technical delivery. You'll also be heavily involved in hands-on development, which will mainly involve API development. The split will be 75% hands on and 25% hands off.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage a team of 3 senior developers including regular 1-1s, appraisals, performance management etc.
- Balance hands-on development (75%) with hands-off line management and overarching tasks (25%).
- Collaborate closely with project and commercial teams to integrate new features.
- Focus on API development.
- Ensure technical delivery, by championing agile software development practices and CI/CD processes.
- Promote best practice around development and the SDLC
Skills & Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- 5+ years of software development and project management experience.
- Strong understanding of CI/CD processes and tools (e.g., Jenkins, IntelliJ, Gitlab).
- Proficiency in web development technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript).
- Familiarity with database design (SQL).
- Experience with architectural and design standards.
- Agile/SCRUM expertise.
- Previous mentoring or line management experience.
- Knowledge of Java/J2EE or equivalent.
- Development of APIs (RESTful or SOAP etc.)
Desirable:
- Familiarity with Salesforce/Mulesoft.
- ALM (Application Lifecycle Management) tools.
- AWS services.
- Understanding of HTTP.
- Java frameworks (Spring Boot & Hibernate).
- JavaScript frameworks.
- Stakeholder/customer engagement experience.
Working Arrangement:
For the first month, you'll be expected to visit the office 3 times a week with 2 days at home. After the first month, it'll move to 1 day in office with the expectation of travelling on an ad-hoc basis for certain requirements.
Even if you don't meet all the requirements, we encourage you to apply! Please note, we cannot provide visa sponsorship for this position.
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