Technical Lead

About Softwire

Softwire is a leading digital agency working with major clients to deliver exciting digital transformation projects. We were founded on one simple idea: to create the best possible environment for building quality software.

We do that by having great people who have the skills, experience, and intelligence to solve hard problems. But we also care about finding and developing people who believe in the same things we do:

• That if a job’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well
• That work should be fulfilling but can also be fun
• That success comes from supporting and investing in each other

As a result of that, we’ve secured our spot on ‘The Best Companies to Work For’ listing for over a decade. Working at Softwire means you get to work with great people, on leading-edge projects, in a relaxed and informal atmosphere, refreshingly free of bureaucracy.

In brief

Technical Leads are responsible for the technical success of teams – delivering great outcomes and mentoring developers on your team. Projects span a range of sizes and multiple sectors and technologies. You might:

• Head up a team within a larger client engagement, delivering specific features or owning services for a major rail operator
• Take responsibility for your team’s technical quality when delivery of a new government service to support citizens in improving their energy efficiency
• Guide the technical design and implementation of new features on the content and data platform of a major broadcaster

You will take responsibility for ensuring we deliver a technical solution that achieves our client’s aims. You will mentor & motivate the developers on the team, collaborate with the client’s technical stakeholders, and work closely with delivery leads to ensure our projects are delivered on time and in budget.

The role

Experience and Qualifications

Technical expertise

You have significant breadth & depth of technical knowledge & expertise, and can solve technical challenges across front-end, back-end and infrastructure

You have strong experience and understanding in at least some of the following technologies:

• C# and the .NET ecosystem
• Java/Kotlin and the JVM ecosystem
• JavaScript and popular frameworks
• Python and its ecosystem
• AWS and/or Azure
• Popular databases and SQL versions
• Mobile (iOS or Android) development

You are a fast learner, and can leverage your existing expertise to quickly become effective in unfamiliar tech stacks and novel situations, as well as rapidly acquiring client/sector knowledge

You have a good understanding of best practice principles for technical architecture, and are comfortable applying these in unfamiliar situations to design new systems

You are a talented leader, who can motivate and coach the developers on your team and employ strong technical delivery processes to promote effective teams

You are a strong communicator, who can explain technical concepts effectively to non-technical people and impress clients

Your Approach

• You are passionate about leveraging technology to deliver great outcomes for clients and end users
• You are focused on effective delivery – ensuring great technical quality and efficient, high-value output
• You want to help our clients increase their technical maturity, while remaining sensitive to their business needs
• You enjoy mentoring developers, and helping them reach their personal development goals
• You enjoy collaborating with designers and product owners to innovate and devise great technical solutions to meet user needs
• You are comfortable with ambiguity and fast-paced, changing environments

Package

Softwire operates transparent pay scales and a profit share scheme based on role and overall company performance

• Achievable OTE of £90,000+
• Pension: Additional 5% of salary

Additional benefits

• 25 days annual leave (with the option to buy 10 and sell 5)
• 3.5 days additional days off for company-wide morale activities
• AIG income protection
• Travel card loan scheme
• Zero emission car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Enhanced maternity/paternity pay
• Time off for charitable activities
• Sabbatical available on request
• Payroll charity donations
• Headspace plus
• Free annual eye test
• Long service awards

Flexible working options and patterns

• (Flexible Working: The role is suitable for people who want to work 4dpw)
• (Hybrid Working: Generally able to work at least 2dpw from home)

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• About Softwire