Technical Lead Developer

Howdens Joinery are looking for a Lead Developer to join our busy Digital Team with the option to work remotely and taking leadership of a team of developers.
What you will be doing:
With the option to work remotely you will report to the Software Delivery Manager and will likely be an experienced developer who is looking for the next step in their career. 
As a hands-on Technical Lead Developer, you’ll steer a growing team of developers in producing a high quality, industry leading technology solution and your Technical Leadership will help us see projects through from inception to delivery.
You will work closely with the architecture function to define and implement the roadmap to support our business initiatives.
What we need from you: 
- Experience within C# .Net Development /Full-Stack Development and have worked on technical projects from inception through to delivery
- Familiarity with Azure cloud platform
- Experience of CI/CD Implementations i.e. Azure DevOps
- Experience of Scalable Agile Framework (SAFe) v5.0 an advantage
- .NET using C# 4.0 or higher
- .NET Core 1.0 or higher
- Visual Studio 2013 or higher
- Microsoft LINQ
- Relational databases like SQL Server or Oracle
- Front-End scripting (e.g. JavaScript, SASS, Angular JS)
- Educated to degree level in a computer science related discipline or equivalent experience
- Database design, programming (SQL) and query optimisation
- Source control: TFS / GIT / VSTS
- Sitecore experience is advantageous
- Working on technical projects from inception through to delivery
- Good understanding of unit testing frameworks and test coverage (Experience of automated Testing using a variety of MS Test, xUnit, Jet Brains, Selenium and Moq would be useful)
- Demonstrable experience of object-oriented design patterns, code refactoring and awareness of SOLID principles
- Commercial experience using the MVC pattern
- Good exposure and understanding of Web services using Restful APIs
- Experience with .NET content management systems, preferably Sitecore
What we can offer you
- Competitive salary and annual company bonus
- Excellent pension scheme (company contribution of up to 12%)
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays with the option to buy additional days
- Staff Discount
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Exceptional Reward and Recognition events
About Howdens:
Howdens Joinery is the UK’s number one trade kitchen supplier providing thousands of products across kitchens, joinery, and hardware.  We have over 800 depots throughout the UK and Europe – making us the first choice for more than 460,000 loyal trade professionals.   Last year our sales reached circa 2.3bn, and we have an ambitious growth agenda. 
As well as the opportunity to develop within a fast paced and commercial environment, you will be part of a rewarding organisation recognised for excellence in the workplace in the Best Big Companies to Work For.