Pitchup is seeking a Technical Project Manager to help our software engineers deliver high quality products and services for our customers.
Utilising your understanding of software development processes and excellent project management abilities, you will ensure successful completion of building, testing and deployment tasks.
You will press ahead with the many ideas we already have planned, taking account of the priority of the projects and overseeing their progress through development and launch.
As a Technical Project Manager at Pitchup, you’ll be responsible for:
Project Planning
- Define the project scope, objective and deliverables
- Track and report on project progress, mitigating risks and removing roadblocks
Team Management
- Lead and motivate a team of software engineers, setting goals, mentoring/coaching and overseeing their general wellbeing
Technical Expertise
- Utilise technical background to shape the software development lifecycle
- Provide feedback on technical design, architecture and code changes
- Resolve technical challenges faced by the team
Quality Assurance and Testing
- Continue to enhance and grow the testing process
- Participate in code reviews to identify and address defect or areas of improvement
Project Documentation
- Maintain comprehensive project documentations and capture key learning to inform improvements
Must haves
- Proven experience (5 - 7 years) as a Technical Project Manager or similar role, managing software engineering projects
- Previous experience of reporting to a Founder or Senior Leadership team
- Preference for a career history of working in small, high growth scale up organisations over larger corporations
- Ideally worked for an e-commerce, online marketplace or OTA business
- Exposure to our tech-stack would be advantageous
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field
- Project Management or Agile certifications are advantageous
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, capable of collaborating effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Technical
- In-depth knowledge of software development methodologies (e.g., Agile, Scrum) and project management tools
- Hands‑on technical expertise in software development, programming languages, and frameworks.
It would be great if you follow some of our key values/behaviours
- Bias to action
- Conscientious
- Professional Integrity
- Results focused
- Initiative and responsibility
- Logical thinking
- Reaction time: speed of response to key information
Our stack comprises:
- Kubernetes
- Python/Django/Celery
- Vue.js
- PostgreSQL
- Redis
- Solr
- Memcached
- Nginx
- Varnish
- Cloudflare
- GitLab
Salary: £65,000 to £75,000 per annum depending on experience
Our engineers get:
- £500 to spend annually on learning & development at Udemy and whatever software you need
- Choice of technology
- Work‑from‑home office equipment allowance
- 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays (pro‑rated for part‑time employees)
- Pension matched to 4%, private healthcare, life insurance, critical illness cover and income protection - for peace of mind
- Discounts including: gym memberships, sports equipment, Caffe Nero, Odeon cinema and various hotel and retail outlets
- Great staff discounts on Pitchup bookings across thousands of properties in 70 countries
- Employee assistance helpline, in case you ever need someone to talk to, with access to get‑fit programmes, nutrition advice, financial and legal advice and counselling
- Enhanced paternity and maternity leave
- Cycle to work scheme