Development Team Lead - 12 Month FTC

Michael Page (UK); Southampton; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the Travel Sector is looking for a senior technical leader in their Southampton office. This brand-new position involves hands-on coding and managing a team of 8 developers, focusing on technology innovation and strategic decisions, with a blend of remote work options once familiar with the team.

Benefits

25 days holiday

Private medical

Bonus

Pension

Qualifications

• 8+ years in the industry.
• Managed a team of developers.
• Experience with AWS migration is ideal.

Responsibilities

• Drive innovation and assist in decisions on technology's future.
• Conduct performance reviews and train team members.
• Manage project progress and the DevOps strategy.

Skills

Leadership

PHP

AWS

Microservices architecture

Job description

• New role
• Mix of hands on and leadership

About Our Client

Our client is within the Travel Sector and this role is based out of their Southampton office. Upon joining and whilst you get to know the business and team you will be required to be on site. Once up to speed you can WFH twice a week.

Job Description

This is a brand new role reporting directly to the CTO and will be a mix of hands on coding and leading a team of 8 other developers. Depending on your background and desires you will be leading 50%-80% of the time and the rest will be hands on coding.



Day to day alongside coding will include:

• Drive innovation and assist in decisions on the future of technology
• Performance reviews
• Training team members
• Recruitment
• Manage the DevOps strategy - they are very early stages within an AWS migration
• Go to person if the office for technical queries
• Manage project progress
• Develop new systems

The Successful Applicant

Must haves:

• 8+ years in Industry
• Managed a team of developers
• PHP
• AWS - experience of a migration would be ideal!
• Microservices architecture

Nice to haves:

• React
• Project management experience

What's on Offer

• 25 days holiday
• Private medical
• Bonus
• Pension