Hands-On Software Development Manager

Churchedit; Metropolitan Borough of Solihull; Hybride; GBP 60 000 - 70 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

1 Day per Month Learning

Your Birthday Off

Subscription to Online Training

Complimentary Car Valet

Annual Eye Test

Résumé du poste

Churchedit is seeking an experienced Development Manager to lead our development team while remaining actively involved in software development. This hands-on role blends coding with mentoring, guiding the team to deliver new functionality and improve processes, shaping the future of our products.

You will lead by example, solving problems and sharing knowledge in a collaborative environment. Our teams trust each other and continually improve together while building software that helps churches

Qualifications

• Has significant commercial software development experience, ideally with at least five years in a professional environment.
• Has experience leading or mentoring developers
• Is technically strong and comfortable remaining hands-on
• Builds trust easily and communicates clearly
• Is approachable, humble and generous with their knowledge
• Can challenge ideas without creating conflict
• Is comfortable saying "I don't know" and enjoys learning from others
• Cares deeply about software quality and user experience
• Has high standards but understands that people learn in different ways
• Is motivated by building products that make a meaningful difference
• Has experience managing cloud infrastructure, ideally within AWS
• Demonstrates unquestionable integrity and professionalism.

Responsabilités

• Leading and supporting a small team of developers, helping them grow and do their best work
• Coaching and mentoring developers through constructive feedback and support
• Planning and shaping new features, from whole‑team UI discussions through to task allocation
• Ensuring code reviews are thorough and maintain a high standard of quality
• Actively coding and contributing to the platform alongside the team
• Refining existing features and developing new modules that solve real customer problems
• Helping the team make effective, secure and responsible use of AI to improve productivity and software quality
• Working closely with other teams to ensure our software meets the needs of churches and charities
• Creating an environment where developers enjoy coming to work and are able to do their best work
• Encouraging healthy technical debate whilst ensuring decisions are made collaboratively
• Helping continually improve our development practices, tooling and deployment processes
• Participating in a shared on‑call rota for critical hosting or platform availability issues. Thankfully these are rare, but we’re looking for someone who is happy to help when genuinely needed.

Connaissances

Team leadership

Mentoring

Hands-on coding

AWS

PHP Laravel

React

Docker

CodeIgniter

Git

GitHub

Outils

Laravel

CodeIgniter

Git

GitHub

Description du poste

Churchedit is seeking an experienced Development Manager to lead our development team while remaining actively involved in software development. This hands-on role blends coding with mentoring, guiding the team to deliver new functionality and improve processes, shaping the future of our products.

You will lead by example, solving problems and sharing knowledge in a collaborative environment. Our teams trust each other and continually improve together while building software that helps churches