Foreman jobs in United Kingdom

Have the digital world at your feet

• Collaborate with solution architects, application architects and data engineers to develop solutions meeting delivery goals
• Identify and capture work that needs to be done, including dependencies external to the team
• Onboard new team members and manage the impact of leavers
• Monitor the health of the team: contribution, growth, and psychological safety
• Lead and develop a high-performing, cross-functional team, fostering collaboration and continuous growth through mentoring and coaching
• Establish and uphold team norms and engineering standards, promoting accountability and excellence
• Contribute to technical discussions and architecture decisions to guide quality and scalability
• Support agile delivery practices and ceremonies, and drive continuous improvement
• Enable robust DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipeline management and Kubernetes deployments
• Promote a data-driven culture with defined delivery metrics
• Drive innovation and process improvement to enhance efficiency
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align on priorities and maintain a clear technical roadmap
• Monitor changes to the codebase to ensure quality and compliance with FA development standards
• Optimise the developer experience to boost productivity
• Ensure production services are monitored and that issues are spotted early
• Stretch engineers with meaningful challenges and provide constructive feedback
• Assess team capability and identify training needs (internal or external)
• Assist Product Owners to break down requirements into tasks and provide estimates when required
• Communicate delivery progress and impact of changes to the Delivery Manager
• Ensure product quality is integrated into the development lifecycle
• Encourage agile practices, including Test Driven Development, Behavior Driven Development, and paired programming
• Help stories flow efficiently and remove impediments
• Stay current with technology and engage with developer communities
• Execute additional tasks to meet changing priorities
• Comply with company policies to maintain health, safety, and well-being

Essential for the role:

Technical & Experience

• Development experience using C# (.NET Core), ASP.NET, JavaScript, T-SQL
• Experience designing, developing and maintaining MS SQL Server relational databases with change tracking / CDC
• Message-based integration – Azure Service Bus
• Working with Azure Data Factory
• Experience with Dependency Injection & IoC frameworks
• Experience with ORM Frameworks: Entity Framework, Dapper
• Experience in building and consuming web services using micro-services architecture via REST APIs
• Experience in keeping multiple applications in sync – real time/batch processing
• Experience of leading teams of technical specialists through to successful delivery
• Experience of providing technical leadership and oversight with offshore and/or third-party delivery teams
• Experience with unit testing, TDD and BDD
• Experience with SAST (Static Application Security Testing) and SCA (Software Composition Analysis) tools e.g. Sonar
• Experience with design and development of n-tier architectures
• Knowledge of common software design patterns
• Working knowledge of Agile/Scrum

• Delivery Planning
• Experience of agile estimating techniques – from large initiatives to user stories
• Experience in working with delivery management and product disciplines to produce quarterly plans and longer-term roadmaps

Beneficial to have:

• Technical educational background
• Microsoft Software Development Certifications
• Experience developing and supporting high-volume public-facing web applications
• Experience using Sitecore
• Typescript, Angular, React/Vue frameworks
• Experience of working in a sport-related environment

We are committed to ensuring everyone can flourish in their roles. The role is based at Wembley Stadium with access to associated facilities and a hybrid working model. We offer a competitive salary and a range of benefits.

• Access to event day tickets at Wembley Stadium and regular internal events
• Free nutritious lunches at Wembley Stadium and St. George's Park
• Free private medical cover
• A contributory pension scheme
• Additional 'Thank You' days, volunteering days and 25 days annual leave (based on a full-time contract)
• Hybrid working model

For more information on what it is like to work at The FA, please visit the FA Careers page: thefa.com/about-football-association/careers

Currently, we operate a hybrid model with some on-site and some remote work. The contractual location of this role is shown on the FA Careers page.

We are a diverse workplace and an equal opportunities employer. If you have any recruitment or interview process requirements, please mention them in your application. A DBS check will be required as part of safeguarding responsibilities, with level determined by the activity of the role and relevant guidance.

We welcome applications from everyone.