Senior Technical Lead

Senior Technical Lead

About Softwire

Softwire is a leading digital agency working with major clients to deliver exciting digital transformation projects. We were founded on one simple idea: to create the best possible environment for building quality software.

We do that by having great people who have the skills, experience, and intelligence to solve hard problems. But we also care about finding and developing people who believe in the same things we do:

· That if a job’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well

· That work should be fulfilling but can also be fun

· That success comes from supporting and investing in each other

As a result of that, we’ve secured our spot on ‘The Best Companies to Work For’ listing for over a decade. Working at Softwire means you get to work with great people, on leading-edge projects, in a relaxed and informal atmosphere, refreshingly free of bureaucracy.

In brief

Senior Technical Leads are responsible for delivering great technical outcomes for our customers on projects, supporting and developing their teams, and contributing to the wider technical community at Softwire.

We have a diverse project portfolio, with project sizes from 50 to 5,000 days and spanning multiple sectors and technologies. You might:

· Lead a team of 10 developers to migrate a legacy monolithic API to a cloud-based microservices architecture which can handle significant spikes in traffic, for a leading leisure brand

· Collaborate with a product owner and designer to prototype and architect a new product for a start-up

· Guide the technical design and implementation of a system that helps match thousands of bone-marrow donors with suitable recipients for a national charity

· Spearhead an early engagement with a financial institution struggling with a digital transformation, analysing the problem and establishing a plan to grow a team to drive improvement

You will take responsibility for the broader success of our projects, engaging to resolve challenges both inside and outside the technical domain. You will form strong client relationships, working with them to define technical strategy as well as ensuring day-to-day project success.

You will mentor & motivate other Tech Leads and developers on the team, collaborate with the client’s technical and non-technical stakeholders, and work closely with delivery leads to ensure our projects are delivered on time and in budget.

You will use your technical skills to contribute beyond your project – sharing knowledge with other teams, and working closely with our presales team to lead the design of technical solutions for potential new clients.

The role

Experience and qualifications

Technical expertise

You have significant breadth and depth of technical knowledge and expertise and can solve technical challenges across front-end, back-end, and infrastructure.

You have strong experience and understanding in at least some of the following technologies:

· C# and the .NET ecosystem

· Java and the JVM ecosystem

· JavaScript and popular frameworks

· Python and its ecosystem

· AWS and/or Azure

· Popular databases and SQL versions

· Mobile (iOS or Android) development

You are a fast learner and can leverage your existing expertise to quickly become effective in unfamiliar tech stacks and novel situations.

You have a good understanding of best practice principles for technical architecture and are comfortable applying these in unfamiliar situations to design new systems.

Leadership and communication

You are a talented leader, who can motivate and coach the developers or less experienced tech leads on your team and have a proven ability to establish effective teams with strong technical delivery processes.

You are a strong communicator, who can explain technical concepts effectively to non-technical people and make an excellent impression on clients.

You are adept at achieving outcomes by influencing client stakeholders who don’t report to you.

Your Approach

· You are passionate about leveraging technology to deliver great outcomes for clients and end users

· You are focused on effective delivery – ensuring great technical quality and efficient, high-value output

· You enjoy helping clients increase their technical maturity while remaining sensitive to their business needs

· You enjoy mentoring developers and helping them reach their personal development goals

· You enjoy collaborating with designers and product owners to innovate and devise great technical solutions to meet user needs

· You are comfortable with ambiguity and fast-paced, changing environments

Package

Softwire operates transparent pay scales and a profit share scheme based on role and overall company performance.

· Basic salary is based on experience but you can achieve as much as £110,000+ OTE

· Pension: Additional 5% of salary

Additional benefits

· 25 days annual leave (with the option to buy 10 and sell 5)

· 3.5 days additional days off for company-wide morale activities

· AIG income protection

· Travel card loan scheme

· Zero emission car scheme

· Cycle to work scheme

· Enhanced maternity/paternity pay

· Time off for charitable activities

· Sabbatical available on request

· Payroll charity donations

· Headspace plus

· Free annual eye test

· Long service awards

· Flexible working options and patterns

o (Flexible Working: The role is suitable for people who want to work 4dpw)

o (Hybrid Working: Generally able to work at least 2dpw from home)