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Software Development Team Lead

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Software Development Team Lead required by a leading global Cloud Technology company based in Bracknell. The company are working on cutting-edge technology including AI and propensity modelling. The Software Development Team Lead will be responsible for the software engineering output of the team.

This will be a leadership role however the successful Software Development Team Lead will also be expected to be hands-on writing code when required, as well as designing architecture. Therefore the successful candidate will have strong hands-on coding knowledge.

The company are happy to consider a Senior/Lead Developer who is looking to step up into more of a leadership role.

They operate on a hybrid model which involves 3 days in the office and 2 days from home.

Essential experience:

Degree in STEM subject from a Russell Group or Red Brick University
Experience leading software development teams
Knowledge of either C# or React
Strong experience with SQL
Source control, ideally Git
AgileAny experience in the following would be advantageous:

Latest versions of .NET
AI, Machine Learning
JavaScript, TypeScript and associated frameworks
Containers, Docker, Kubernetes
NoSQL
Test tools such as xUnit, Cypress, Selenium, Jest, SoapUIThis is an exciting opportunity to join a rapidly expanding company using the latest tools and technologies. If you are looking for a role of this nature, please contact (url removed) or call (phone number removed).

Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy

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