Head Of Technical - Up to £80k + Bonus - Oxford, UK

Job Description
Head of Technical
You will be a highly visible employee will be responsible for managing Front-End Development Software QA Systems Operations and a team of Back-End Software Engineers as well as contributing to the overall direction and leadership of the company.

Do you thrive on technical challenges? Do you love building and leading exceptional teams? Do you get excited watching the traffic to your web site grow exponentially while you have the confidence that there are no bottlenecks in the data flow?

We love solving challenging problems and seek those who share this passion. Our team is seeking a Technical Director to take us to the next level of growth. A small and growing team of engineers C# JavaScript Ajax and other web technologies we are searching for a leader who can draw from vast experience to help architect and build future generations of the platform. This leader will be responsible of each level of the system from all phases of development to testing and deployment. The candidate must be comfortable working in these areas and able to develop highly scalable solutions working with teams of engineers.

Requirements

10 years of software development experience

5 years of technical leadership experience with proven experience managing high-performing technical teams

Fluent C# JavaScript AJAX and other web technologies

Exceptional hands‐on experience developing software

Understands test-driven development (nUnit an advantage)

Significant Object-Oriented design experience familiar with Design Patterns

Knows how the web works can easily build a web server and site from scratch

Comfortable discussing algorithms and data structures

Experience scaling platforms to reach high transaction volume

Experience leading development for QA and IT teams

Proven experience hiring solid software engineers

Proven technical leadership experience

Passion for solving complex technical and business problems

Worked in an Agile development environment

Bachelors degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Responsibilities

Ensure that the company has appropriate WebsiteOffice IT / Systems / Telephony / Support to operate its business both now and plans for the future.

Ensure that the Software Engineers are writing robust readable and maintainable code and are meeting the needs of the Product Team and the business as a whole.

Ensure that the development and testing environments meet the needs of the Engineers both now and into the future.

Insights
This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate. You will be taking ownership of the technology strategy for the business helping us to upgrade expand and develop both our infrastructure and core web architecture. The role will be varied from recruiting and growing the team to improving our productivity through developing our working practices. We have some big ambitions for the right leader who has the experience knowledge and drive to define the technology direction for our company.

Benefits

Private Medical Insurance

Pension

Critical Illness Cover

Disability Protection

Well-Being Reimbursement

EAP (Employee Assistance Program)

Travel Insurance

Required Experience
Director

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Employment Type: Full Time

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1

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