Head of Software:
- Proven experience in a leadership role within software development, including leading a number of functional teams operating in different software domains with different toolsets and capabilities.
- Software Architecture & Development a software development background with extensive experience in embedded systems (RTOS, Linux, Android)
- A thorough understanding of software development processes and tools including elements such as:
- Version/Configuration Management - (e.g Gerrit/Git).
- Issue tracking tools - (Jira or similar).
- CI/CD - (e.g. Teamcity/Jenkins)
- SAST - (Coverity/Klocwork or similar)
- SCA Blackduck or similar
- Programming languages (C / C++, Java, Kotlin, C#)
- Experience of managing departmental budgets
- Exceptional organisational, interpersonal and project management skills
- Experience with mentoring & coaching, performance management, technical arbitration, workforce and resource planning.
- The ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
Duties:
- Leading and managing a talented pool of software engineers to deliver innovative solutions, define, and execute on software development programmes.
- Guiding and supporting the team in the continuous improvement of our Agile development practices
- Developing and delivering a strategic technological vision for software development
- Collaborating with key stakeholders to ensure delivery against agreed current and future priorities
- Implement mechanisms to monitor, manage and provide progress on all software development activities
- Ensuring all software development projects are completed on time and within budget.
- Taking responsibility for departmental and project budget forecasting, estimation, and control.
- Creation, implementation and monitoring of a continuous improvement plan for software development
- Join a thriving business in the field of wireless communications with genuine opportunity to shape your team.
- Dont miss out on this exciting Head of Software opportunity. Apply now!
Role: Head of Software
Location: Cambridge
Salary: £90-110K with attractive benefits package including flexible working, an early finish on Fridays, private healthcare, bonus, pension, dental plan, life assurance and the opportunity to work for a highly respected Cambridge business.
Candidates searching for the following job titles are also likely to be interested in this role:
* Embedded Software Manager * Applications Software Team Leader * Software Architect / Chief Software Engineer
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