Lead Developer

• Location: Hybrid (New Malden) - 3 days a week in office
• Job Type: Full-time, Permanent
• Salary: Competitive, commensurate with experience and skills
• Must have Right to Work in the UK

Join our team at a leading company in the psychometric tools industry, where we innovate and refine digital assessment solutions for global organizations. We are looking for an experienced Architect / Lead Developer to guide the technical direction of our platforms while actively engaging in hands-on development. This role is a blend of strategic leadership and practical software engineering, ideal for someone with a strong architectural vision and a passion for building scalable, secure, and efficient software solutions.

Day-to-day of the role:

• Architectural Design and Strategy:
  • Define and drive the architecture of our assessment platforms, focusing on scalability, performance, and robustness.
  • Align architectural decisions with business goals to support long-term product scalability and maintainability.
  • Evaluate and recommend tools, frameworks, and technologies to enhance development processes and product capabilities.
  • Design cloud-based solutions, optimizing for scalability, performance, and cost-efficiency.
• Hands-On Development:
  • Participate actively in coding, ensuring high-quality, secure, and maintainable code that adheres to best practices.
  • Collaborate on code reviews, debugging, and implementation of complex solutions.
  • Promote technical excellence through development standards in testing, security, code quality, and best practices.
  • Mentor team members in modern software development methodologies.
• Technical Leadership and Mentorship:
  • Provide leadership and technical expertise to a team of developers, fostering a collaborative and innovative environment.
  • Mentor junior and mid-level developers, enhancing their technical and problem-solving skills.
  • Champion DevOps practices, CI/CD, and automated testing frameworks.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration:
  • Support project management in defining scope, setting timelines, and managing resources effectively.
  • Engage with stakeholders to communicate technical strategies and ensure alignment with business objectives.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Education & Background: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience: 7+ years in software development with at least 2 years in a technical leadership or architecture role.
• Technical Skills:
  • Proficient in .Net 6+, .Net Framework 4.7.2, full stack development including Webforms, MVC, Razor Pages, web API, EntityFramework/EntityFrameworkCore, Bootstrap, SQL Server 2022, and git (AZDO/GitHub).
  • Experienced with Microsoft Azure, particularly PAAS services like AppService, SqlDatabase, and ideally other services like FrontDoor, Azure AD B2C.
  • Skilled in CI/CD with Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions and familiar with microservices architecture, RESTful APIs, and serverless computing.
  • Expertise in database design and management (both SQL and NoSQL databases).
• Architecture Skills: Solid experience with architecture patterns like MVC, MVVM, microservices, and event-driven architectures.
• Problem-Solving: Ability to solve complex technical problems and make data-driven architectural decisions.
• Communication: Strong interpersonal skills, able to convey technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.