Lead Developer Opportunity at Sykes Cottages

2 weeks ago


Chester, Cheshire, United Kingdom Sykes Cottages Full time

Company Overview

The Forge Holiday Group encompasses Sykes Holiday Cottages, Forest Holidays, UKcaravans4hire and Bachcare in New Zealand. We unite under four core company values that serve as the foundation of everything we do: Being One Team, Owning It, Communicating Honestly, Learning, Growing, and Innovating.

We are proud to be a technical powerhouse with a tech team that drives innovation across mobile apps for iOS and Android, our Ecommerce platform, and the Holiday Letting app that we built in-house.

Job Description

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Developer to join our senior tech team as a Lead Developer. As a Lead Developer, you will own the delivery of software into the business, conduct sprint planning to deliver regular iterations and retrospectives to improve our processes, line manage a team of developers, and promote software development best practices.

You will work closely with our cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software solutions that meet the needs of our customers.

In return, we guarantee to welcome you with open arms as a driving force within one of our varied 'Squads', showcasing your technical ability and leading, mentoring and coaching a talented and eager team of Developers, recognising your contribution within our ambitious projects.

Required Skills and Qualifications

  • Vast experience of Software Engineering in a commercial setting
  • Experience of PHP MVC frameworks such as Laravel, Symfony or CodeIgniter
  • Experience of using Test Driven Development in commercial projects
  • Demonstrable record of delivering high-quality object-oriented code and using SOLID principles
  • A strong grasp of MySQL with the ability to identify problematic or costly queries
  • Experience of React JS as well as other foundational front-end technologies e.g Vanilla Javascript/jQuery, HTML, CSS
  • Experience of Agile development methodologies e.g. Scrum
  • Experience with many aspects of Amazon Web Services, ideally ECS
  • Front-end styling frameworks such as SASS & Bootstrap
  • UNIX command line

Benefits

  • Estimated salary: £70,000 - £100,000 per annum
  • Access to our annual STIP (annual company-wide bonus) scheme with up to 20% addition of your salary
  • 33 days annual leave including bank holidays
  • Plus an additional day off for your Birthday
  • An enhanced maternity and paternity policy
  • Employee discounts and benefits with your wellbeing at the centre
  • Comprehensive training and development programs to set you up for success
  • Numerous dedicated wellbeing initiatives and access to 24/7 mental health support

About Us

We encourage and welcome our people to bring their authentic and best selves to work every day. We recognise the role diversity plays in achieving our goals as a business. If you need any particular support or accommodations as part of your application process, please get in touch - our recruitment team are happy to help.



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