Lead Software Developer

2 weeks ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom Royal Pharmaceutical Society Full time

Salary: £76,000

We are looking for a talented individual who will design, implement, and maintain Pharmaceutical Press's publishing software, systems, and customer-facing digital products.

They will provide technical supervision and guidance across the team, establishing and maintaining the development processes and working practices.

About the role:

  • Lead the development and maintenance of software, in line with organisational objectives for a specific team.
  • Promote the creation of high-quality code using modern agile engineering practices such as TDD, CI/CD, pair programming, continuous monitoring etc.
  • Work closely with QA and Product teams. Act as an expert in a number of knowledge areas and encourage the development and sharing of knowledge within the organisation
  • Responsible for direct line management of team members, including performance reviews, coaching, workload allocation, and supporting professional development.

Requirements:

  • Leadership and team building skills, with the ability to manage a teams workload effectively and coach and lead team members.
  • Practical experience in system design, development, testing and operational stability.
  • Deep understanding of software design, code quality and ability to propose architectural options and evaluate trade-offs.
  • Extensive experience of working in an agile environment (we use Scrum).
  • Experience writing and consuming RESTful APIs in Python.
  • Experience with AWS services (Lambda, SQS, API gateways, S3).

How we are currently working:

RPS supports and works in a hybrid way, which means you will be able to work from home, however, there will be an expectation for collaborative face-to-face working – on average and typically this may be something between 4-8 working days per month at our London Office.

 If you would like to learn more about the role,  view our job description 

Please attach your CV and Cover Letter

We are passionate about creating a culture of belonging, inclusion, and diversity these are part of our core values at RPS and we are striving to have an organisation that represents the diversity of the profession. At RPS we do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, age, or disability and we encourage applications from all backgrounds.



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