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full time Head of Development - Technical Lead - (Online Brand) Richmond, Surrey (REF: GSJ)

at Resource Team in Richmond, Surrey (TW9) UK

HEAD OF DEVELOPMENT / TECHNICAL LEAD - (ONLINE BRAND) - RICHMOND

Location: Richmond, Surrey, TW9.
Salary: £60-65K
Job Type: Permanent
Start Date: ASAP
REF: GSD

HEAD OF DEVELOPMENT / TECHNICAL LEAD - (ONLINE BRAND) - RICHMOND

We are seeking a Head of Development with strong leadership skills to act as the technical lead within a fast-growing, internet company who are planning ambitious overseas expansion for 2011. Read on...

Established in the ‘90s and based in glorious Richmond (just 16 minutes from Central London) our client is a privately funded organisation who is a recognised online leader within the consumer review sector. Having just redeveloped their complete site architecture they are just about to enter a phase of rapid feature development and international expansion. You will be responsible for the technical delivery of this busy roadmap through a team of both full time and contract developers.

Coming from a strong technical background you will be a technical team lead or lead developer with experience managing small development teams. It will be your responsibility to manage the day-to-day aspects of running the team in an Agile/SCRUM process, performing code reviews, providing time estimates to stake holders, motivating other developers on the team and taking a lead role in shaping the architecture of the system.

Expect to play a key role within the business, liaising closely with the management team you will also be instrumental in defining long-term strategies for the business and the way software architecture affects it.

To qualify... You should be a Lead Developer / Software Architect with key skills covering some or all of the following:

•PHP
•Java
•OO / Design Patterns
•MySQL
•Apache
•Tomcat
•Linux
•Symfony or Zend Framework
•Doctrine
•Maven
•Spring
•JUnit

You must also be a:

•Strong man manager
•Great motivator
•Comfortable working in an Agile environment

This is an excellent opportunity to join an entrepreneurial internet business with a highly scalable digital proposition. Working at the forefront of their international expansion you will play a key role in providing the essential product intelligence that helps them grow. Apply now...

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