Back End Team Leader

Role: Back End Team Leader
Location: Leeds, (LS15) (with hybrid working after completion of training)
Salary: £60-£70k plus extensive benefits
Contract type: Permanent
Employment type: Full time
Working hours: 40 hrs pw, Monday to Friday
Do you want to work for the nation’s largest online pharmacy ensuring excellence for all our patients? We’re a market leader in the pharmacy world, with 25 years’ experience, helping over 1.4 million patients in England manage their NHS prescriptions from request through to delivery. We are Great Place to Work certified as we consider colleague experience a top priority every day. Our people are fundamental to our success and ensuring we achieve our vision to be a world leading, patient-centric digital healthcare provider. We are committed to continuing to develop a positive, open and honest working environment for all.
We are looking for a talented, hands on, passionate software development team leader to join an entrepreneurial e-commerce business, where they will work with a lot of autonomy and make a real difference. As the UK’s leading online pharmacy, we need to make sure our core services, website and app are a delight to use for our patients as well as stay ahead of the curve when it comes to innovation in our field. We are looking for either a current software development team lead or a current senior developer wanting to take their first step into team leadership.
Our developers care about creating great software, interacting with stakeholders and working as part of a driven team of experts. As a team lead you should take this further, not only caring about the code you write but also the environment you foster, meaning that every decision you make has the best interests of your team and the projects we work on at its heart.
What kind of technology do we use?
We use .NET Core for our Microservices and backend systems, whilst using a combination of React, Next.js and TypeScript for our front-end interfaces.
What’s in it for you?
Occupational sick pay
Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
Contributory pension
Discounted insurance (Aviva)
Employee discount site
Discounted gyms (via our blue light card and benefits schemes)
Employee assistance programme
In-house mental health support
Free onsite parking
Health and wellbeing initiatives
Social events throughout the year
Cycle to work scheme
Green car scheme
Registration fees paid (GPhC, NMC, CIPD etc)
Long service bonus
Refer a friend bonus
Blue light card
Hybrid working
Commitment to CPD/training
25 days annual leave increasing with service
Annual leave buy and sell scheme
Discounts & Exclusive offers at The Springs, Leeds
25% Discount & health & beauty purchases
What you’ll be doing?
Creating great software
Interacting with key stakeholders and working as a part of a driven team of experts
Taking great care in the code that you write and the environment you foster
Ensuring every decision you make has the best interests of the team and the project at its heart
Line management of team members including 121 meetings, setting targets and driving projects forward
Ensuring other team members build high-quality, test-driven code that meets the highest standards of good software engineering
Who are we looking for?
Degree in computer science/related field or comparable relevant experience gained in a fast-moving, entrepreneurial environment with competing deadlines and priorities
Has some experience with most of the technologies in our stack and willingness to learn others
Commercial knowledge and experience in C#, .NET Core
Knowledge of Azure, Azure Functions and TDD
Excellent attention to detail and good problem-solving skills and has worked in an agile environment
Commercial knowledge and experience writing SQL
People/line management skills
Great team player, able to hit the ground running
Professional with a keen attitude to learn and looks forward to actively contributing to the life and growth of Pharmacy2U
What happens next?
Please click apply and if we think you are a good match, we will be in touch to arrange an interview.
Applicants must prove they have the right to live in the UK.
All successful applicants will be required to undergo a DBS check.
Unsolicited agency applications will be treated as a gift.
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