Head of Software

Title: Head of Software (hands-on)Salary: £85,000 + shares and profit shareLocation: Cambridge, UKWorking Environment: HybridSoCode Recruitment has partnered with a very well-known and high-growth supplements company based in Cambridge. This company operates a very successful subscription-based service and is leading the way in its field due to its patent-protected products developed here in Cambridge.This company is currently looking for a hands-on Head of Software to lead their growing team. You will be responsible for leading a small web development team while driving all technology decisions across a number of e-commerce web applications. You will manage all resource allocation and workload distribution within the team while also playing a role across the wider management team to meet business goals.You will be working with a number of technologies, their core technology stack is currently React.js, Node.js, GoLang, and AWS whilst they continue to retire PHP and Magento.The team is described as social, relaxed, flexible, and hardworking. Located in the center of Cambridge and operates in a hybrid model of two days per week in the office to foster collaboration but to also support a healthy work/life balance.Requirements for this opportunity:Proven technical leadership experience, mentoring junior developers.The ability to communicate across the business into non-technical functions.Knowledge of building technical roadmaps and software architecture.JavaScript and/or GoLang skills (strong commercial experience in at least one) and a willingness to use either as appropriate.AWS knowledge or any other cloud service would also be a plus.E-commerce experience, ideally working with Shopify, BigCommerce or MagentoCould this be your next engineering challenge? Then get in touch by…Number 1: Click the apply button – don’t worry if you don’t have an up-to-date CV, we’ll discuss whatever you have to hand.Number 2: You can call Charles Swift at SoCode RecruitmentNumber 3: You can find me on LinkedIn – Charles Swift