Lead Developer

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We are looking for a lead developer to join our fast-paced IT Team and play a crucial role in helping to drive NEXT forward in a fast moving retail environment.

If impressive development knowledge, extensive commercial experience and the ability to co-ordinate complex technical projects are just a few of the great things on your CV then we’d love you to read on.

As a Lead Developer you’ll also work closely with the Development Project Manager to provide project leadership and direction to drive forward and deliver quality solutions across a variety of technologies. Acting as a technical expert and project lead within the business, you’ll be involved in the mentoring and support of other developers within the team. You’ll also ensure that all development and code follows best practice and meets the relevant industry standards.

About the Role:

      You’ll be required to understand and interpret technical specifications, and turn them into working code, using a mix of technologies.

      Acting as a technical expert within the business, you’ll be involved in the mentoring and support of other developers within the team. You’ll also ensure that all development and code follows best practice and meets the relevant industry standards.

      Managing sprint planning and retrospective sessions, you’ll communicate technical and non-technical information across the business, as well as offering out-of-hours support during key periods. You’ll also work closely with other departments, negotiating effectively to ensure projects are being driven forward and are meeting business needs.

About you:

      With exceptional programming and analytical skills you’ll have strong commercial experience in .NET framework and developing with SQL Server (including SQL, Stored Procedures/Functions, performance tuning and concurrency). You’ll also have exceptional design skills for back-end systems architecture and front-end knowledge of MVC, Javascript and jQuery.

      Highly organised, you’ll be able to effectively align and co-ordinate project aims and deliverables, while providing detailed estimates for large and complex technical solutions. You’ll also be highly motivated with the ability to take ownership of projects and quickly identify and resolve any issues.

      You’ll have impressive experience of thriving in a fast-paced technical environment and working to challenging deadlines. You’ll also be able to build and maintain productive relationships within your team and across the business.

In return, we offer a competitive salary and benefits with a relocation package available.