Functional Lead - Software Engineering
- Recruiter
- comparethemarket.com
- Location
- Peterborough
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 12 Oct 2017
- Closes
- 27 Oct 2017
- Sectors
- Engineering
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Functional Lead - Software Engineering - Job description Delivering exceptional customer experiences, which make saving moneysimple and entertaining is the cornerstone of life in IT atcomparethemarket.com. With a focus on Stability, Speed to Market andScalability, our teams deliver user centred software within a highlyempowered, agile and innovative environment. We are currently looking for an inspirational and passionate SeniorManager to join the IT leadership team and help manage our softwareengineering function; innovating to identify development opportunities,promote an environment of high trust and responsibility, and help theteams remain aligned with the business. The role As the Functional Lead Software Engineering youll focus on buildinghigh performing, motivated and capable teams through high trustrelationships. A key part of your role is to bring together architects,technical leads and engineers onto a single path by translating thearchitectural roadmap into clearly defined deliverables. Youll createan environment where everyone feels able to contribute and haveownership for their development and ensure customers are able to compareand buy with ever decreasing IT friction. Youll contribute to theteams evolving culture of experience, innovation, enthusiasm andpassion and also play a key role in the delivery of business valuethrough a constant and rapid flow of stable software. Youll ensuredevelopment and delivery is of the highest quality. What will it take? As a highly skilled, professional and confident Senior Manager youllhave a flair for leadership of technical and diverse teams coupled witha genuine passion for software development at pace and scale. Youll bean experienced agile leader and will build trust through transparencyand authenticity. Working closely with product based teams in London andPeterborough youll model and embed a culture where we go the extra mileto find simple practices and patterns in seemingly complex environments. Youll relish being a role model for other ctmers. We are proud tohave a team of intelligent and driven people and we foster anenvironment of openness, celebrating the opportunity to explore manydifferent perspectives and opinions. We also want to make decisionsquickly and then work together to make these happen; we discuss, havebackbone and commit. It takes strength and confidence from our leadersto maintain this. When we meet youll be able to demonstrate your experience andstrengths in: substantial experience managing technical teams in a similar hightransactional e-commerce environment working with other function leads to provide cross functionalorchestrated leadership developing and building learning interventions that harness internalknowledge and support career progression commitment to quality of code and delivery; supporting the notion withthe business that quality cannot be compromised for time Why choose us? The benefits package is excellent and comprehensive; youll earn acompetitive salary with an annual bonus of up to 15%, thirty days annualleave (plus 8 Bank Holidays), private medical cover and a range ofbenefits that youd expect from a great employer. Perhaps moreimportantly in this role youll have the opportunity to work with someoutstanding people in a fun and thriving environment. What next? If you can see yourself succeeding in this role, it would be great tohear from you. The first step is to click apply. - provided by Dice AGILE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING