Software Development Manager

BCS Technology International (BCS) is a leading global IT professional services organization focused on the delivery of customized solutions in emerging technologies including blockchain, digital, cloud, big data, AI, predictive analytics and machine learning. For over 20 years, BCS consultants have successfully implemented end to end solutions for high profile clients in the travel and aviation industry. Since then, operations have expanded across a wider range of industries covering high profile clients in banking and finance, healthcare, education, media and government.

To lead and manage a team of software developers, supporting them in building industry. To develop a strategy for the team to meet the company’s goals and objectives, and to improve the quality of the service it delivers internally and externally. To plan and monitor the successful implementation of this strategy. Responsible for the quality and technical approach taken by team members, ensuring it is in-line with the company strategy – and those projects are delivered on time and on budget. Creating and maintaining a professional culture within the team, where individuals take ownership and are fastidious and proud of delivering excellence and quality.

Main responsibilities

• Team leadership, strategy & planning.
  
• To lead and manage a team of senior software developers and software developers.
  
• Line management responsibilities will include technical recruitment, appraisals, identifying training needs, motivating and performance managing the team.
  
• To drive the strategic direction of our products & services considering emerging and legacy technologies
  
• To oversee strategy for both product and bespoke code base platform definition and implementation
  
• To strategically decide whether we can inherit existing /support legacy code bases – and how we handle our growing levels of software support.
  
• To devise a tactical plan which can be collaboratively carried out by the team – to implement improvements to our products, services, processes, and knowledge sharing within the team.
  
• To plan for team growth considering the blend/level of skills required within team.
  
• To assist in resourcing decisions.
  
• To review project progress and overview of the performance of all individuals in team.
  
• To coaching and performance manage where necessary.
  
• To facilitate the smooth delivery of all projects, enhancements and support delivered by the team.
  
• To make sure that all team members have the latest in-depth knowledge of all onsite and relevant offsite aspects at the heart of all decisions on projects or enhancements that they make.
  
• To facilitate technology and methodology decision making throughout team, including standardization of system architecture, reusable code base development, versions of software tools, best practice, source control and deployment processes.
  
• To have a clear task list and plan for inducting new members into the team and bring them upto-speed as quickly as possible.
  
• To make sure that all training and support that team members require is delivered internally or externally.
  

Software development

• To keep up to date with the latest software development technologies and methodologies.
  
• To drive consistent standards and approaches throughout the team.
  
• To write clean and healthy structured, well documented code.
  
• To build future-proof reusable core code libraries, which can be shared, in-order to drive further efficiencies throughout the team.
  
• To deliver code which is well tested and consistently error free.
  
• To design and build database schemas with integrity and scalability with data access layers that are optimized for performance and security.
  
• To maintain our USP of having SEO as our core differentiator.
  

Communication and problem solving

• To use your experience when reviewing and auditing legacy code.
  
• To assist in critical support issues where your experience is required to ascertain the issue quickly and to find the more appropriate resolution.
  
• To take control over critical support instances and putting into place the correct escalation and process to manage and resolve issue as soon as possible.
  
• To create a culture of promoting new ideas or up-sell opportunities within the team for our clients.
  
• To encourage pro-active discussions with client delivery and account management teams.
  
• To contribute regularly to discussions regarding internal process and system improvements to ensure maximum efficiency across the company. Including suggesting technical solutions to problems.
  
• To instigate cross team ideas and initiatives – to bring products and services together.
  

Requirements

Company best practice

• To stay aware of latest data protection and security threats and to make sure we mitigate against these risks against known industry standards.
  
• To make sure that team/company are aware of these issues.
  
• To ensure your team help your staff develop, a strong understanding of the products, competition, industry, marketing goals and objectives of each client.
  
• To efficiently manage your workload and accurately record your time using the company timesheet system. To make sure your team does so too.
  
• To ensure your knowledge of the software development and search engine marketing industry is kept up to date and relevant by networking/researching/reading blogs and news sources.
  
• To speak/contribute to public industry events and forums as required.
  
• To freely share knowledge, insight, best practice, and ideas.
  
• Innovation and research and development.
  
• To proactively drive innovation with new ideas and options made available by new technologies.
  
• To maintain and actively contribute to a list of innovation & research projects.
  
• To assist by offering strategic and technical advice for anyone working on these projects.
  
• Implementing and monitoring ongoing strategies to enable us to deliver quality service.
  

Benefits