Lead Engineer / Developer

- Employer
- Coherence Digital
- Location
- Brighton
- Salary
- £45,000-£58,000 DOE
- Starts
- Closes
- Sector
- Back-End Development, Design / Creative, Marketing / PR
- Level
- Senior-Level
- Attendance
- Full-Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent
Responsibilities
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Oversee front-end and back-end development teams and their projects
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Monitor reliability and performance of all internal systems to suggest improvements
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Ensure compliance with security standards and agency policies
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Manage software development projects by fulfilling requirements, goals and timelines
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Contribute the engineering team’s budget requirements e.g. training / tool licensing
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Design strategies for future development projects based on the company’s overall objectives and resources
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Hire engineers and coordinate their training
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Implement innovative technologies
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Coordinate with external stakeholders for new integrations and tools
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Review and update policies relevant to internal systems and equipment
Requirements
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Work experience as a lead engineer or in a similar senior-level position at an engineering department
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Experience with cloud technologies and modern human-computer interfaces
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Hands-on experience in back-end and front-end development in Drupal
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Good understanding of project management methodologies
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Leadership abilities
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BSc/MSc in Engineering, Computer Science or relevant field
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Acquia Certification
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Ability to contribute to the technical content required for project documentation
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Ability to contribute to the planning of projects
Drupal technical experience required
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Drupal setup, development, administration and configuration
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Experience with Acquia products and Drupal 7 - 9
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Hands-on custom module development including Drupal hooks.
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Experience with the Symfony framework
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Detailed understanding of using views, CCK, theming and multi-site development for localisation
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Currently in a technical role developing Drupal modules and administering Drupal sites
General technical experience required
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Proven experience with multiple development frameworks
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Broad understanding of server, security, and network configurations
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Experience with cloud based providers such as AWS
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Familiarity and experience using Git
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Demonstrable experience with HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, React, SASS/LESS, and REST Frameworks.
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Experience managing technical risks and issues throughout the project
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Experience of PHP with MYSQL, composer and PHP dependency management
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Experience of PHP unit testing and frameworks, code reviewing, debugging and problem solving
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Preferable experience and understanding of building accessible websites to WCAG 2.1 standards and preferably the UK Government Design Principles
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Ability to review technical documentation and assess it for risk, ability to brief senior management on legal liabilities that might arise.
Managerial / Line management experience required
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Managing a team of 5+ backend and frontend developers
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Conduct code reviews with direct reports to ensure standards are upheld
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Work with direct reports to define technical solutions
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Support, inspire and mentor direct reports
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Define development team weekly meetings
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Conduct 121 meetings with each direct report to define career paths
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Drive continuous performance improvements in the team
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Ability to manage the time and workload of the team to achieve agency goals
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