Software Development Team Leader

Renaissance Global are recruiting for a Software Development Team Leader. 

Company Description

Renaissance® is a leading provider of assessment technology to primary and secondary schools. Renaissance products promote success amongst students of all ages and abilities through personalised assessment and practice in reading and maths.

Our software helps to enhance literacy and numeracy skills, support differentiated instruction, and personalise learning to optimise student development. Immediate feedback and detailed reporting equip teachers with the information needed to monitor progress and measure growth. In the UK and Ireland, almost 6,000 schools and more than 1.4 million students use Renaissance products. Worldwide, we support over 18 million students, operating in 96 countries.

Job Summary 

• Work closely with your Product Manager to prepare and deliver value for the team’s domain. This will involve creating a strategy and roadmap aligned to the business needs.
• Work closely with your team and the Technology Enablement group to create the team charter and tech strategy. Then achieve it.
• Set the bar for best practices in the team: coding, testing, deploying, operating as well as team processes for self-organising and continuously improving. You are the advocate for engineering excellence in yours and across teams.
• Coordinate with other Team Leads, PMs and “guilds” as needed to deliver work, resolve dependencies and align practices and standards.
• Be an advocate for your team and its impact, participating in town halls, demos and any other opportunity you get to enhance your team’s image.
• Help your team own the systems they build end-to-end, including operating them in production and supporting them when there are any incidents.
• Help your team members grow and develop, creating and achieving their own defined career goals. You will have 1-1s, manage their goals, performance and promotions. You will also use all the senior expertise in your team to mentor and coach more junior members.

KEY BEHAVIOURS

• Very interested in doing work that makes a true difference to the lives of students around the world.
• Passionate about doing software engineering right: keeping code simple, readable, tested and secure. You can effectively manage accidental complexity, tech debt and the relevant conversations. You are not a hype-driven leader but rather pragmatic and grounded. We welcome all technical backgrounds, but we use .NET and Angular technologies and platforms.
• Keen to optimize team processes and interactions in order to achieve the maximum amount of focus time and flow of work. We are not set on any specific way of working, you and your team will self-organise and keep improving.
• Intent on backing all of your team and individual decisions with data as well as documenting them in a readable and discoverable format.
• Willing to take initiative when things go wrong, leading incident resolution, helping future mitigation and making sure learnings are absorbed by all.
• Happy to have an interruption driven workday, as many people will need your attention and input at random times.
• Delighted to see people grow through your mentorship and guidance, professionally but also personally.

BENEFITS

• Access to a benefits and discount platform with access to 1000’s of discounts at retailers, leisure attractions and restaurants (provided by Reward Gateway)
• BUPA Healthcare, Life assurance, Permanent health insurance
• Pension scheme with enhanced employer contribution
• Season ticket loan and EAP
• Generous annual leave (including a day off for your birthday)
• Hybrid working (3 days in the office/2 days working from home)

OUR VALUES

Our values reflect who we are, what we do, and what we would like to see more of. We also look for these values in our potential colleagues – does this sound like you?

We must respond to meet changing expectations and needs from our customers, the government and our partners.
     
We’re ambitious and resourceful; always on the lookout for new opportunities. We strive to constantly improve to support the communities we serve

We have an ongoing commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and have taken strides to become a more welcoming and inclusive workplace, including the introduction of our Diversity Matters Network which is owned and driven by our staff.

We are an equal opportunities employer! We encourage and welcome applications from all underrepresented groups, as we believe and strive for community representation within our organisation. 

If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format or would like us to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to apply or attend any interview, please contact us and we will talk this through with you.

This role is subject to DBS and background checks