JOB TITLE: Software Development Manager
JOB TYPE: Full time
DIVISON: Pearson Assessment Services
LOCATION: Rotherham, Manchester, or London
About Pearson: Our purpose at Pearson is to help everyone achieve their potential through learning. We are the world's leading learning company, committed to sustainable practices and meaningful outcomes.
About the job: The position is for a Development Manager to recruit and lead a PHP Laravel/VUE.js team working on large scale assessment delivery applications in AWS. The successful candidate will manage their own team of PHP Laravel/VUE.js developers located in multiple locations.
About you: We expect you to have significant experience as a full-stack developer with strong leadership and management skills. You will be a champion of Agile project delivery and have experience in recruiting developers and building strong teams.
Key Skills & Experience
- Strong skills in PHP Laravel/VUE.js
- Gathering, evaluating, and prioritizing requests for product changes and new features
- Participating in product activities related to release and iteration planning
- Tracking product roadmap and project issues to completion
- Providing technical guidance to the development team
- Working with senior leadership to execute long-term technology strategy
- Ensuring successful delivery of applications to production
- Applying best practices for the development platform
- Understanding modern application architectures
- Recruitment of developers
- Managing training requirements for teams
- Mentoring and coaching team members
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple projects effectively
- Ability to identify and document business processes and requirements
Desirable Skills & Experience
- PHP Laravel/VUE.js
- Docker and containers
- Designing, developing, and deploying cloud applications
- Terraform
- Strong Agile Scrum project management experience
- 5+ years of experience managing engineering teams
- Applying development methodologies like TDD and CI/CD pipelines
Pearson's Benefits:
- 25 Days annual leave (increasing by 1 day with every year of service up to 30 days)
- Annual Bonus
- Private Pension plan scheme
- Life, private medical and dental care insurance options
- Stock/share purchase options
- Maternity, paternity, and family care leave
- Employee wellbeing assistance programme
- Cycle to work program, volunteering days, gym membership concessions
Location: The role is aligned to our Manchester, Rotherham, or London offices. All roles are hybrid working; our current policy requires our team to visit their base office no more than once a week.
Diversity: At Pearson we value the power of an inclusive culture and a strong sense of belonging.
How to apply: Please submit an updated CV and cover letter (optional) in English. If you have any questions or require further information, please reach out to us.
We look forward to receiving your application - Talent Acquisition Team
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