Software Engineering Manager - PHP

Software Engineering Manager - PHP in London, United Kingdom

JOB TITLE: Software Development Manager

JOB TYPE: Full time

DIVISION: Pearson Assessment Services

LOCATION: Rotherham, Manchester, or London

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 application-based systems in AWS. Currently, we are in the middle of a large programme to build a new service to deliver a large assessment contract that will process millions of exams a year. 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. You'll have strong leadership and management skills with experience of managing agile delivery teams that develop solutions at pace to provide real end-user benefits. You will be a champion of Agile project delivery. You'll also have experience of recruiting developers & building strong teams that deliver clean and efficient code.

Key Skills & Experience:

1. Strong skills in PHP Laravel/VUE.js
2. Gathering, evaluating, and prioritizing requests for product changes, enhancements, and new features
3. Evaluating recent technologies that may be incorporated into future releases of the product.
4. Participating in all product activities related to release and iteration planning, to ensure that the team has a clear understanding of the goals and can complete development on schedule.
5. Tracking product roadmap and project issues to completion
6. Providing technical guidance to the development team
7. Working with senior leadership team to execute long term technology strategy
8. Ensuring that the development team successfully delivers applications to production and provides post-deployment support as required
9. Applying best practices for chosen development platform
10. Understand modern application architectures and how they can be applied, like Microservice / Service Oriented Architectures
11. Ensuring that overall software architecture guidance in terms of best practice is followed by the team
12. Recruitment of developers
13. Managing training requirements for teams to ensure skills are kept up in line with Pearson's technology strategy
14. Mentor and coach team members to help them reach their full potential and advance their careers.
15. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive product development and delivery.
16. Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to manage complex projects.
17. Excellent communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
18. Ability to manage multiple projects during the same time effectively, and efficiently.
19. Ability to identify and document business processes and requirements.
20. PHP Laravel/VUE.js
21. Docker and containers
22. Designing, developing, and deploying cloud applications
23. Terraform
24. Experience partnering with program management teams.
25. 5+ years of experience managing engineering teams.
26. Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously.
27. Applying development methodologies like TDD, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code

Location: The role is aligned to our Manchester, Rotherham, or London offices. Our Rotherham office is located at Junction 1 of the M18. All our roles are hybrid working; our current policy requires our team to visit their base office no more than once a week, and with the possibility of occasional business travel to other Pearson sites. Candidates must be a suitable commute from their base office as our office presence policy may change to require more frequent presence in 2024.

Diversity: At Pearson we value the power of an inclusive culture and a strong sense of belonging. We promote a culture where differences are embraced as strengths and opportunities are equal and accessible.

How to apply: Thank you for your interest in applying for a role at Pearson. Please submit an updated CV and cover letter (optional) in English. If you have any additional questions or require further information, please do not hesitate to reach out to us.

We look forward to receiving your application - Talent Acquisition Team