Development Team Lead

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Software Tech at Sage means giving businesses of all sizes the technology to better manage everything from money to people. As a Development Team Lead here, you'll be part of a global market leader but with a very local heart. We're a FTSE 100 company with £60m of new investment into the business and £40m in the North East, over 13,000 colleagues globally and we continually give back to our local communities.

This is not a simple development role. It's a fantastic opportunity to lead and manage a world-class team of Software Engineers right here in the Toon! You'll inspire a team of local Tech legends who'll go on to achieve great things with you as their mentor. This is one of the biggest payroll systems in the UK. So it's a massive challenge to lead the team that develops it.

You'll

Work with one of the savviest teams of Tech experts in the North East

Make sure everyone's working with Agile processes

Analyse, architect and develop new products and features

Conduct code reviews, systems and unit tests

Compile and maintain accurate, reliable technical documentation

The person

We're a great bunch of people and you'll need to be one too if you're going to take a leadership role here. We're after someone who cannot wait to share knowledge and inspire change. A problem solver. A creative mind. Someone who can get along with the top brass and the team alike. Our perfect Development Team Lead will:

Love developing people, coaching and mentoring

Enjoy setting quality standards and driving improvement

Be able to adapt to massive changes in both tech and environment

Have a background in solving problems, innovating and engineering creative solutions

Get a kick out of making a difference

The offering

This is your chance to build a belter of a career right here in Newcastle. All the development you can handle and challenges galore, from one day to the next. And with a company that's nevertheless as local as the fog on the Tyne! At our brand new state of the art office, you'll find everything you could want: coffee shops, an on-site gym and of course, cutting-edge tech... which reminds us: create something that we go on to patent and you'll get an Inventors' bonus.