Reference:BH-2282-3
Sector:Development / Applications / Web
Salary:£70,000 to £80,000 Per Annum
Benefits:Hybrid | Shares
Town/City:Manchester
Contract Type:Permanent
Head of Development (Hybrid) – Career Progression Opportunity | Software
We’re looking for a Senior / Lead Developer ready to step into a hands-on leadership role and help shape a growing development team.
If you’ve delivered end-to-end web projects, influenced architecture, and mentored other developers — this could be the perfect next step.
What You’ll Do
- Lead and mentor a small, multi-disciplinary dev team
- Stay hands-on while owning architecture and technical direction
- Drive delivery standards, code quality and best practices
- Support JavaScript + C# teams across modern web projects
- Shape future processes, workflows and engineering strategy
What We’re Looking For
- Strong Senior/Lead Developer with full-stack JavaScript experience
- Experience ideally with React, Node.js or express.js
- C# experience would be great, but not essential
- Comfortable guiding others and influencing architecture
- Experience with mentoring, coaching or small-team leadership
- Exposure to cloud, APIs and AI-enabled system integrations
- Ambition to grow into a larger leadership role over time
Package
- £70k–£80k salary + £32k share scheme
- Hybrid working (office + home)
- Flexible hours & supportive, collaborative culture