Head of Development

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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

 

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