* Work Days & Hours: Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week.
* Working Policy: Flexible hybrid-working policy, with a minimum of two days a week from our Chester head office.
* Team: Development Team.
* Reports to: Head of Development.
About Us
The Forge Holiday Group encompasses Sykes Holiday Cottages, Forest Holidays, UKcaravans4hire and Bachcare in New Zealand. We unite under four core company values that serve as the foundation of everything we do: Being One Team, Owning It, Communicating Honestly. Learning, Growing, and Innovating. These values ensure we remain true to our original ethos and ensure we stay true to our Customers, Owners and
About the Lead Software Developer Role
We are proud to be a technical powerhouse with a tech team that drives innovation across mobile apps for iOS and Android, our Ecommerce platform, and the Holiday Letting app that we built in-house. We're now looking for a Lead Software Developer to join us and lead the growth and development of our talented Developers and Testers. With your expertise in PHP MVC frameworks like Laravel, Symfony, or CodeIgniter, you’ll be at the forefront of driving success and delivering high-impact projects.
As part of our excellent leadership team, this role offers the chance for long-term career growth and progression. You’ll collaborate with key stakeholders, lead major projects, and mentor a talented team of developers. If you're looking for a fast-paced, fun, and innovative working environment then join us and lead with purpose!
In return for your hard-work, we can ensure you join a vibrant, inclusive work culture with fantastic career progression opportunities and impressive company benefits!
Your Responsibilities
* Create well crafted, scalable and resilient solutions used both by colleagues and the public
* Own the delivery of software into the business
* Perform exploratory work to investigate new technologies that we can leverage to solve business problems, as well as well as sizing changes to our existing platform
* Collaborate with business stakeholders to clarify ambiguous requirements and taking corrective action for issues in production.
* Conduct sprint planning to deliver regular iterations and retrospectives to improve our processes.
* Facilitate daily stand ups to ensure team and business alignment.
* Line manage a team of developers, conduct one-to-ones, manage probationary periods and ensure growth and training needs are met.
* Review colleagues’ code submissions, coach enhancements, encourage standards and identify bugs.
Skills and Qualifications
* Extensive experience of software engineering in a commercial setting.
* Experience of PHP MVC frameworks such as Laravel, Symfony or CodeIgniter
* Experience of using Test Driven Development in commercial projects;
* Demonstrable record of delivering high-quality object-oriented code and using SOLID principles;
* A strong grasp of MySQL with the ability to identify problematic or costly queries;
* Experience of Agile development methodologies e.g. Scrum
* Experience with REST APIs including less common HTTP Verbs.
Nice-to-have:
* Previous experience leading Developers and Testers
* Experience with many aspects of Amazon Web Services, ideally ECS
* Exposure to Continuous Delivery tools such as Bamboo or Jenkin
* Front-end styling frameworks such as SASS & Bootstrap
* UNIX command line
* An understanding of microservice architectures
* Docker containers
Forge Holiday Groups Company Benefits
* Plus access to our annual STIP (annual company-wide bonus) scheme up to 20%
* 33 days annual leave including bank holidays
* Plus anadditional day off for your Birthday
* Plus an additional two volunteering days per year
* An enhanced maternity and paternity policy
* Employee discounts and benefits with your wellbeing at the centre
* Comprehensive training and development programs to set you up for success
* Study support for additional qualifications, courses and accreditations
* Numerous dedicated wellbeing initiatives and access to 24/7 mental health support
* On-site gym at our Chester HQ
Diversity and Inclusion:
We encourage and welcome our people to bring their authentic and best selves to work every day. We know the power that comes from different ideas, backgrounds and perspectives. We recognise the role diversity plays in achieving our goals as a business. We actively welcome applications from as wide a range of backgrounds as possible. If you need any particular support or accommodations as part of your application process, please get in touch - our recruitment team are happy to help.
Apply now to be a part of our inclusive and supportive work environment, where you'll find excellent opportunities for career progression and personal development!
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