The Candidate are delighted to be exclusively partnered with a well-funded EdTech platform in their journey to recruit a Head of Development into their team. Head of Development
Category
Technology
Reference
tjs131021a
Salary
Up to £100,000
Date Added
13-10-2021
Level
Head of...
Closing date
20-12-2024
Location
Liverpool / Remote
Having already begun shifting the way students and young people across the UK take control of their career options, the business is determined to improve the options young people have at their disposal – guiding them towards a path which not only excites them but encourages them to thrive. With an extensive client portfolio spanning hundreds of educational institutions and UK leaders, such as Vodafone, AstraZeneca, Siemens, NHS, BT & more, the business has developed and hosted a modern platform which has ambitious goals to expand internationally and change the face of education.
As a major milestone towards their journey, our client is looking to recruit a Head of Development to join their team and act as the technical champion across their product roadmap. Remaining entirely hands-on (this role will be hands on focused with additional leadership responsibilities rather than a bias towards hands-off) across greenfield development of new features & functionality, whilst reporting on technical growth and acting in a leadership across the business, the Head of Development will be responsible for building a team ready to challenge the norms in EdTech. The Head of Development will be immediately offered the opportunity to build their internal team alongside delivering technical solutions to the most complex issues in the platform. Alongside building your team, the successful candidate will take technical ownership of delivering the technical roadmap whilst making plans to address long term projects including the creation of automation strategies & CI/CD pipelines. Using one of the UK’s largest educational databases, the Head of Development will have a huge database to allow for bespoke development and integrations which will genuinely change the lives and future of their users.
From a technical stance, our client’s platform is built in a highly modern & exciting stack. Regarding their hands-on coding preferences, the team revolves around the full JavaScript stack with React.js implemented on the front end with Node.js (Nest.js as a framework) & Next.js on the back end for server-side and API routing. Being heavily reliant upon cloud hosting for their infrastructure, the successful candidate will delve into all things AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes (HELM) to ensure the platform maintains its scalable nature. Prismic is used as a headless content management system around the wider stack.
In terms of working arrangements, the team is built on flexibility and can make the role work around your needs. The ideal situation is to work under a hybrid model of remote & office work – exactly how many days this looks like on either side depends on your personal circumstances. Most of the team work a day or two per week out of their Liverpool office with the rest remote, but if you need to be more flexible than this, the team can work with you.
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