Software Development Team Leader
Hybrid
Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom
Full Time
25-02-2025
Job Specifications
About The Role
Do you have good experience with C# and cloud services such as Azure?
Are you a hands-on technical leader and want to guide a talented development team?
Are you looking for a business that is financially stable and has very exciting growth plans?
If so, then look no further!
The Why...
Join Hollywood Bowl Group as a Software Development Team Leader, in return you'll get:
10% bonus
35-hour contract, plus 30 days holiday including bank holidays
Additional days holiday with length of service up to three days
Option to purchase or sell holiday
Optional pension plan
Ongoing training and development
Free bowling / golf game vouchers every month
30% discount off food and drink for you and up to five friends
Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family
Opportunity to join our healthcare cash plan
Financial long service awards
A £15 donation to our dedicated charity partner when you complete your induction
Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption, and shared parental leave benefits
Access to the Electric Vehicle scheme
The What...
As a Software Development Team Leader, you will lead by example, dedicating the majority of your time to technical delivery with a focus on building scalable and maintainable software solutions, and seamless system integrations, while fostering the growth and development of your team. You will be responsible for setting clear objectives, managing daily operations, and ensuring high standards of coding, integration, and automation. This is a key role for someone who is passionate about both leading a team and delivering high-quality technical solutions.
You will proactively unblock the team, resolve obstacles, and maintain productivity by adjusting priorities and resources as needed. By fostering a culture of self-organisation and collaboration, you'll help drive continuous improvement and ensure alignment with stakeholders to achieve business goals efficiently.
Here's Some Of What You'll Be Doing
Cross-Team Collaboration: Work closely with other teams, such as architecture and product management, to ensure cohesive and aligned solutions across the organization that deliver the technical roadmap.
Agile Environment: Work within an Agile/Scrum framework, ensuring iterative and transparent delivery of high-quality software.
Team Leadership: Provide guidance and mentorship to your team of developers, helping them grow their technical skills while promoting a culture of collaboration, trust, and accountability. Facilitating 1:1s, coaching, and setting clear objectives to foster individual growth. Provide regular feedback and career development support to help team members reach their potential.
Recruitment & Onboarding: Play an active role in hiring and onboarding new team members, helping to expand the team's capabilities while ensuring a smooth integration into the team's culture.
Hands-on Development: Actively contribute to development efforts, coding in modern technologies like .NET (C#, Azure Functions, React), and driving the technical delivery of system integrations and cloud solutions.
System Integration: Build and maintain integrations with external systems, APIs, and cloud services (Azure Logic Apps, Azure Service Bus, etc.), ensuring reliable and scalable connections.
CI/CD & Automation: Develop, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, and Terraform to automate deployment and infrastructure management.
Cloud Technologies: Leverage serverless technologies like Azure Functions, Logic Apps, and Azure Container Apps to deliver robust, cloud-native solutions.
Code Quality & Best Practices: Advocate for clean, well-tested, and secure code, adhering to industry best practices such as test automation, security measures, and continuous improvement.
This role is based up to 3 days at our Hemel Support Office.
The Who...
To be a successful Software Development Team Leader, you'll have:
Proficiency in .NET (C#, .NET Core, Web API), React, and modern cloud-native technologies such as Azure Functions, Azure Logic Apps, Azure Service Bus, and Azure Data Factory.
Experience in building Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with tools like Terraform and Azure DevOps Pipelines.
Knowledge of containerization (Docker) and serverless computing within Azure (e.g., Azure Container Apps, Azure Functions).
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and deployment best practices.
Experience with MS Fabric, Azure Cosmos DB, Swagger/OpenAPI, and API-first development.
Scripting skills in PowerShell, Python, or similar languages for automation and integration tasks.
Strong experience in building system integrations, handling communication between backend systems and external devices (e.g., APIs, payment devices, printers).
Experience working in a high-performance, Agile environment, focusing on continuous improvement and delivering high-quality software.
Team leader or line management experience
Hollywood Bowl Group has a passion for bringing families and friends together for affordable fun and healthy competition.
Following our listing on the main stock market in 2016 we became Hollywood Bowl Group, seeking out the perfect locations for our bowling and golf centres nationwide. We formed our customer proposition, built on real feedback, and went from strength to strength with our in-centre game technology and online scoring systems.
Now with 74 centres across the UK and 13 centres in Canada, operating under the Hollywood Bowl, Puttstars and Splitsville brands, we're proud to be ambitious market leaders in experiential family entertainment.
We continue to expand our estate and look for profitable opportunities to grow, with an average of three new sites opening each year.
At Hollywood Bowl Group, we value diversity and inclusion, and we're committed to creating a working environment that promotes equal opportunities. Individual differences and the contributions of all employees are recognised and valued and we believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace makes us a more relevant, more competitive, and more resilient company.
About the Company
Bowling. Mini golf. Arcades and more. People across the UK come to us to celebrate their special days and enjoy their time off. If you can make every experience memorable for them and fun for you, this is the place to be. So, what’s it like to be part of the Hollywood Bowl Group? In three words: supported, family, fun. From our Team Members to Managers, everyone can thrive off of each other every single day. Working together to motivate, progress and make the best possible experience for our people and our customers. Our... Know more
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