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We provide application services for UK universities and colleges as well as delivering a wide range of research, consultancy and advisory services to schools, colleges, careers services, professional bodies and employers.\nWe’re a successful and fast-growing organisation, which helps hundreds of thousands of people every year. We're committed to delivering a first-class service to all of our customers - they're at the heart of everything we do.\nBusiness Unit description\nThe Digital Services business unit is at the heart of UCAS’ technical innovation, data and infrastructure. It focuses on leveraging data science, technology, and enterprise architecture to enhance UCAS' digital products and services. The unit is dedicated to developing and improving customer-centric digital solutions, ensuring seamless and secure online experiences for all users. 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In addition, they will ensure that their team has the right skills, experience and capacity required to support the delivery of technical change across their functional and/or product area and provide technical coaching to ensure the engineering skills cross the team are maintained and developed in line with our strategy.\nKey accountabilities:\nProviding Line Management for a team of engineers, including:\nperformance management, through the setting and tracking individual and team objectives.\nthe recruitment and onboarding of new resource.\ntracking of employee engagement metrics and contributing to initiatives to further improve.\nproviding excellent leadership to help people perform at their best, through motivating and developing them to achieve high performance.\nensuring the team are clear on their direction and purpose.\nSetting standards and expectations for quality, accuracy and timeliness.\nProvide senior technical leadership and innovation to a team of software engineers\nYou can find the full job description in the attached role profile below\nSkills, qualifications, and experience\nEducated to Degree level in a relevant technical discipline or equivalent professional experience.\nSignificant experience of leading and managing at team and technical level.\nSubstantial experience of leading software development within multiple frameworks using:\nC#, Web API, MVC, Front end frameworks (e.g. Angular), REST\nSQL with MySQL and/or PostgreSQL.\nAutomated tests and deployments\nVisual Studio, Git, Atlassian tools; Confluence, JIRA, Bamboo\nContinuous integration and deployments\nCloud based solutions, specifically AWS\nBe able to communicate effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences.\nComfortable working in a dynamic, large-scale agile change initiative with multiple technologies.\nExpert/extensive technical knowledge with proven experience in leading technical design discussions and managing quality control.\nPrevious significant experience of hands on development with a demonstrable career in software engineering with enterprise cloud based applications\nPackage\nSalary - up to £60,000\nPurpose-driven work in a charity-led organisation connecting people to education and opportunity \nInternal training, mentoring, and access to industry-recognised certifications through our development academies \nHybrid working model built on trust and flexibility, with a 35-hour week andflexible contracts\n30 days annual leave, 3 concessionary days over Christmas, bank holidays, and the option to purchase additional leave\nEveryday wellbeing support through Perkbox, offering discounts and wellness tools \nOnsite facilities including a free gym, subsidised café, and free parking at our Cheltenham office \nInclusive culture supported by employee networks, wellbeing champions, andMental Health First Aiders\nRecognition and reward through our quarterly employee scheme andan ex-gratia bonus for going above and beyond \nStudies have shown that some groups of people are less likely to apply to a role unless they tick every box. At UCAS we recognise that talent comes in various forms and we are committed to delivering a fair and equitable recruitment process where applicants have an equal opportunity to demonstrate their skills. 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