Software Engineering Team Manager

Job Description

WELCOME TO ZOO

ZOO Digital are an award-winning cloud software company with offices in Sheffield, London, LA, and Dubai. We help the biggest names in global entertainment to reach audiences everywhere with our high-quality localization and media services, adapting original TV and movie content for different languages, regions, and cultures.
Our Mission: To help our clients share their stories, by adapting the world's most watched TV shows and movies into new formats and languages for international audiences to enjoy.
Our Clients: Major Hollywood studios and streaming services, like Disney, Netflix, NBC Universal, Paramount, Facebook, Sony, and HBO, among others.
Our Services: Dubbing, subtitling and captioning, audio description, metadata localization, artwork localization and media processing.

ZOO Digital's state of the art technology services are backed by the award-winning bespoke software created by our ever-growing Research & Development team, ZOO Digital Labs. The team create cutting edge software solutions to supercharge our services and make our customers' lives easier. To find out more, visit https://www.zoodigital.com/

Position

ABOUT THE ROLE

Salary: £45,000-£60,000 DOE

Location: Sheffield/Hybrid remote working

ZOO Digital have experienced high demand for our services during the pandemic and grown substantially over the last year. Due to further growth in the business, we are currently seeking a Software Engineering Team Manager to join our award-winning Research & Development team. Research & Development work closely with the Product Support Team to create cutting edge software solutions for high profile and industry-leading customers. ZOO's R&D department is thriving – you will work as part of a dynamic, lively team with plenty of opportunities for progression and professional development. This is a fantastic opportunity to join our rapidly expanding team, helping to provide creative, innovative and quality driven software at what is a very exciting time for ZOO.

The Software Engineering Team Manager will lead a team of high-performing Software Engineers, Senior Software Engineers, and Lead Software Engineers, supporting and advising in technical decision making and fostering high standards of excellence. You will provide support, coaching, and mentoring to enable engineers to develop in their careers, as well as working alongside technical leads to determine the development approach and the technical approach of the products.

Day to day responsibilities include;
• Working as the sole developer or leading a team of engineers or working within a team and providing technical insights on a product.
• Responsible for the review and debug of code to ensure high quality.
• Working in close partnership with cross-functional teams and management, creating space for engineers to work their best.

Requirements

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

If you have what it takes to lead, inspire, and motivate a dynamic Software Engineering team then we'd love to hear from you. We are looking for someone who is keen to be part of a rapidly-growing and dynamic department, and help drive the business forward by achieving project goals. The Software Engineering Team Manager will also provide coaching and mentoring to members of the team, offering insight and support as well as technical knowledge.

Beyond your leadership skills, we are also looking for experienced Software Engineers who are capable of leading complex projects and providing technical guidance for the team. As well as programming experience in one or more Object-Oriented languages, we are looking for applicants with a minimum of 2 years of experience working at a Senior Software Engineer level, ideally with commercial development experience gained in an Agile environment.

We are also keen to hear from applicants with the following skills and experience;
• Ability to communicate clearly both in written form and verbally.
• Comfortable working across multiple areas with a high degree of autonomy.
• Ability to understand and challenge engineering decisions, providing input as necessary to empower the team to make decisions themselves.
• A high degree of empathy and a drive to foster an inclusive team environment.
• Ability to coach people to achieve their goals.
• A natural ability to inspire and motivate a team.
Other information

WHY CHOOSE ZOO?
Our technology is constantly evolving, so there's never a dull moment with ZOO! Our team is made up of creatives, innovators, linguists, and collaborators from all corners of the world, and we employ the brightest and most original thinkers in our industry. Along with a competitive salary, we also offer excellent company benefits, which include;
• Flexi time
• Reward and Benefits Portal
• Pension scheme
• 25 days holiday
• Free fruit and snacks
• Staff Socials

We value all the folks that make ZOO a great place to work. For further details on what it's like to work for us, please visit our company Glassdoor page - https://www.glassdoor.co.uk/Overview/Working-at-ZOO-Digital-Group-EI_IE12459.11,28.htm

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gkpv6p-3-17-128-129-42 in your application.