Development Team Lead

Team Leader (PHP)

Location: Hybrid (Wakefield office, once a week)

Salary: £60,000 – £75,000 + bonus opportunities

Are you ready to become a trusted technical voice for clients and a driving force within a talented web team? My client are looking for a Team Leader (PHP) to join their growing consultancy. You’ll guide technical decisions, champion best practices, and help them to deliver exceptional solutions across a wide range of bespoke web applications.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead client meetings and calls with clarity, confidence, and technical insight
• Deeply understand client systems, recommending performance and reliability improvements
• Contribute to presales, scope technical solutions, and shape proposals
• Collaborate with project managers to prioritise and deliver effectively
• Mentor and support your team with code reviews, 1:1s, and career guidance
• Drive high standards in code quality, maintainability, and performance
• Use your dedicated L&D time to explore emerging tech (e.g., AI, cloud tools)

What You’ll Bring:

• Proven ability to assess and improve large‑scale, business‑critical applications
• Excellent client communication and stakeholder management skills
• Experience leading or mentoring developers in a technical team
• Commitment to clean, high‑performing code
• Skilled in Git, Agile and/or Waterfall workflows
• Excellent problem‑solving, planning, and communication skills

Nice to have:

• Experience in a software consultancy environment
• Familiarity with cloud services, especially AWS

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Information Technology