Integrations Team Lead

Covering the whole of the UK, we work with some of the biggest Transport Operators, Trailer Manufacturers and Supermarkets in the UK, and are looking for a Senior Full Stack Web Developer to join our growing team.

The Basics

• 37.5 hours Monday - Friday
• 25 days holiday per Annum plus Bank holidays
• Home based with attendance at our Runcorn office required for on-boarding, and for up to 2 days every 8 weeks for team building and project planning.

The Integrations Team Lead is responsible for overseeing the technical development of Axscend’s integrations platform, including the systems and services that bring data from third-party hardware and software into the solution in a standardised, processable format. The role combines technical expertise and team leadership to deliver reliable integrations that meet customer and internal requirements.

The role covers integrations across a range of technologies and partners, including cameras, tachographs, truck, trailer and car telematics units, third-party APIs and emerging solutions. Your responsibilities include working across programming languages, protocols and technical domains, and designing scalable integrations for a platform handling data from thousands of devices.

You will provide leadership within the department, set the technical direction for the small integrations team, working closely with the Web Systems Manager to deliver integrations that meet internal and external expectations.

AI-assisted development workflows are a core part of how the web team builds software at Axscend. These workflows exist to enhance the quality and reliability of our output, and to make developers’ work more effective - not to replace the need for engineering skill or technical understanding. The developer remains the engineer: responsible for defining requirements, agreeing a plan, supervising implementation, and reviewing every change with the same rigour expected of any other code. The Integrations Team Lead is responsible for defining, implementing, and continuously evolving the team’s AI-assisted development workflow, and for ensuring it is followed consistently across the team.

• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Communications or related field or experience
• Strong commercial experience across several of the following, with the ability to pick up others as an integration demands: C, C#, PHP (Laravel), JavaScript/TypeScript, Python and MySQL
• Strong understanding of OO languages & principles
• Expertise in building, maintaining and integrating REST API’s, and in working to third-party API specifications
• Strong experience with the protocols used by connected devices and services, including TCP/TLS and MQTT, and the ability to work from protocol specifications and packet captures
• Demonstrable experience integrating AI into development workflows, together with the judgement to know where it is and is not appropriate
• Experience with cloud infrastructure and services, preferably AWS
• Experience with Agile software development methodologies and Continuous Deployment
• Experience building systems using test driven development methodologies
• Experience using the UNIX shell, developing shell scripts to automate solutions
• Experience using source control (preferably Git)
• Experience using exception tracking solutions such as Sentry
• Relevant experience building and maintaining high-throughput, scalable, zero-downtime solutions - preferred but not required
• Experience within automotive, telematics or IoT environments, such as cameras, tachographs, or truck, trailer and car telematics systems - preferred but not required
• Working knowledge of electronics, including the ability to read schematics and work effectively alongside hardware engineers - preferred but not required
• Strong problem-solving abilities, particularly where documentation is incomplete or the behaviour of a third-party system must be determined from first principles
• Keen desire to learn and innovate
• Excellent time-management skills
• A ‘can-do’ attitude
• Ability to communicate ideas clearly, both internally and with third-party partners
• Comfortable supporting and mentoring others, * leading and mentoring: 5 years (required)
• Automotive, telematics or IoT: 5 years (preferred)
• commercial software: 5 years (required)
• integrating third party API: 5 years (required)

• Company pension
• Enhanced maternity leave
• Enhanced paternity leave
• Gym membership
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Sick pay

Application question(s):

• Do you have the right to work in the UK?
• What are your salary expectations?

Axscend Ltd is a UK a based trailer telematics specialist with a passion for innovation. We are a part of the SAF-HOLLAND group, who bring over 140 years of trailer expertise and the support of over 3000 colleagues globally.