Find out more about working for the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) and contributing directly to our mission to eliminate online child sexual abuse.
The Head of Software leads the IWF’s software development team and oversees all in house software development. This role will drive through improvements in technology and will lead a highly skilled team.
This role will require the employee to develop, maintain and support solutions to assist with the IWF goal of eliminating child sexual abuse material on the internet, therefore there will be a requirement to view this type of illegal and distressing content on occasion. Mandatory counselling is provided.
You will have technical leadership, a high degree of attention to detail and excellent communication skills in articulating software development solutions to real life problems.
You will be an advocate of agile development, ideally as a full stack developer with expertise in C#, .Net, source control and CI/CD pipelines. This opportunity will particularly suit someone that wants to apply their growing software development leadership skills, strategic mindset and apply these to building high-profile tools that have a positive impact.
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As we need someone to start as soon as possible, we will be interviewing suitable candidates at the earliest opportunity.
Initially, please email your CV to: [email protected]
IWF may operate in a highly advanced technological world, but it’s the expertise and experience of our analysts that sets us apart. We give all our staff the flexibility and reassurance they need to manage their home and work life.
We work in partnership with internet service providers, telecommunication companies, mobile operators, software providers, the police, Government, the public, other NGOs and charities to minimise the availability of child sexual abuse images and videos online. Our tech-for-good solutions make the internet safer for everyone to use and help children move on from their traumatic experiences.
