Software Development Team Lead

Social network you want to login/join with: col-narrow-left Client: UCAS Location: Job Category: Other – EU work permit required: Yes col-narrow-right Job Reference: 6de835dd4421 Job Views: 25 Posted: 22.06.2025 Expiry Date: 06.08.2025 col-wide Job Description: About the role The Software Development Team Lead will provide Line Management and Technical leadership to a team of software engineers, in addition to being the technical expert and providing some ‘hands-on’ development activities. They will be accountable for the overall direction and operations of the technical stack within their functional and/or product area. 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 across the team are maintained and developed in line with our strategy. *Please note we\’re looking to hire several talented individuals for this role. Key accountabilities: Providing Line Management for a team of engineers, including: Performance management, through the setting and tracking individual and team objectives The recruitment and onboarding of new resource Tracking of employee engagement metrics and contributing to initiatives to further improve Providing senior technical leadership and innovation to a team of software engineers, including: Engaging with and challenging the team in technical design discussions Staying informed within the wider software development industry and championing newtechniques and standards You can find the full job description in the attached role profile below. Skills, qualifications, and experience Educated to Degree level in a relevant technical discipline or equivalent professional experience Significant experience of leading and managing at team and technical level Substantial experience of leading software development within multiple frameworks using:C#, Web API, MVC, Front end frameworks (e.g. Angular), RESTSQL with MySQL and/or PostgreSQLAutomated tests and deploymentsVisual Studio, Git, Atlassian tools; Confluence, JIRA, BambooContinuous integration and deploymentsCloud based solutions, specifically AWS Be able to communicate effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences Comfortable working in a dynamic, large-scale agile change initiative with multiple technologies Expert/extensive technical knowledge with proven experience in leading technical design discussions and managing quality control Previous significant experience of hands-on development with a demonstrable career in software engineering with enterprise cloud-based applications. Package Salary – up to £60,000 30 days annual leave (plus 3 concessionary days over Christmas and your bank holidays!) Flexibility – UCAS positively supports Hybrid working for its employees, meaning you can work between home and the office in a way that suits you and the business and also has a comprehensive Flexible Working Policy Hundreds of high street discounts and offers with Perkbox Internal training and development Subsidised gym and café Be rewarded for going above and beyond with our ex-gratia bonus scheme and Celebrating U, our quarterly employee recognition scheme Dedicated volunteer employee networks promoting wellbeing, awareness and inclusion. Studies 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. So, if you are interested in this vacancy, but don\’t necessarily meet every single point on the job description, please still apply. If you have any questions and would like to find out more about the role before applying please email the Talent Acquisition team via [emailprotected] and one of us will be in touch. #J-18808-Ljbffr