Software Development Team Leader in Bristol

We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Software Development Team Leader Visualfiles to join our growing team. In this role, you will lead a cross-functional group of developers to deliver high-quality software solutions that meet genuine business needs.

You will combine strong technical leadership with people management, ensuring development work aligns with strategic goals, following best practices, and hitting delivery timelines. Collaboration is key, you will work closely with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Testers, and other stakeholders to guide and support your team.

As a Team Leader, you will foster a positive, inclusive, and high-performing team culture. You will be responsible for technical delivery, driving continuous improvement in development practices, and supporting the professional growth of your team members as well as the people management responsibilities.

This role is a permanent full-time position and key responsibilities include:

• Lead, manage and support a collaborative, high-performing development team including conducting one-to-ones, reviews, and support skill development.
• Own technical output, ensuring quality, security, and scalability and enforce best practices, coding standards, and secure development.
• Review designs, pull requests, and architecture decisions and oversee delivery of features, fixes, and enhancements.
• Translate business needs into technical deliverables with stakeholders.
• Support sprint planning, backlog grooming, and estimation.
• Promote Agile and embed Scrum or Kanban practices.
• Drive improvements in tools, processes, and team workflows.
• Encourage quality through TDD, CI/CD, and peer reviews.
• Contribute to shared standards and reusable frameworks.
• Build strong relationships across Product, QA, Infra, and Business teams.
• Communicate team progress, plans, and challenges.
• Serve as technical contact and domain expert.

We are looking for someone with experience managing and leading Agile development teams and mentoring others. You will need effective communication skills to work across technical and non-technical groups, and the ability to coach, inspire, and make confident decisions that balance business and technical needs.

You should have a solid grasp of modern software engineering practices, Agile methodologies including being a Scrum Master (Scrum/Kanban), and extensive knowledge in tools like Visualfiles, Azure DevOps or Jira. Experience with secure coding, CI/CD pipelines, Git, and automated testing is important.

Strong critical thinking skills and the ability to manage priorities in a demanding environment are key. You will have a history of delivering complex solutions on time and to a high standard.

Experience with technologies like Java, RPG, JavaScript, SQL, APIs, or legacy platforms (e.g., AS400) is a plus. Familiarity with regulated industries, DevOps practices, cloud platforms, and system architecture is beneficial, as is exposure to monitoring and operational support.

A degree in Computer Science or a related field is preferred, though equivalent experience is welcome. Technical certifications (e.g., Microsoft, AWS, Java) are a bonus.

We encourage our people to work flexibly and achieve a work-life balance that works for them. In return for your commitment, we will offer you generous remuneration and a benefits package to include:

• 26 days holiday with the option to buy up to a further 5 days.
• Company pension scheme with the option to increase contributions.
• Progressive career pathway and development opportunities.
• Employee reward and incentive scheme.
• Group Income Protection for all employees.
• Group Legal Protection for all employees.
• A choice of either European Motor Assistance or Home Emergency Assistance.
• Inclusion in our Health Cash plan.
• Salary sacrifice benefits including Cycle scheme.
• A comprehensive wellbeing programme including a range of free weekly exercise classes (dependent on your office location) and free eye tests.
• Access to our employee discounts hub offering exclusive discounts across thousands of retail partners, including discounted gym memberships at over 3,000 gyms across the UK.
• The option to join our Sports and Social club which organises discounted events such as theatre visits and shopping trips.

If you think you would be a good match for this role and can demonstrate some transferable experience please apply, regardless of whether you meet all the criteria listed above.

ARAG UK has been helping businesses and individuals gain access to justice for over 40 years. Its our founding principle to enable everybody, not just those who can afford it, to assert their legal rights.

Thousands of businesses and individuals defend or pursue legal action each year safe in the knowledge that ARAG are paying their legal bills. Our businesses include a legal expenses insurance company and a law firm with many opportunities in both areas.

We have always been aware that its the people that really make it happen; the quality of our people defines the quality of the company, the service we offer and the good outcomes for our customers, so were committed to creating a great place to work for our employees.

We believe it is an exciting time to join ARAG. You can expect an organisation that will challenge and develop you to progress your career.

By giving you every opportunity to develop yourself professionally and personally, we also pride ourselves on having an open, inclusive and high energy culture that encourages a fun working environment and places our customers at the very heart of everything we do.

If you are keen to become part of our exciting future then we would love to hear from you. In addition to the very genuine development opportunities we provide we also offer a generous reward and benefits package.