At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a dynamic development team while coding and facilitating agile ceremonies.
- Company: Join Reset Health, a forward-thinking digital health organisation.
- Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary, private medical insurance, and enhanced leave options.
- Other info: Be part of a fast-paced team with opportunities for career advancement.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in health tech while growing your skills in a supportive environment.
- Qualifications: Experience in software development and team leadership, with a passion for mentoring.
Reset Health are looking for a Development Team Lead to guide our new Live Platforms development team, balancing hands-on technical delivery with day-to-day scrum master duties.
You’ll split your time between writing code alongside the team and running the agile ceremonies that keep the team delivering predictably — planning, refinement, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives — while acting as a first point of contact for technical guidance and mentorship.
Our Live Platforms team is our development ‘fast lane’ making production releases at the end of each two-week sprint. The team are responsible for
- Setting up new customers with any agreed customisations.
- A pipeline of customer-driven enhancements.
- Priority bug fixes and security patches.
- 2nd line technical support (dedicated support engineer part of the team)
Roles & Responsibilities
- Scrum master for the live platforms team facilitating agile ceremonies and coaching the team in agile best-practice.
- Close collaboration with our Product team and Client Programme Lead to groom the backlog and plan each production update.
- Report on sprint progress, velocity, and delivery risk to engineering leadership and other stakeholders.
- Assist in designing and personally develop new platform capabilities requested by current customers. This will involve hands‑on development in our React Native front end, Kotlin backend or both.
- Apply AI tools responsibly to deliver productivity benefits while maintaining full oversight.
- Champion strong technical standards and best‑practise software engineering: code reviews, unit testing, CI/CD, secure software development.
- Take ownership of the Live Platform which comes with the right to challenge any code/change contributed by other teams that does not meet a Quality Standard you will be pivotal in agreeing.
- Support the recruitment and training of engineers as we grow the team.
- Manage 2nd line support for technical issues as per the Global support Standard Operating Procedure.
- As we grow, help plan out how we’ll evolve the Live Platforms to support our deployments in other timezones.
The successful candidate will demonstrate
- Strong problem‑solving techniques and sound technical judgement.
- Excellent interpersonal, coaching, and facilitation skills.
- A good understanding of the software development lifecycle and agile delivery.
- A strong drive to continue learning and improving, both personally and within the team.
- A great work ethic, and above all, enthusiasm and a desire to do well.
Essential
- Several years' commercial experience as a developer, including some experience leading, mentoring, or informally guiding other engineers. Degree in Computer Science/STEM, or equivalent practical experience.
- Proven experience as a senior/lead developer, with strong hands‑on skills in one of (i) React Web (ii) Java
- Strong experience with databases, ideally Mongo (otherwise a RDBMS)
- Experience acting as a Scrum Master or running scrum ceremonies: sprint planning, refinement, daily stand‑ups, and retrospectives.
- Experience managing a team's backlog and sprints in Jira, including estimation and reporting on velocity.
- Experience with Git and CI/CD pipelines, and championing best practice code review.
- Experience developing unit tests and promoting a strong testing culture within a team.
- Experience integrating with RESTful APIs.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, comfortable reporting progress and risk to leadership.
- Proficient in written and spoken English.
- Experience mentoring or coaching developers, including conducting 1:1s and giving structured feedback.
Desirable
- Proven experience as a senior/lead developer, with strong hands‑on skills in (i) React Native (ii) Kotlin
- A recognised Scrum Master certification (e.g. CSM, PSM).
- Experience working with distributed or remote teams across time zones.
- Exposure to regulated software development in healthcare, especially international standards such as ISO9001, ISO27001 and ISO13485.
- Familiarity with WCAG accessibility standards.
- AWS certification(s).
- An interest in health tech and improving patient outcomes through software.
What we offer
- Competitive salary of up to £75,000 per annum, depending on experience
- Opportunities to build skills and progress within a growing digital health organisation
- Private medical insurance
- Enhanced parental leave
- Enhanced sick leave
- Pension scheme
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UK Development Team Lead in London employer: Reset Health Limited
Reset Health is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment that fosters innovation and collaboration. With a strong focus on employee growth, we provide opportunities for skill development in a rapidly expanding digital health sector, alongside competitive benefits such as private medical insurance and enhanced parental leave. Our inclusive culture encourages teamwork across global teams, making it a rewarding place for QA Engineers to thrive and contribute to meaningful advancements in healthcare technology.
