Software Team Lead

Location : Cambridge/Hybrid Contract Type : Permanent Hours : Full time Salary : Salary Plan, 65,000.00 Our client has a great opportunity for a Software Development Team Leader to join them on a permanent full-time basis. They embrace flexibility and offer hybrid working, which means their teams come together when they need to collaborate. Although this role is contractually based at their Cambridge office, you will also be able to work from home within the UK, with the expectation that you will attend our offices and travel as needed for your role. If you need flexible working arrangements, please outline this in your application. As a Software Development Team Leader, you will shape the software architecture and the fine-grained detail of configuration and implementation throughout the software development lifecycle for performance, security and maintainability of the applications they build. Working within their DevOps team and with your colleagues across the directorate, you will lead a team of cross-functional technical staff, comprised of both back-end (.NET C#, node.JS), front-end (HTML/CSS/JS/Vue.JS) developers, test automation engineers and site reliability engineers (AWS). Your work will enable them to build, scale and continually improve their websites and services, serving their global audience of customers, users and colleagues. You will oversee the technical aspects of the product roadmap, working closely in collaboration with Solutions Architects and other Team Leaders to align with, contribute to and iterate on a shared architectural repository, guiding agile workstream members in technical implementation, assigning and ensuring quality delivery of backlog items and taking ownership of technical changes and releases. You will also directly line manage a small number of developers. They are looking for: • Strong knowledge and experience of full stack (.NET C# back-end development, HTML/CSS/JS/Vue.JS front-end development) software development life cycles. • Experience with DevOps best practice, such as continuous delivery, continuous testing, infrastructure as code etc. • Understanding of cloud architecture principles and hands-on experience with AWS or similar platforms. • Experience working within Agile practices, particularly Scrum and Kanban. • People management experience including delivery quality, workloads and personal development. Please note that this role is called Tech Leader internally. If you are interested in this role, please apply before the end of the closing date. When applying, you will need to provide an up-to-date CV and as a cover letter (in no more than 500 words) telling them about your relevant knowledge, skills and competencies and why you are applying for this role. They will be conducting interviews regularly. Benefits They promote a healthy work/life balance and flexible working options. Their benefits package includes: • 26 days’ paid holiday per annum plus bank holidays. • Pension plan with up to 12% employer contributions (depending upon your contribution). • Life assurance at 3 times basic annual salary. • Enhanced parental leave. • Paid volunteering days. Visit their website to learn more about them, their benefits, equal opportunities statement and inclusive culture pledge. They recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce and welcome applicants from a range of backgrounds to apply. They particularly encourage applications from disabled and ethnic minority candidates. As a part of the Disability Confident Scheme, they endeavour, where possible, to offer an interview to candidates meeting the essential criteria of the role, who has a substantial physical/mental impairment which impacts their ability to carry out day-to-day tasks. They are committed to making their recruitment processes accessible to all and as part of this, they are flexible in the ways they give and receive information. If you would like to apply using a different format, please contact the Recruitment Team and they will do their best to put any reasonable adjustments in place. You may also have experience in the following: Software Development Team Leader, Software Engineering Manager, Technical Lead / Team Lead, Full Stack Developer Lead, DevOps Team Lead, Solutions Architect, Back-End Lead Developer (.NET C#), Front-End Lead Developer (Vue.js / JS), Site Reliability Engineer Lead, Agile Development Manager REF-225 076

Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire,, GB

Posted Date: 11/14/2025