Lead Developer - PDS, Backend, Frontend, SQL, Git, CI/CD

Project overview

Role: Lead Developer

Contract: 6 months

Project details

Hybrid - London

IR35: Inside

Security Clearance: SC

As a Lead Developer in the PDS Engineering team, you will act as an Embedded technical leader in a multi-disciplinary squad to deliver high-quality digital products that digitise our democracy. You will bridge the gap between Principal Developers and development teams, making strategic technical decisions while mentoring and scaling squad members.

Core Responsibilities

Key Skills & Requirements

Minorities, women, LGBTQ+ candidates, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Interviews will take place next week, so please apply immediately or call Bangura Solutions to discuss this opportunity further.

• Technical Leadership: Lead technical delivery, orchestrate agile squad work, and translate user needs into features focused on value and outcomes.
• Team Development: Coach, mentor, and pair with developers to build team skills and ensure smooth knowledge transfer from Principal Developers.
• Standards & Architecture: Enforce engineering standards, design complex/secure systems, and review others' designs for efficiency and security.
• Continuous Improvement: Research emerging tech and improve shared capabilities like automated testing, observability, and developer experience tooling.
• Backend: C#, .NET/.NET Core, MVC, Web API, RESTful APIs.
• Frontend: HTML5, CSS/SASS, JavaScript, TypeScript, and Angular (preferred), React, or Vue.
• Data & Ops: SQL Server (schema design), Git, CI/CD pipelines, and application profiling.
• Leadership: Proven ability to motivate, lead, and develop multi-disciplinary teams in complex environments.
• Systems Design: Ability to design, review, and integrate complex, secure, and multi-layered software systems.
• Security & Testing: Strong focus on built-in information security and coordinated integration testing (desirable).
• User Focus: Passion for championing user needs while upholding equality, diversity, and inclusion (desirable).
• Start: flexible
• Location: London, UK, GB