Lead Developer (£54,857 - £80,400)

Government Recruitment Service; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency is seeking a Technical Lead to oversee development and implement best practices for software delivery. You will work with a multi-disciplinary team to improve digital services, manage technical debt, and ensure high standards of code quality. This role requires strong leadership in Agile environments and a focus on continuous improvement. The position offers a supportive working environment and various benefits, including generous leave and pension contributions.

Benefits

Employer pension contribution of 28.97%

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Experience in leading technical teams and managing software development projects.
• Proficient in adapting to various technologies and ensuring code quality.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Act as Technical Lead for high-value initiatives driving development standards.
• Make policy decisions on technical tool selection based on requirements analysis.
• Manage risks related to technical debt and ensure continual software improvement.
• Lead technical teams in problem-solving and make sound technical recommendations.
• Collaborate with Delivery Leads to ensure skilled expertise is in place.

Skills

Agile methodologies

Software development

Technical problem-solving

Team leadership

Job description

Overview

This will be a key role in the design, build, support, implementation, bug fixing and improvement of existing and new digital services across DVSA.

You will work within a multi-disciplinary team using Agile delivery methodologies where you will be responsible for the development and delivery of well-designed and executed software, as a programmer who is able to adapt to multiple technologies, manage more junior colleagues and produce clean well tested code, contributing to delivering solutions that meet user needs.

Benefits

• Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
• 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King’s birthday
• Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.

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Responsibilities

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Act as Technical Lead for high-value initiatives driving development and test standards and continuous improvement through Scrum.
• Use industry best practice and knowledge to make agency policy decisions relating to technical tool selection based on analysis of requirements.
• Create a culture that proactively manages the risks of technical debt by ensuring continual software improvement.
• Lead technical teams in relation to problem solving and technical optioneering, driving and supporting teams to make technical recommendations based on sound analysis and knowledge.
• Work closely with Delivery Leads and Lead Developer management to ensure appropriately skilled technical expertise is in place across Digital Services, owning a resource requirement pipeline against skillset is managed.

Great line management is important to us as an organisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills they need. We aim to empower line managers to create teams where people can flourish and deliver excellent outcomes for the public.

For further information on the role, please read the attached role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.