Lead Developer - Hands-on Tech Lead (London)

First Military Recruitment Ltd; City Of London; On-site; GBP 101,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

First Military Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Lead Developer in London to provide hands-on technical leadership within a multidisciplinary delivery squad. You will translate user and business needs into secure, maintainable technical solutions while ensuring engineering standards and strategic direction.

The role also coaches developers, improves tooling, and promotes automated testing and observability. The ideal candidate has strong development experience with C#, .NET, REST APIs, and experience

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on development experience.
• Proven delivery of software using C#, .NET, RESTful APIs.
• Experience leading developers in agile delivery teams.
• Ability to design secure, maintainable systems with medium-high complexity.
• SC Security Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Act as technical lead for a development team.
• Translate business needs into secure, maintainable technical solutions.
• Make local technical decisions aligned with architectural direction.
• Coach, mentor, and pair-program with developers.
• Ensure engineering standards, security and quality controls.
• Collaborate with Principal Developers, DevOps, and product teams.
• Promote automated testing, CI/CD, observability, and reusable tooling.
• Support agile delivery with emphasis on user value and outcomes.

Skills

C#

.NET

REST APIs

SQL Server

Git

CI/CD

Angular/React/Vue

Technical Leadership

Tools

Azure DevOps

Job description

First Military Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Lead Developer in London to provide hands-on technical leadership within a multidisciplinary delivery squad. You will translate user and business needs into secure, maintainable technical solutions while ensuring engineering standards and strategic direction.

The role also coaches developers, improves tooling, and promotes automated testing and observability. The ideal candidate has strong development experience with C#, .NET, REST APIs, and experience