Lead Developer – Hybrid, Climate Tech & Impact

Met Office; Exeter; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Civil Service pension

Market supplement (RRA)

Annual leave 27.5–32.5 days

On‑call roster

Job summary

The Met Office is seeking a Lead Developer to provide technical leadership within our Transport Tribe, delivering new services to the global aviation community and rail and marine sectors. You will guide architectures, champion best practices and lead cross‑team delivery.

You will work with Python and JavaScript, Docker, AWS/Azure, and modern development patterns, with on‑call support and potential line management responsibilities. Join us to help forecast the future of weather and climate tech.

Qualifications

• Lead others in applying modern development standards across multiple teams.
• Experience with cloud technologies (AWS or Azure) across full SDLC.
• Design complex systems with alignment to architecture, security and standards.
• Engage with senior technical and non‑technical stakeholders for decisions.
• Provide line management, mentoring, and team leadership.

Responsibilities

• Provide authoritative technical leadership to define, apply, and evolve modern development standards and practices across teams and complex projects.
• Be proficient in a wide range of technical systems.
• Be involved in identifying appropriate technology and approaches, deciding when software should be written
• Contribute to the developer community, promoting knowledge sharing and adoption of good practice.
• Provide technical leadership, coaching and mentoring your teams, acting as a task and/or line manager when required.

Skills

Technical leadership

Cloud technologies

Software engineering

Stakeholder engagement

Mentoring & coaching

Tools

Python

JavaScript

Docker

AWS

Azure

Serverless

Job description

The Met Office is seeking a Lead Developer to provide technical leadership within our Transport Tribe, delivering new services to the global aviation community and rail and marine sectors. You will guide architectures, champion best practices and lead cross‑team delivery.

You will work with Python and JavaScript, Docker, AWS/Azure, and modern development patterns, with on‑call support and potential line management responsibilities. Join us to help forecast the future of weather and climate tech.