Lead Software Developer (SPM) (5593)

Social Security Scotland; Dundee; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Social Security Scotland in Dundee is seeking a Lead Software Developer to guide the DD&C Engineering team in delivering robust, scalable services. You will drive technical decisions, own delivery approaches, and mentor engineers across agile squads.

You will shape software strategy, promote best practices, and support continuous improvement in a collaborative, inclusive culture within Social Security Scotland.

Responsibilities

• Guide the ways in which the team works.
• Identify appropriate technology and approaches, deciding when software should be written.
• Contribute to the developer community.
• Provide technical leadership, coaching and mentoring your team.

Job description

Closing Date - 18th November 2026 at 23:55

Job ID - 5593

Employment Type - Permanent

Overview

The role sits within the Digital, Delivery & Change (DD&C) Engineering team, which builds and maintains technical services for Social Security Scotland. This includes an enterprise case management system and a range of supporting technical services, used by Clients to submit benefit applications and our internal teams to manage benefit payments.Our technical staff are largely deployed in Agile teams focusing on new benefits development, live service support and continuous improvement. We believe in supporting our team members' growth and development through their work – the successful candidate will have access to formal training courses and team learning projects to enhance their technical and non-technical skills.We also aim to develop a positive and inclusive culture within Social Security Scotland by embedding a working environment where we all treat each other with dignity, fairness and respect, and recognise each other’s contributions. A lead software developer (SPM) leads development on one or a small number of related project teams. At this role level, you will:

• guide the ways in which the team works.
• be involved in identifying appropriate technology and approaches, deciding when software should be written.
• contribute to the developer community.
• provide technical leadership, coaching and mentoring your team.
• promote knowledge sharing and adoption of good practice.

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