Lead Software Engineer - DevOps, Architecture & Delivery

Royal Society of Chemistry; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 57,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Flexible working arrangements

Job summary

The Royal Society of Chemistry is seeking a Software Development Team Lead on a permanent, full‑time basis. The role will be hybrid with the Cambridge office and UK-home working options, and entails shaping software architecture and guiding cross-functional teams of developers, testers and SREs throughout the lifecycle.

You will own the technical direction of the product roadmap, mentor engineers, drive high‑quality delivery, and ensure scalable, secure systems for a global audience,

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of programming principles and how they impact the maintainability of enterprise applications.
• Extensive, expert‑level knowledge and hands‑on experience with .NET C# back‑end development.
• High level understanding of front‑end development (HTML/CSS/JS/Vue.JS).
• Experience with DevOps best practice, such as continuous delivery, continuous testing, infrastructure as code etc.
• Understanding of cloud architecture principles and hands‑on experience with AWS or similar platforms.
• Proven experience delivering projects across the full software development life cycle (SDLC).
• Experience working within Agile practices, particularly Scrum and Kanban.
• People management experience including delivery quality, workloads and personal development.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a cross‑functional development team of back‑end, front‑end, test automation and SRE engineers.
• Shape and own the software architecture and the product roadmap.
• Guide agile teams through implementation, prioritise backlog work and ensure high‑quality, reliable delivery.

Skills

C#/.NET

Node.js

Vue.js

HTML/CSS/JS

AWS

Agile/Scrum/Kanban

DevOps

People management

Back-end development

Tools

AWS

Job description

The Royal Society of Chemistry is seeking a Software Development Team Lead on a permanent, full‑time basis. The role will be hybrid with the Cambridge office and UK-home working options, and entails shaping software architecture and guiding cross-functional teams of developers, testers and SREs throughout the lifecycle.

You will own the technical direction of the product roadmap, mentor engineers, drive high‑quality delivery, and ensure scalable, secure systems for a global audience,