SC-Cleared Lead Software Developer – London

Network IT; London Borough of Ealing; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 131,000; Full time

Job summary

Network IT is seeking a Lead Software Developer (SC Cleared) for a six-month contract in London. You will lead a multidisciplinary squad, shaping both back-end and front-end work across digital services, and act as the liaison between Principal Developers and delivery teams.

The role demands hands-on leadership and agile collaboration to ensure high-quality product outcomes. You will drive technical decisions, champion best practices, and help translate customer needs into tangible features

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience leading a development team within a multi-disciplinary squad.
• Experience delivering high-quality software using agile principles.
• Ability to translate customer needs into features and work with engineering peers to implement them.

Responsibilities

• Act as technical leader of the squad and align work with strategic direction.
• Collaborate with Principal Developers and delivery teams to ensure quality outcomes.
• Lead on best practices, including automated testing, observability, and developer experience tooling.
• Support improvements benefiting engineering teams and users across products and services.

Skills

C#

.NET

RESTful APIs

SQL Server

HTML5

CSS/SASS

JavaScript

TypeScript

Angular

React

Tools

Git

CI/CD

Job description

Network IT is seeking a Lead Software Developer (SC Cleared) for a six-month contract in London. You will lead a multidisciplinary squad, shaping both back-end and front-end work across digital services, and act as the liaison between Principal Developers and delivery teams.

The role demands hands-on leadership and agile collaboration to ensure high-quality product outcomes. You will drive technical decisions, champion best practices, and help translate customer needs into tangible features