Software Development Team Lead

Ucas; Cheltenham; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

35-hour week

30 days annual leave

Free gym onsite

Free parking

Perkbox wellbeing

Ex-gratia bonus

Job summary

UCAS is seeking a Software Development Team Lead in Cheltenham to provide line management and technical leadership for a team of software engineers. The role combines people leadership with hands-on development across a cloud-based stack and modern frameworks.

You will drive delivery, ensure skills and capacity match demand, and coach engineers to align with the organisation's strategy. The role supports a hybrid working model and rewards performance with professional development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Educated to Degree level in a relevant technical discipline or equivalent professional experience.
• Significant experience of leading and managing at team and technical level.
• Substantial experience of leading software development within multiple frameworks using: C#, Web API, MVC, Front end frameworks (e.g. Angular), REST.
• SQL with MySQL and/or PostgreSQL.
• Automated tests and deployments.
• Visual Studio, Git, Atlassian tools; Confluence, JIRA, Bamboo.
• Continuous integration and deployments.
• Cloud based solutions, specifically AWS.
• Be able to communicate effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Providing Line Management for a team of engineers, including performance management and objectives tracking.
• Recruitment and onboarding of new resources.
• Tracking employee engagement and contributing to improvement initiatives.
• Leading and motivating the team to achieve high performance.
• Ensuring clear direction and purpose for the team; setting quality, accuracy and timeliness standards.
• Providing senior technical leadership and innovation to a team of software engineers.

Skills

Degree in tech

Team leadership

Software development

C#

Web API

MVC

Angular

REST

SQL

Automated tests

CI/CD

Visual Studio

Git

Jira

Confluence

AWS

Education

Degree level in a relevant technical discipline

Tools

Visual Studio

Git

Confluence

JIRA

Bamboo

Job description

About the role

The Software Development Team Lead will provide Line Management and Technical leadership to a team of software engineers, in addition to being the technical expert and providing some ‘hands-on’ development activities. They will be accountable for the overall direction and operations of the technical stack within their functional and/or product area. In addition, they will ensure that their team has the right skills, experience and capacity required to support the delivery of technical change across their functional and/or product area and provide technical coaching to ensure the engineering skills cross the team are maintained and developed in line with our strategy.

Key accountabilities:

• Providing Line Management for a team of engineers, including:
• performance management, through the setting and tracking individual and team objectives.
• the recruitment and onboarding of new resource.
• tracking of employee engagement metrics and contributing to initiatives to further improve.
• providing excellent leadership to help people perform at their best, through motivating and developing them to achieve high performance.
• ensuring the team are clear on their direction and purpose.
• setting standards and expectations for quality, accuracy and timeliness.
• Provide senior technical leadership and innovation to a team of software engineers

You can find the full job description in the attached role profile below

Skills, qualifications, and experience

• Educated to Degree level in a relevant technical discipline or equivalent professional experience.
• Significant experience of leading and managing at team and technical level.
• Substantial experience of leading software development within multiple frameworks using:
• C#, Web API, MVC, Front end frameworks (e.g. Angular), REST
• SQL with MySQL and/or PostgreSQL
• Automated tests and deployments
• Visual Studio, Git, Atlassian tools; Confluence, JIRA, Bamboo
• Continuous integration and deployments
• Cloud based solutions, specifically AWS
• Be able to communicate effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Comfortable working in a dynamic, large-scale agile change initiative with multiple technologies.
• Expert/extensive technical knowledge with proven experience in leading technical design discussions and managing quality control.
• Previous significant experience of hands on development with a demonstrable career in software engineering with enterprise cloud based applications.

Package

Salary – up to £60,000

• Purpose-driven work in a charity-led organisation connecting people to education and opportunity
• Internal training, mentoring, and access to industry-recognised certifications through our development academies
• Hybrid working model built on trust and flexibility, with a 35-hour week and flexible contracts
• 30 days annual leave, 3 concessionary days over Christmas, bank holidays, and the option to purchase additional leave
• Everyday wellbeing support through Perkbox, offering discounts and wellness tools
• Onsite facilities including a free gym, subsidised café, and free parking at our Cheltenham office
• Inclusive culture supported by employee networks, wellbeing champions, and Mental Health First Aiders
• Recognition and reward through our quarterly employee scheme and an ex-gratia bonus for going above and beyond

Studies have shown that some groups of people are less likely to apply to a role unless they tick every box. At UCAS we recognise that talent comes in various forms and we are committed to delivering a fair and equitable recruitment process where applicants have an equal opportunity to demonstrate their skills. So, if you are interested in this vacancy, but don't necessarily meet every single point on the job description, please still apply.