Software Development Team Lead

The Scouts Association; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A national charitable organization in London seeks a Development Team Lead. This role involves building and leading a software development team, focusing on enhancing digital tools relied upon by volunteers. Candidates should have extensive experience in software engineering and proven leadership skills. The position offers competitive benefits including flexible working hours and a double matching pension scheme. Join a trusted team dedicated to making a difference.

Benefits

28 days holiday, increasing with service

Flexible working hours

Double matching pension up to 10%

Qualifications

• Significant experience in software engineering, maintaining production code.
• Proven leadership or mentoring experience in a delivery environment.
• Strong understanding of software engineering practices including version control and testing.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a software development team.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership and management.
• Lead the design and operation of volunteer-facing digital platforms.

Skills

Experience as a software engineer

Leading or mentoring developers

Agile methodologies

Technical problem-solving

Modern software engineering practices

Tools

CI/CD

Cloud technologies

Security practices

UX/UI Design

Backend development

Fullstack development

Job description

Salary: £80,000 - 80,000 per year

Requirements:

• Significant experience as a software engineer, with time spent writing and maintaining production code
• Proven experience leading or mentoring developers in a delivery environment
• Comfortable balancing hands‑on technical work with people leadership
• Strong understanding of modern software engineering practices (e.g. version control, testing, CI/CD, cloud‑hosted services)
• Experience working in agile, product‑centred teams

Responsibilities:

• The Role: We work in a culture where people are trusted to use their expertise, encouraged to grow, and supported to try new things. Collaboration is at the heart of how we operate — our architects, business analysts, UX designers, product and delivery managers work together to solve real problems for real users.
• This is a brand‑new senior engineering leadership role within Technology & Digital. You’ll play a key part in shaping our software development capability, continually improving digital tools that thousands of volunteers rely on every day.
• Build and lead a software development team, including back‑end and/or full‑stack engineers.
• Provide day‑to‑day technical leadership, coaching and line management.
• Remain hands‑on in software development, code reviews, and technical problem‑solving.
• Lead the design, build, integration and operation of volunteer‑facing digital platforms.
• Own engineering quality: code standards, testing, CI/CD, security, performance and reliability.
• Work closely with Architecture, Product and Delivery to make pragmatic technical decisions.

Technologies:

• CI/CD
• Cloud
• Security
• UX UI Design
• Backend
• Fullstack

Benefits:

We are an award‑winning Charity of the Year (Charity Times Awards 2022) with over 400 employees across multiple locations across the country.
28 days holiday and going up to 32 days after 2 years’ service plus additional days at Christmas
Flexible working hours
Work in a way that suits you, your role and your department
Double matching pension up to 10% of gross salary

last updated 3 week of 2026

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