Technical Development Team Lead

Tata Consultancy Services; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary packages

Health care

Life assurance

Access to training resources

Wellness initiatives

Job summary

A leading technology consulting firm in the UK is looking for a Technical Development Team Lead to join their team in Edinburgh. The role requires strong programming skills in Java and experience with AWS and Python. As a key member of the delivery team, you will ensure high-quality software solutions and manage the delivery of various projects. Competitive salary packages and wellness initiatives are offered in this full-time position.

Qualifications

• Experience in Business Change and IT Delivery.
• Understanding of software development lifecycle.
• Ability to lead defect triage and resolution.

Responsibilities

• Shape delivery and provide technology leadership.
• Monitor team metrics (SLAs, OKRs, KPIs).
• Lead coding and automated testing activities.

Skills

Programming skills in Java

AWS knowledge

Python proficiency

Experience with Agile environments

Technical background in engineering

Knowledge of Atlassian tools (JIRA, Confluence)

Job description

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Role: Technical Development Team Lead

Location: Edinburgh and London UK

Careers at TCS: It means more

TCS is a purpose‑led transformation company, built on belief. We do not just help businesses to transform through technology. We support them in making a meaningful difference to the people and communities they serve - our clients include some of the biggest brands in the UK and worldwide. For you, it means more to make an impact that matters, through challenging projects which demand ambitious innovation and thought leadership.

The Role

As a Technical Development Team Lead, you will be key member of long‑lived delivery teams who can shape the delivery, provide technology leadership, guide and support the engineering team for the delivery of high‑quality, scalable, secure, and efficient software solutions. You will ensure the team is set up to accept, prioritize and deliver work for multiple products/projects and deliver to client’s standards with enduring quality.

Your responsibilities:

Technical

• Contribute to implementation such as coding, automated testing, and creation of High‑level designs and architecture.
• Ensure technical needs are merged with feature changes, including operational cost reviews, quality, performance, resilience and recovery, and championing tech debt reduction.
• Lead defect triage and resolution to maintain stability and performance.
• Consolidate estimates using input from specialists in team.

Team Management

• Ensure work meets criteria with clear scope and outcomes. Prioritizing the backlogs and managing the flow of work through the team. This also covers automation techniques to improve flow.
• Monitor team metrics (SLAs, OKRs, KPIs) and uphold estimation discipline.
• Working with engineering and tests leads to refining processes, tools and practices, embedding agile principles, CI/CD, and DevSecOps, and SRE approaches, A.I. etc.

Your Profile

Essential skills/knowledge/experience:

• Technical background in one or more of engineering, architecture, DevOps, technical BA, automated testing roles.
• Programming skills in Java based technologies, AWS and Python.
• Experience with Business Change and IT Delivery, both Waterfall and Agile environments.
• Experience using team productivity and work planning tools (current client usage - Atlassian tools JIRA, Confluence)
• Working in team building software crossing multiple platforms and disciplines in a regulated environment.
• Engineering lifecycle and practices, branching, code review, release governance and change control.
• Engineering tool chains and alternative testing approaches such as Test‑Driven Development (TDD).
• Software Design Patterns and Software Architecture Patterns include deployment choices such as Cloud, PaaS, 3rd Party software. Microservices, APIs, event‑driven systems, data platforms and third‑party integrations.
• Software builds processes, automation, and deployment techniques. Production topics such as observability and monitoring opportunities.

TCS is consistently voted a Top Employer in the UK and globally. Our competitive salary packages feature pension, health care, life assurance, laptop, phone, access to extensive training resources and discounts within the larger Tata network.

We offer health & wellness initiatives and sports events; we are the proud sponsor of the London Marathon.

Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing

Tata Consultancy Services UK&I is committed to meeting the accessibility needs of all individuals in accordance with the UK Equality Act 2010 and the UK Human Rights Act 1998.

We welcome and embrace diversity in race, nationality, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender identity, age, physical ability, gender reassignment, sexual orientation. We are a disability inclusive employer and encourage disabled people to apply for this role.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer an interview to applicants with disabilities or long‑term conditions who meet the minimum criteria for the role. Please email us at [e-mail] if you would like to opt in.

If you are an applicant who needs any adjustments to the application process or interview, please contact us at [e-mail] with the subject line: “Adjustment Request” or call TCS London Office 02031552100 / [phone] to request an adjustment. We welcome requests prior to you completing the application and at any stage of the recruitment process.

Next Steps

Application Process

• Online application: You can apply directly through LinkedIn/ by uploading your CV. In case you wish to submit your application via another format like audio/video, please, contact - [e-mail]
• Skill‑Based discussion: This will be a level 1 interview with the project team, it can be via video or in‑person. Details will be confirmed by your recruiter.
• Managerial discussion: This discussion will focus on behavioural aspects and person‑organisation fit.
• HR Discussion: This will be with one of the members of the HR team and will cover your career journey, aspirations for growth, compensation and any other questions you may have.

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Due to the high volume of applications, we will be unable to contact each applicant individually on the status of their application. If you have not received a direct response within 30 days, then it should be deemed unsuccessful on this occasion.

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Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

• Business Development
• IT Services and IT Consulting

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