Software Development Team Lead

Salary: £80,000 - 80,000 per year Requirements: What we are looking for in our Software Development Team Lead: 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. As our Software Development Team Lead, the key responsibilities are: 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 #J-18808-Ljbffr