UK Development Team Lead
$75,000–$75,000 year
On-siteLondon, England, United Kingdom
London, England, United KingdomOn-siteFull Time$75,000–$75,000 yearSenior LevelSmall
Full TimeSenior LevelSmall
Job Summary
Guide the Live Platforms development team by balancing hands-on coding in React Native and Kotlin with Scrum Master duties, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives. Oversee production releases, manage the backlog with the Product team, and facilitate agile ceremonies while mentoring engineers. Deliver priority bug fixes, security patches, and 2nd line technical support, championing code reviews, unit testing, and CI/CD best practices. Report sprint progress and delivery risks to leadership, ensuring all changes meet strict quality standards.
Required Qualifications
- Several years' commercial experience as a developer, including some experience leading, mentoring, or informally guiding other engineers
- Degree in Computer Science/STEM, or equivalent practical experience
- Proven experience as a senior/lead developer, with strong hands-on skills in one of (i) React Web (ii) Java
- Strong experience with databases, ideally Mongo (otherwise a RDBMS)
- Experience acting as a Scrum Master or running scrum ceremonies: sprint planning, refinement, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives
- Experience managing a team's backlog and sprints in Jira, including estimation and reporting on velocity
- Experience with Git and CI/CD pipelines, and championing best practice code review
- Experience developing unit tests and promoting a strong testing culture within a team
- Experience integrating with RESTful APIs
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, comfortable reporting progress and risk to leadership
- Proficient in written and spoken English
- Experience mentoring or coaching developers, including conducting 1:1s and giving structured feedback
Desired Qualifications
- Proven experience as a senior/lead developer, with strong hands-on skills in (i) React Native (ii) Kotlin
- A recognised Scrum Master certification (e.g. CSM, PSM)
- Experience working with distributed or remote teams across time zones
- Exposure to regulated software development in healthcare, especially international standards such as ISO9001, ISO27001 and ISO13485
- Familiarity with WCAG accessibility standards
- AWS certification(s)
- An interest in health tech and improving patient outcomes through software
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