Development Lead

As a Development Lead you will be joining a team delivering cloud applications using the latest technologies and supporting a portfolio of products. Working within multi-disciplined squads you will help to deliver high quality products and changes. Your role will be to act as a focal point for technical questions, supporting other developers and colleagues. You will provide direction and guidance to others in line with Software Engineering standards and act as a bridge between management and the wider team. Youll have opportunity to be involved in designing new solutions working with other members of our team including Application Architects and then develop these solutions through to delivery. Youll contribute with ideas and influence improvements to policies and process whilst championing the standards and practices. You will be seen as a go to person within the team for technical questions.

Key Accountabilities and main responsibilities
Strategic Focus

• Ensure that solutions are developed in line with departmental standards and in keeping with the strategic direction.
• Support colleagues in these aims.

Operational Management

• Be involved in the application design process, ensuring each system component is well written, performant and ensuring scalability.
• Be involved in the estimation of work.
• Write code and unit tests adhering to standards and specification.
• Perform triage of defects and track them through to technical resolution.
• Support colleagues by taking a Lead position in respect of technology.
• Undertake work as required to improve the wider Software Engineering estate.

People Leadership

• There are no direct Leadership responsibilities however you will play an active part in both the Software Engineering community as well as within work specific squads.
• Work with colleagues e.g., Architects to create of solutions that meet requirements.
• Act as a focal point for technical questions and a bridge between management and the wider team.
• Guide developers in the development of solutions sharing your knowledge and expertise and helping to develop theirs.
• Promote solutions and approaches that are in line with agreed strategies.
• Promote collaboration with colleagues and seek to uplift levels of technological understanding.

Governance & Risk

• Work with Architects to ensure that designs and solutions receive Architectural approval and follow governance.
• Ensure appropriate processes are followed, such as the agreed SDLC and adhere to coding and design standards.
• Support colleagues to identify any areas of risk.
• Be proactive in your approach to the identification and management of risk.

Experience & Personal Attributes
Required

• Excellent communicator both verbal and written. Someone who can talk with colleagues within the technical and wider communities.
• Offering a collaborative approach with experience of supporting colleagues.
• Proven history of practical experience as a .NET Developer
• In-depth knowledge of C# and .NET Frameworks from 4.7 to the current.
• Experience of writing unit tests and mocking.
• Strong object-oriented programming skills and understanding of SOLID principles
• Practical application of commonly used patterns and approaches
• Excellent troubleshooting and analytical skills.
• Ability to flex as the situation requires whilst remaining composed under pressure.
• A desire to stay ahead of technical advances and identify opportunities from which we may benefit.

Desirable

• Experience of developing using Inversion of Control and Asynchronous standards
• Experience of API development and a solid understanding of the RESTful principles.
• Exposure to and an understanding of Microservices.
• Grasp of security principles in particular Active Directory and OAuth.
• Experience of working within agile and waterfall environments.
• Solid understanding of source control principles particularly within GitHub.
• Exposure to Azure technologies such as Service Bus and Storage.