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*Job Summary*Experience, qualification, and soft skills, have you got everything required to succeed in this opportunity Find out below.The Software Development Team Lead will provide Line Management and Technical leadership to a team of software engineers, in addition to being the technical expert and providing some ‘hands-on’ development activities. They will be accountable for the overall direction and operations of the technical stack within their functional and/or product area.In addition, they will ensure that their team has the right skills, experience and capacity required to support the delivery of technical change across their functional and/or product area and provide technical coaching to ensure the engineering skills across the team are maintained and developed in line with our strategy.*Responsibilities**Providing Line Management for a team of engineers, including:** Performance management, through the setting and tracking individual and team objectives* Tracking of employee engagement metrics and contributing to initiatives to further improve* Providing excellent leadership to help people perform at their best, through motivating and developing them to achieve high performance* Setting standards and expectations for quality, accuracy and timeliness.*Provide senior technical leadership and innovation to a team of software engineers, including:** Engaging with and challenging the team in technical design discussions* Staying informed within the wider software development industry and championing new techniques and standards* Lead the definition, maintenance and adherence of coding best practices, standards and documentation guidelines* Providing a level of hands-on development activity, including Coding/configuring and documenting complex solutions from supplied specifications, using agreed standards and tools, and conduct reviews with others as appropriate* Coaching engineers into adopting best technical practices and adherence to coding standards* Develop and maintain specialist knowledge of cloud technologies, design principles, architectures, and software* Work closely in collaboration with solutions architects to produce systems analysis documentation for the implementation of new projects and system changes*Experience** Educated to Degree level in a relevant technical discipline or equivalent professional experience* Significant experience of leading and managing at team and technical level* Substantial experience of leading software development within multiple frameworks using:C#, Web API, MVC, Front end frameworks (e.g. Angular), RESTSQL with MySQL and/or PostgreSQLAutomated tests and deploymentsVisual Studio, Git, Atlassian tools; Confluence, JIRA, BambooContinuous integration and deploymentsCloud based solutions, specifically AWS* Be able to communicate effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences* Comfortable working in a dynamic, large-scale agile change initiative with multiple technologies* Expert/extensive technical knowledge with proven experience in leading technical design discussions and managing quality control* Previous significant experience of hands-on development with a demonstrable career in software engineering with enterprise cloud-based applications.Join us in shaping the future of our software solutions while leading a passionate team dedicated to excellence!Job Types: Full-time, PermanentPay: Up to £60,000.00 per yearBenefits:* Additional leave* Bereavement leave* Canteen* Company events* Company pension* Cycle to work scheme* Discounted or free food* Employee discount* Enhanced maternity leave* Enhanced paternity leave* Free parking* Gym membership* Health & wellbeing programme* On-site gym* On-site parking* Paid volunteer time* Referral programme* Sabbatical* Sick pay* Work from homeSchedule:* Day shift* Monday to Friday* No weekendsWork Location: Hybrid remote in Cheltenham GL52 3LZApplication deadline: 28/07/2025