Lead Developer

The Pensions Regulator
Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom
2 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Temporary contract
Employment type
Part-time / full-time
Working hours
Shift work
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
£ 63K

Job location

Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom

Tech stack

.NET
API
Agile Methodologies
ASP.NET
Azure
C Sharp (Programming Language)
Software Design Patterns
DevOps
Microsoft Software
Scrum
Webui
Umbraco
Azure
Microsoft Power Automate
Servicebus
Event Driven Architecture
Playwright
Extreme Programming (XP)
Web Technologies
Sitecore
Domain Driven Design

Job description

This is a Hands-on Lead Developer role with some line management responsibility. This role leads development on one or a small number of related teams. The role has some line management responsibility for 1 or more junior developers in a team.

This role?s responsibilities include:

  • Provide technical leadership a team to deliver strategically important initiatives.
  • Provide line management to some team members, grades ranging from interns to grade 8
  • Work with others to guide the ways in which the team works
  • Be proficient in a wide range of technologies and systems
  • Be involved in identifying appropriate technology and approaches
  • Contribute to the developer community internally
  • Provide technical leadership, coaching and mentoring your team
  • Promote knowledge sharing and adoption of good practice, This role is ideal for someone who wants to:
  • Take on a senior technical position working with the latest Microsoft technologies.
  • Be part of a collaborative, hybrid team that values continuous learning and personal development.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to design and deliver accessible, cloud-hosted websites using modern technologies and industry-standard design patterns.
  • Lead the development of mission-critical applications, applying event-driven architectures and Domain Driven Design principles to create robust, scalable, and maintainable cloud-first solutions.
  • Drive the modernisation of legacy applications by refactoring them into microservice architectures hosted on cloud app services, optimising for performance, reliability, and future growth.

Requirements

  • Excellent knowledge of C# and the .Net framework
  • Extensive experience of Web technologies and in particular ASP.NET MVC
  • Practical understanding of Event Driven Architecture and Domain Driven Design
  • Experience of TDD/BDD, ideally using ReqnRoll and Playwright for Web UI tests
  • Experience of applying Agile values and principles with Scrum, Kanban or XP frameworks
  • Experience improving development methodologies, processes and standards

Desirable skills

  • Experience of Sitecore/Umbraco or similar Content Management Systems
  • Experience of building modern internal and external secure APIs
  • Working knowledge of Azure including Functions, Logic Apps, App Services
  • Experience of Azure Dev Ops, including creating CI/CD pipelines
  • Experience with NServiceBus and/or Azure Service Bus

Benefits & conditions

Details Reference number 456986 Salary £63,213 A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97% GBP Job grade Other Contract type Fixed term Length of employment 12 Months Type of role Digital Other Working pattern Flexible working, Full-time Number of jobs available 1 Contents

  • Location
  • About the job
  • Benefits
  • Things you need to know
  • Apply and further information, Benefits Alongside your salary of £63,213, Pensions Regulator contributes £18,312 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

TPR offers:

  • Genuine opportunities for learning and development.
  • A values-led, inclusive environment.
  • Hybrid working and flexible shift patterns.
  • A vibrant workplace with employee networks (Disability, Family, LGBT+, Minority Ethnic, Women?s)., We offer 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, a hybrid working model, 35 hour working week (full-time), flexible working patterns, and flexitime. We also provide competitive parental leave, as well as a Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 28.97%. Our dedicated benefits portal (Edenred) offers retail, gym, tech and restaurant discounts, and a cycle to work scheme. Things you need to know Artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use. Selection process details

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