Software Development Lead

6 hours ago


Swindon, Swindon, United Kingdom UKRI Full time

About the Role

The UKRI CIO Group plays a critical role in managing and optimising the organisation's enterprise technical services, supporting business capabilities. We are seeking an experienced Senior Developer to lead the creation of resilient, cutting-edge systems at the core of groundbreaking advancements.

This post provides a rare opportunity to step into a critical role supporting a major agile development underpinning the organisation's mission. Working at the heart of research and innovation in the UK, you will join a team of technical specialists that enable the successful delivery of services.

Key Responsibilities

  • Plan and lead development on sets of related stories.
  • Take responsibility for teaching the whole system to others.
  • Work with other disciplines to understand what needs to be built.
  • Coach and mentor more junior colleagues.
  • Operate the production services you build.
  • Find ways to improve system robustness, resilience and stability.

About You

To succeed in this role, you will need to demonstrate:

  • A strong understanding of software development principles and practices.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to implement security controls.
  • Apply modern development standards.
  • Use the agreed specifications to design, code, test and document programs or scripts.
  • Able to effectively prototype.

What We Offer

We recognise and value our employees as individuals and aim to provide a favourable pay and rewards package. We offer:

  • An excellent defined benefit pension scheme.
  • 30 days annual leave in addition to 10.5 public and privilege days (full time equivalent).
  • Employee discounts and offers on retail and leisure activities.
  • Employee assistance programme, providing confidential help and advice.
  • Flexible working options.


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