Lead Developer
6 Months
£600 - £629/Day Inside IR35
London
Clearance: SC

We are seeking a Lead Developer for our Government client based in London. This role will be office based 2 days per week and the remainder remote. The Lead Developer role will be an initial 6 month contract paying between £600 -£629/Day Inside IR35.
This role is inside IR35 - Due to the service of the role it will now be based on an Umbrella solution.
Clearance: SC

Role Profile

Practical experience with modern C# and . NET, with an emphasis on web applications and ASP. NET
More practical experience with leading a project team to delivery packages of work, whether it be a new application or enhancements to existing applications.
The main purpose of this role is to provide hands-on technical leadership within a multidisciplinary delivery squad, ensuring the high-quality delivery of digital products and services that support Parliament's users. The role acts as a key link between Principal Developers and development teams, translating user and business needs into secure, maintainable technical solutions while ensuring engineering standards, strategic technical direction and good development practices are applied consistently
Translating user and business needs into well-designed, secure, maintainable technical solutions.
Making local technical decisions that align with wider architectural direction, engineering standards and organisational priorities.
Supporting and developing developers through coaching, mentoring, pairing and knowledge sharing
Ensuring engineering standards, development practices, security expectations and quality controls are applied consistently.
Working closely with Principal Developers, DevOps colleagues, product teams and other stakeholders to ensure effective knowledge transfer and joined-up delivery
Supporting improvements across Engineering, including automated testing, CI/CD, observability, reusable components, shared tooling and developer experience improvements.
Proven experience delivering software using C#, . NET, . NET Core/. NET Framework, RESTful APIs, SQL/SQL Server, Git, CI/CD pipelines, web technologies and modern frontend frameworks such as Angular, React or Vue
Experience leading developers within a multidisciplinary or agile team, including coaching, mentoring, pairing, coordinating technical work and helping teams apply good engineering practices consistently.
Ability to design, review and deliver systems with medium to high levels of technical or business complexity, ensuring appropriate technology choices, secure design, maintainability, performance, integration and adherence to modern standards
Automated testing, CI/CD, reusable components, observability, secure development, API design, systems integration and continuous improvement of developer experience.
The role is likely to suit someone who can operate confidently as the bridge between strategic technical direction and practical delivery within a squad.