Lead Developer (Technical) (£51,997 - £80,400)
| Posting date: | 18 September 2024 |
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| Salary: | £51,997 to £51,997 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Plus an additional allowance up to £28,403 |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 October 2024 |
| Location: | Oldham |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 369996/6 |
Summary
This will be a key role in the design, build, support, implementation, bug fixing and improvement of existing and new digital services across DVSA. You will work within a multi-disciplinary team using Agile delivery methodologies where you will be responsible for the development and delivery of well-designed and executed software, as a programmer who is able to adapt to multiple technologies, manage more junior colleagues and produce clean well tested code, contributing to delivering solutions that meet user needs.
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You will:
- Act as Technical Lead for high-value initiatives driving development and test standards and continuous improvement through Scrum.
- Use industry best practice and knowledge to make agency policy decisions relating to technical tool selection based on analysis of requirements.
- Create a culture that proactively manages the risks of technical debt by ensuring continual software improvement.
- Lead technical teams in relation to problem solving and technical optioneering, driving and supporting teams to make technical recommendations based on sound analysis and knowledge.
- Work closely with Delivery Leads and Lead Developer management to ensure appropriately skilled technical expertise is in place across Digital Services, owning a resource requirement pipeline against skillset is managed.