Software Development Team Leader

We are looking for a Team Lead who will be responsible for one of our multi discipline Scrum Teams and their contribution to the delivery of our Payments products.

Reporting to the Software Development Manager, the Development Team Leader is responsible for leading a team to build, enhance and maintain products and/or systems thus enabling the business's plans and long-term objectives to be met. The Development Team Leader will provide strong leadership and focus to a team of technical specialists and may also contribute to the technical analysis, design and build of solutions ensuring the product and/or systems are fit for purpose.

As a leader you will line manage members of the team, performing appraisals and setting individual objectives. You will lead by example and ensure that the output of your team is of high quality and the team consistently meet the definition of done. You will work with the Tech Lead within the team to ensure the relevant coding standards are followed and consistent design patterns used. You will ensure new development follows a well thought out technical design. You will have a strong understanding of agile development principles and will be required to fulfil the role of Scrum Master, coaching the team and helping them to follow the Scrum process.

This is a ‘hands on’ role and you will be expected to spend time working alongside the team where your experience and skills can contribute to their success. This will involve working on new features and enhancements, re-architecting, fixing defects and porting legacy code to new technologies.