# Lead Software Developer (SPM)

The role sits within the Digital, Delivery & Change (DD&C) Engineering team, which builds and maintains technical services for Social Security Scotland. This includes an enterprise case management system and a range of supporting technical services, used by Clients to submit benefit applications and our internal teams to manage benefit payments. Our technical staff are largely deployed in Agile teams focusing on new benefits development, live service support and continuous improvement. We believe in supporting our team members' growth and development through their work - the successful candidate will have access to formal training courses and team learning projects to enhance their technical and non-technical skills. We also aim to develop a positive and inclusive culture within Social Security Scotland by embedding a working environment where we all treat each other with dignity, fairness and respect, and recognise each other’s contributions. A lead software developer (SPM) leads development on one or a small number of related project teams. At this role level, you will: guide the ways in which the team works be involved in identifying appropriate technology and approaches, decidi

- **Id**: 3893280
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/scottish-government-lead-software-developer-spm>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Dundee, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Visa sponsorship**: yes
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-04T13:28:16Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-04
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T21:33:21Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 5
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 10455
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Flexible schedule, Hybrid work
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Government, Space & Aerospace, Earth Observation

## Company

- **Id**: 2109038
- **Name**: Scottish Government
- **Domain**: remotesensingdata.gov.scot
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/remotesensingdata>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Oracle

## Technologies

- **Agile** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 5

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: phd
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United Kingdom** — Iso: GB; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-06T22:14:01Z

## Visa

- Country: GB; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 4; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Licensed UK visa sponsor (Skilled Worker); Route: Skilled Worker

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 4
- **Expected fill days**: 30
- **Reasons**: conf:10, velocity, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

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