Development Team Lead

The company is a leading provider of IT Consulting and Services, specialising in Cloud Solutions, Software Engineering, Security, and Data & AI. We partner with enterprises to optimise their technology estates, delivering flexible engagement models ranging from augmentation to outcome-based projects and managed teams. At the company, we thrive on solving complex challenges. By blending design, engineering, and analytics, we help organisations harness the power of technology to create innovative digital experiences and shape their future.

As part of our continued growth, we are creating an internal opportunity for a Development Team Lead to provide people leadership and technical direction across the company engineering teams. This is a technology-agnostic role with line management responsibility for junior and mid-level developers working across different technologies and client engagements.

Your Role at the company

You will support developers to perform at their best by setting clear expectations, holding regular one-to-ones, providing constructive feedback, and creating meaningful development plans. You will work across technology stacks, drawing on the expertise of senior engineers and specialists where needed rather than being expected to be the deepest technical expert in every area.

This is a hands-on leadership opportunity for someone who combines sound engineering judgement with a genuine interest in coaching people, strengthening delivery practices, and building consistent standards across the company.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

• Line manage developers across technologies, including regular one-to-ones, objective setting, development planning, feedback, and career conversations.

• Create a supportive environment in which team members understand expectations, receive timely coaching, and have clear opportunities to grow.

• Provide technology-agnostic technical leadership, helping teams make proportionate decisions on design, quality, maintainability, testing, security, and delivery approach.

• Work with senior engineers, architects, practice leads, and subject-matter experts when deeper technology-specific guidance is required.

• Monitor team capacity, delivery risks, wellbeing, and development needs, escalating concerns early and following through on agreed actions.

• Support onboarding, probation reviews, performance conversations, and internal progression in line with the company processes.

• Promote consistent engineering practices and knowledge sharing across teams, clients, and technology stacks.

• Contribute to recruitment and assessment activities where required, with particular focus on junior and mid-level engineering roles.

• Balance people leadership with an appropriate contribution to delivery, depending on the needs of the team and engagement.

What You Bring

To excel in this role, you should have

• Strong software engineering experience in one or more technology stacks, together with the judgement to lead effectively across technologies.

• Demonstrable experience mentoring, coaching, or supporting the development of other engineers.

• Clear and adaptable communication skills, with the confidence to give feedback, handle difficult conversations, and align people around practical outcomes.

• A solid understanding of modern engineering practices, including code quality, testing, source control, secure development, continuous delivery, and operational ownership.

• The ability to understand unfamiliar technical contexts, ask effective questions, and involve the right specialist rather than relying on a single preferred technology.

• A fair, consistent, and people-focused approach, with good organisation and reliable follow-through.

• Previous formal line management experience is helpful but not essential; applicants should be able to demonstrate leadership potential and a genuine commitment to developing others.

Why Join the company?

Our values of Integrity, Persistence, and Impact guide everything we do. This internal opportunity offers the chance to broaden your influence across engineering, help colleagues progress, and shape how the company supports junior and mid-level developers across technologies.

Benefits

• Remote/home working

• Opportunity to move into a formal people leadership role

• Influence across engineering teams and technology stacks

• Ongoing leadership, coaching, and technical development opportunities

• Exposure to complex, global client engagements

• Opportunity to help shape engineering standards and career development at the company

• Fun budget for team events