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Lead Developer - up to £65,000 Hybrid, London (1 day per week on-site) We're working with a world-renowned organisation at the forefront of science and digital innovation who are looking for a Lead Developer to join a major national programme. This is a fantastic opportunity to take ownership of building and leading a … team delivering cutting-edge digital infrastructure that will transform how vital scientific data is accessed and shared across the UK and beyond. The role As Lead Developer, you'll provide senior technical direction and hands-on expertise in designing and implementing scalable, secure infrastructure. You'll be responsible for shaping architectural decisions, integrating cloud-based and bespoke solutions … complex technical projects. Alongside this, you'll build and mentor a small but growing engineering team while collaborating closely with programme managers, senior stakeholders, and technical partners. Key responsibilities: Lead and grow a technical team delivering a new digital infrastructure programme. Provide hands-on technical input, writing high-quality code and driving architecture decisions. Design and implement secure, scalable More ❯

Are you a hands-on Lead or Senior .Net Developer ready to shape architecture and guide talented developers? Want a hybrid role with 3 days WFH? This is your chance to stay close to the code while making key technical decisions that drive real business impact. You'll join a collaborative, forward-thinking team building cutting-edge products … with the support, tools, and flexibility to thrive. Role: Lead Software Developer, Senior .Net Developer, Software Engineering Manager, Senior Full Stack Developer, Lead .Net Developer, Lead Software Engineer, Senior C# Developer Salary: £65k - £75k base + Bonus Benefits: 5% pension, 25 days holiday, 2 wellbeing days, Christmas shutdown, private healthcare, life assurance More ❯

Are you a hands-on Lead or Senior .Net Developer ready to shape architecture and guide talented developers? Want a hybrid role with 3 days WFH? This is your chance to stay close to the code while making key technical decisions that drive real business impact. You'll join a collaborative, forward-thinking team building cutting-edge products … with the support, tools, and flexibility to thrive. Role: Lead Software Developer, Senior .Net Developer, Software Engineering Manager, Senior Full Stack Developer, Lead .Net Developer, Lead Software Engineer, Senior C# Developer Salary: £65k - £75k base + Bonus Benefits: 5% pension, 25 days holiday, 2 wellbeing days, Christmas shutdown, private healthcare, life assurance More ❯

Lead Java Developer/Software Engineer London/WFH to £115k Are you a hands-on Java Developer with leadership skills? You could be progressing your career in a Lead Java Developer role at a global FinTech/CFD trading company that has been consistently voted as one of the UKs top employers. As a … Lead Java Developer you'll join a fairly new team working on a new crypto offering and split your time between hands-on development with people management (70/30). You'll set the technical direction, mentor engineers and ensure code quality, observability, scalability and security are embedded into high-quality, high-impact releases. You'll be … architectures You're collaborative and pragmatic with great communication skills, you're comfortable working with other teams and business stakeholders W hat's in it for you: As a Lead Java Developer you will earn a competitive package: Salary to £115k + Bonus Pension, Private Medical Care, Life Assurance Option to buy or sell holiday days Wellness benefits More ❯

Lead Developer Remote - London (Twice Per Month) Up to £65,000 + Benefits We're working with a world-renowned organisation at the forefront of science and digital innovation who are looking for a Lead Developer to join a major national programme. This is a fantastic opportunity to take ownership of building and leading a team … delivering cutting-edge digital infrastructure that will transform how vital scientific data is accessed and shared across the UK and beyond. The role As Lead Developer, you'll provide senior technical direction and hands-on expertise in designing and implementing scalable, secure infrastructure. You'll be responsible for shaping architectural decisions, integrating cloud-based and bespoke solutions, and … complex technical projects. Alongside this, you'll build and mentor a small but growing engineering team while collaborating closely with programme managers, senior stakeholders, and technical partners. Key responsibilities: Lead and grow a technical team delivering a new digital infrastructure programme. Provide hands-on technical input, writing high-quality code and driving architecture decisions. Design and implement secure, scalable More ❯

the IT & Digital Services department. By joining our team, you'll help shape the future workforce and make a lasting impact on the lives of learners. Job Title: AI Lead Developer As AI Lead Developer, you'll have the opportunity to drive innovation through the design, development, and deployment of advanced AI applications that enhance efficiency … operational systems (e.g. LMS, CRM, VLEs). Act as an AI subject matter expert, mentoring colleagues and promoting best practice in AI adoption. If you're a skilled AI developer with a passion for innovation and ethical technology, and a commitment to education, we want YOU on our team! Essential Qualifications: Educated to degree level (or equivalent) in IT More ❯

Reed.ai is looking for a Lead Developer to join their team in Holborn, London. Overview Reed.ai is building the future of recruitment technology. We're a small, fast-moving, and ambitious team on a mission to transform how people find work and employers discover talent-powered by AI-driven, human-centered technology. We are looking for a Lead Fullstack Developer to guide, inspire, and work alongside our team of Senior Developers. This is a hands-on leadership role: you'll spend the majority of your time coding (around 70%), while also providing technical direction, mentoring, and ensuring the team consistently ships high-quality software at speed. If you thrive in a startup-style environment, have proven … experience leading technical teams, and want to build something meaningful from the ground up, this is the role for you. Key Responsibilities Lead a team of 5 senior developers, setting technical direction while staying hands-on with coding and problem-solving. Own the end-to-end delivery of features, ensuring speed, scalability, and quality are never compromised. Architect, develop More ❯

Lead C# Developer/Software Engineer (C# .Net Azure SaaS) Reigate/WFH to £100k Do you have expertise with C# cloud based development combined with technical/team leadership skills? You could be progressing your career, in a senior, hands-on leadership role working on complex and technically challenging systems with continual learning opportunities a global Fintech. … As a Lead C# Developer you'll manage three Agile teams comprising around ten experienced software engineers, responsible for the flagship SaaS insurance platform that handles 4 billion requests per month. You'll play a key role in architecting, designing and developing new features and enhancements whilst ensuring high levels of security, reliability, maintainability, usability and performance. You … of CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) You're likely to be degree educated in a relevant STEM discipline What's in it for you: As a Lead C# Developer you will receive a competitive salary plus a range of perks and benefits: Up to £100k salary plus bonus (c30%) Hybrid working (3 days a week More ❯

Lead Software Developer Systems Simulation & Experimentation Are you ready to lead the development of cutting-edge simulation and experimentation environments that shape the future of defence systems? Were looking for a proactive and passionate Lead Software Developer to join our expanding team inSystems Simulation & Experimentation, creating innovative solutions that deliver an end-to-end representation … Location: Hybrid (34 days per week on-site) Salary: Up to £65,000 (plus bonus and excellent benefits) Security: British Citizenship & ability to obtain clearance required What youll do: Lead a small software team developing synthetic environments and simulation components. Work with C++ and C# to build advanced, real-time systems. Collaborate with project leads, simulation architects and multi More ❯

Lead Software Developer required by a leading global Cloud Technology company based in Bracknell. The company are working on cutting-edge technology including AI and propensity modelling. The Lead Software Developer will be responsible for the software engineering output of the team. This will be a leadership role however success candidate will be expected to be … on, writing code when required, as well as designing architecture. Therefore the successful candidate will have strong hands-on coding knowledge. The company are happy to consider a Senior Developer who is looking to step up into more of a leadership role. They operate on a hybrid model which involves 3 days in the office and 2 days from More ❯

Lead Software Developer – Relocation to Newcastle upon Tyne Up to £120,000 - £150,000 + Excellent Benefits Our client is a newly established joint venture between a global leader in management consulting and a leading global alternative investment fund manager. They are building a team of exceptional developers in the heart of Newcastle City Centre, creating an intellectually … stimulating environment where world-class technical talent can work on complex, high-impact initiatives tied to global markets and events. If you’re an outstanding developer and communicator who thrives on solving challenging problems at pace, this is a rare opportunity to join a business at its inception and help shape its culture and future. What You’ll Be More ❯

Lead Software Developer – Relocation to Newcastle upon Tyne Up to £120,000 - £150,000 + Excellent Benefits Our client is a newly established joint venture between a global leader in management consulting and a leading global alternative investment fund manager. They are building a team of exceptional developers in the heart of Newcastle City Centre, creating an intellectually … stimulating environment where world-class technical talent can work on complex, high-impact initiatives tied to global markets and events. If you’re an outstanding developer and communicator who thrives on solving challenging problems at pace, this is a rare opportunity to join a business at its inception and help shape its culture and future. What You’ll Be More ❯

Lead Software Developer – Relocation to Newcastle upon Tyne Up to £120,000 - £150,000 + Excellent Benefits Our client is a newly established joint venture between a global leader in management consulting and a leading global alternative investment fund manager. They are building a team of exceptional developers in the heart of Newcastle City Centre, creating an intellectually … stimulating environment where world-class technical talent can work on complex, high-impact initiatives tied to global markets and events. If you’re an outstanding developer and communicator who thrives on solving challenging problems at pace, this is a rare opportunity to join a business at its inception and help shape its culture and future. What You’ll Be More ❯

Our London based Local Authority client are seeking a Lead Developer for NEC Housing to join their team on a permanent basis. Type : Permanent Location : London Working pattern : Hybrid Salary : PO6 £54000- 57000 Overview : This role requires advanced knowledge ofhousingmanagement systems such asNECHousing,NECDocument Management system, MRI Jigsaw along with strong skills in SQL. Youll be responsible for More ❯

Our London based Local Authority client are seeking a Lead Developer for NEC Housing to join their team on a permanent basis. Type : Permanent Location : London Working pattern : Hybrid Salary : PO6 £54000- 57000 Overview : This role requires advanced knowledge ofhousingmanagement systems such asNECHousing,NECDocument Management system, MRI Jigsaw along with strong skills in SQL. Youll be responsible for More ❯

We have an exciting opportunity for Principal Developer to join an excellent client's team based in Brighton. The successful candidate will be strong technically, but will also need to be comfortable being involved on the product side of things and dealing with customers when required. You will quickly become a vital part of an already successful software team … and will be given the opportunity to contribute ideas which impact the direction of the software. The successful principal developer will be expected to be heavily involved on the architectural side of things and will of course be required to mentor more junior developers within the team. This can be a mainly remote role but candidate must be based … for occasional office visits. As well as good salaries, our client offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes a bonus. Skills required: 5+ years experience as a Senior/Lead Developer C#, .NET Core Excellent knowledge of Angular Strong database knowledge - SQL Server Azure DevOps Agile development methodologies Deployment of software to the AWS and Azure platforms If More ❯

Lead Full Stack Java Developer - SC Cleared NEW PERMANENT OPPORTUNITY FOR A LEAD FULL-STACK JAVA DEVELOPER IN LONDON WITH SC CLEARANCE Location: London (Hybrid) Salary: £80,000 - £95,000 per annum Clearance: Active SC Clearance required To apply: email The Company Join a specialist technology consultancy delivering complex, mission-critical projects across UK Government and … with public sector clients to design, build, and modernise secure systems that underpin national operations - tackling some of the most demanding challenges in government technology. The Role As a Lead Full Stack Java Developer , you will guide a small team of engineers while remaining hands-on in the design and development of high-performance, secure applications. You'll … and security standards. You'll work in a dynamic environment, collaborating with architects, DevOps specialists, and delivery leads to drive best practices and technical excellence across projects. Key Responsibilities Lead a team of developers delivering scalable, secure full-stack solutions for critical government systems. Design, build, and maintain Java-based back-end services and modern front-end interfaces. Collaborate More ❯

Working for a major energy trader (energy/renewables). We are recruiting Lead Developer/Tech Lead with a background in C#/.Net (and ideally Angular). The Role As a member of a skilled large global team (London, NYC, Mumbai) of software engineers, you will play a role in developing the core trading platform. More ❯

Working for a major energy trader (energy/renewables). We are recruiting Lead Developer/Tech Lead with a background in C#/.Net (and ideally Angular). The Role As a member of a skilled large global team (London, NYC, Mumbai) of software engineers, you will play a role in developing the core trading platform. More ❯

Working for a major energy trader (energy/renewables). We are recruiting Lead Developer/Tech Lead with a background in C#/.Net (and ideally Angular). The Role As a member of a skilled large global team (London, NYC, Mumbai) of software engineers, you will play a role in developing the core trading platform. More ❯

Senior Developer/Technical Lead - UKIC DV - Contract Rate : £650 to £700 per day Location : London Duration : 12 months (extendable) IR35 : Inside The role :A leading Government client is seeking to appoint a Senior Developer/Tech Lead, to provide Technical Leadership and set the technical direction, for highly motivated and talented development teams.The Role would … required. 12-month initial contract (extendable). Essential Criteria : Significant experience of modern development languages (e.g. Java, Python, Go etc) with code written to a common standard. Able to lead and mentor development teams. Infrastructure as Code Cloud technologies (either AWS, GCP, Azure) Expertise in translating user requirements into technical requirements. Excellent interpersonal skills and able to communicate with More ❯

We are seeking a Lead BI Developer with strong technical leadership and hands-on software engineering expertise. You will play a pivotal role in defining technical vision, driving engineering excellence, and mentoring teams to deliver robust, scalable systems that support business transformation and long-term growth. Package £125,000 - £175,000 This role could suit someone who is … looking to progress into a BI Team Lead role having previously been doing coaching and mentoring without necessarily having had the job title. Key Responsibilities Delivery Leadership: Align engineering deliverables with business priorities to ensure timely, high-quality outcomes. Stakeholder Engagement: Act as a trusted advisor, embedding user needs into solution design and delivery. Technical Direction: Define and drive … and tools. Team Empowerment: Inspire and motivate teams, setting clear goals and encouraging accountability, learning, and growth. Experience required Track record coaching and mentoring engineers in a Senior BI Developer role or Leadership role Strong knowledge of SQL Server, SSIS, SSAS, ETL pipelines Experience would be highly useful with PowerBI, Azure services (Data Factory, Synapse, Data Lake), CI/ More ❯

Lead Dynamics 365 Developer - London £78,000 + Permanent Benefits Flexible working - 2X a week on-site (London) An established financial services organisation is looking to recruit a D365 Development and Support Lead, to deliver and maintain CRM applications following development best practices and provide user support to these same applications. You will work closely with suppliers More ❯

Java Tech Lead Role (2+ years exp in Tech Lead Role) - Java 8+, Spring MVC, SpringBoot, REST API, AWS - Award-Winning UK based FinTech Company - Surrey- Hybrid - 4 days onsite/1 day WFH - £80,000 - £90,000 (Depending on Experience) G.R.E. Recruitment Limited is delighted to partner with an Award-Winning UK based FinTech Company who are … looking to add an experienced Java Tech Lead to their development team reporting to the Head of Engineering. I am looking for an Experienced Java Tech Lead who has been leading successful Java teams and is looking for a new challenge - the core tech stack is: Java 8+, Spring MVC, SpringBoot, REST API's and using build tools More ❯

Senior Full Stack Engineer & Team Lead Remote (UK-based) | Full-time | Renewable Energy Platform About the Company We are a mission-driven renewable energy platform building the digital backbone for the energy transition. Our technology connects producers and corporate buyers, delivering real-time transparency in energy trading, certification, and reporting. By tackling complex data and market workflows, we help … accelerate the global shift to clean energy. The Role We're looking for a Senior Full Stack Engineer & Team Lead to join a small, high-impact team with the foresight to scale. This is not a manager-only role - you'll spend about 80% of your time hands-on, coding and architecting, while dedicating the rest to mentoring, guiding … and shaping the technical roadmap. You Will Build real-time trading workflows and data-heavy applications. Lead and mentor a small team while setting coding standards and best practices. Take ownership of architecture and technical direction. Collaborate with product and stakeholders to align engineering with business outcomes. What We're Looking For 7+ years of full stack engineering experience. More ❯