Lead Software Developer (Squad Lead)

Lead Software Developer / Squad Lead

Permanent, Full-time

Hybrid - 2 days at our Derby office, 3 days working from home

Salary up to £80,000 depending on experience plus benefits

About the role

As a Squad Lead, you’ll sit at the centre of delivery driving technical quality, supporting the squad, and championing effective Agile practices. This hybrid role blends team leadership, coaching, and hands on engineering across our C#, .NET Core, Angular, PostgreSQL, and Docker based solutions.

You’ll empower the squad to perform at their best, remove obstacles to progress, and contribute directly to building reliable, scalable software. If you enjoy combining technical contribution with developing high performing teams, this role offers the opportunity to make a real impact.

What you'll be doing

Your key responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership and architectural direction, overseeing design, development, and the management of technical debt.
• Line manage developers, running 1:1s, performance reviews, onboarding, mentoring, and capability development while fostering a positive engineering culture.
• Maintain high standards for code quality, scalability, security, and long-term system health, including review and approval of complex technical changes.
• Lead Agile ceremonies, ensure stories meet the Definition of Ready/Done, remove blockers, and use delivery metrics to improve team workflow.
• Partner with the Product Owner on prioritisation, effective backlog management, and continuous improvement across the squad.

About You

• You're an experienced people leader who thrives on developing others, confident in line management, running effective 1:1s and performance reviews, mentoring, and creating a positive, collaborative engineering culture.
• You excel at guiding teams through Agile delivery, facilitating ceremonies, removing blockers, improving workflow, and ensuring work meets high standards of readiness and completion.
• You work seamlessly with Product Owners, offering clear coaching on prioritisation and backlog management to help the squad deliver meaningful value.
• You bring solid technical credibility, enabling you to provide direction and support as the team builds scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions.

Recruitment Process

Call with a member of our TA Team

1st stage: MS Teams interview

2nd stage: In person interview at MAB HQ in Derby

What’s In It For You?

Private Medical Insurance (Vitality), 25 days annual leave (increasing to 28 with service) plus your birthday off, matched pension contribution (L&G), share save scheme (Equinity), retail discounts, free entertainment tickets, plus much more!

Flexible working hours with hybrid working for Head Office roles (as agreed with your line manager)

A wide range of Learning & Development offers, from 121 coaching to qualification support, helping you to grow and thrive in your career

A supportive, inclusive culture with forums you're welcome to join from day 1, using your voice to make MAB an even better place to work

Everyone is Welcome

At MAB, we value different experiences and perspectives which adds diversity and value to our culture. As an equal opportunities employer, we are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels welcomed, included and heard for who they are. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us.

We are committed to reducing barriers in every stage of our recruitment process so everyone feels they can bring their best self when applying for new opportunities at MAB.

Use of AI

We recognise that AI tools can be a helpful way to articulate your qualities, skills and experience when applying for roles. It’s important to us, however, that we see the real you throughout the recruitment process. We hire real people, not polished personas! We simply ask that you consider carefully how and where you use AI during your application, so we can hear your own thoughts and meet your authentic self.

Please note we are unable to consider candidates requiring visa sponsorship at this moment in time. We won't be accepting speculative CVs from recruitment agencies, with a full PSL in place.

The Company

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) PLC is the UK’s leading mortgage network. We’re experts in Mortgage and Protection advice, with over 200 awards and counting. We’re proud of our reputation in the industry and of our people, who continue to be the heart of MAB’s success.