Lead Developer
Up to £74,750 (inclusive of a non-consolidated allowance) Plus Excellent Benefits
Location – Pier Walk, North Greenwich / Remote Working
This an Opportunity to be the Lead Developer in one of our Agile development teams, working on our business-critical systems such as Road User Charging and Contactless.
You’ll influence the lives of millions
Join us, and you could be responsible for leading the development of revenue systems in a fast-paced, agile environment. You’ll lead the technology in a team of skilled software developers using latest Agile practices including, Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery to deliver software that’s used by millions of Londoners every day. We’ll rely on you to develop very high throughput back-office applications deployed on the latest Microsoft Azure services.
You’ll have the opportunity to work with your peers to ensure that TfL is using the right technologies and you’ll be responsible for the technical direction of an Agile development team. You’ll also work with other Development Technical Leads across multiple Scrum teams to produce coordinated and integrated high-quality working software.
In order to be successful, you’ll be an expert in Back-office or Financial Systems Development with proven experience of working on large scale systems in a high throughput, agile environment.
You’ll get to use every bit of your expertise
Constantly looking for better ways to develop and deliver software, you’re highly focused, resilient and a real source of inspiration for others. You’re passionate about clean code and modern technical design and have a production-first DevOps attitude. You have an excellent knowledge of the Microsoft Azure Development toolset; C#, .NET, and Azure Services. Experience developing high volume systems handling thousands of transactions per second are must haves.
If you can bring excellent communication skills and a flair for analysing complex systems and coming up with effective solutions to problems, you're definitely someone we'd like to talk to.
Closing date for applications: Sunday 5th March 2023 at 23.59
Inclusivity statement
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We want to have a workforce that is truly representative, at all levels, of the city we serve. We welcome applications from all people to ensure we have diversity in background, thought and experience. This will enable us to become a more innovative and efficient organisation and help us meet the needs of our customers.
Our goal is to make our recruitment practices as bias-free and inclusive as possible. We are a disability confident employer who guarantee an interview to any disabled candidate who meets all of the essential criteria.
We also use anonymising software that removes identifying information pertaining to your protected characteristics such as your name, gender, faith, ethnicity, disability status, age, sexual orientation, from CVs and cover letters to make the shortlisting process fair. When applying for this role, please make sure your application clearly outlines your relevant skills, knowledge and experience, detailing in each previous job what you were responsible for, what you delivered and what your achievements are.
Additional Information
Please note that you must apply by using your CV and a covering letter. Please think carefully about the skills, knowledge and experience outlined in the job description and ensure your CV reflects the requirements of the role.
Due to the pandemic, we’re conducting interviews by MS Teams however the usual interview preparation tips still apply.
We will endeavour to give candidates as much notice as possible however some interviews/assessments will be organised at short notice and will require a degree of flexibility.
