Lead Developer

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Key Information

Job title: Lead Developer

Salary: £80,000 - £87,000                                                   Grade: Band 3 

Contract type: Permanent                                                   Reference: 4093

Team: Revenue Application Development                            Directorate: TfL Corporate

Contract details: TfL                                                            Location: Pier Walk / Hybrid 

Application closing date: Sunday 17th May 2026

All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory right‑to‑work checks.  Candidates must be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK.  At the present time TfL is unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role. 

You’ll influence the lives of millions   

As the Lead Developer you will be responsible for the design and development of very high complexity software throughout the agile development lifecycle of Revenue Applications. 

You’ll be developing large-scale, high-performance components for the Contactless platform. We’ll rely on you to develop systems that are elegant and robust, integrating a wide variety of systems across our hybrid on-prem and Azure cloud estate.   

You will provide technical direction, guidance, and expertise throughout the software development lifecycle within an Agile team to ensure software complies with TfL architecture standards, design principles and coding standards. 

You will be promoting knowledge sharing and adoption of good practice and contributes to the wider developer community. 

As the Lead Developers you will lead and coordinate efforts within an agile development team. You will be responsible for development planning, technical guidance, mentor junior developers, and ensuring the alignment of development efforts with business objectives. Also play a crucial role in architectural design and technical decision-making 

You’ll work as part of a Scrum team. That means you’ll be involved in activities such as code review, refinement, sprint planning, retrospectives, demos and daily scrums. You’ll work with other scrum teams using large scale scrum to produce coordinated and integrated high-quality working software.   

You’ll get to use every bit of your expertise.  

Constantly looking for better ways to develop software and experienced in developing robust Azure solutions and/or large scale back-end projects, you’ll be an expert in the following:   

• C#   

• Microsoft Azure   

• Web API   

• SQL Server   

• Test Driven Development   

• CI/CD (Bicep, PowerShell) 
  
  It would be highly desirable if you’ve also worked with the following: -   

• React or another single-page application framework   

• CSS3/HTML5/JavaScript   

• Developing in TypeScript   

• Developing in ASP.NET MVC   

• Working with either Scrum or Kanban   

• AWS  

Equality, diversity and inclusion
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We want to represent the city we serve, which will help us become a more innovative and efficient organisation. Our goal is to make our recruitment as inclusive as possible. We are a disability confident employer who guarantee an interview to any disabled candidate who meets all of the essential criteria. 

Benefits  
In return for your commitment and expert