
Lead Developer
Job summary
This is a Hands-on Lead Developer role with some line management responsibility. This role leads development on one or a small number of related teams. The role has some line management responsibility for 1 or more junior developers in a team.Job description
This role is ideal for someone who wants to:
- Take on a senior technical position working with the latest Microsoft technologies.
- Be part of a collaborative, hybrid team that values continuous learning and personal development.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to design and deliver accessible, cloud-hosted websites using modern technologies and industry-standard design patterns.
- Lead the development of mission-critical applications, applying event-driven architectures and Domain Driven Design principles to create robust, scalable, and maintainable cloud-first solutions.
- Drive the modernisation of legacy applications by refactoring them into microservice architectures hosted on cloud app services, optimising for performance, reliability, and future growth.
Person specification
Essential skills
- Excellent knowledge of C# and the .Net framework
- Extensive experience of Web technologies and in particular ASP.NET MVC
- Practical understanding of Event Driven Architecture and Domain Driven Design
- Experience of TDD/BDD, ideally using ReqnRoll and Playwright for Web UI tests
- Experience of applying Agile values and principles with Scrum, Kanban or XP frameworks
- Experience improving development methodologies, processes and standards
Desirable skills
- Experience of Sitecore/Umbraco or similar Content Management Systems
- Experience of building modern internal and external secure APIs
- Working knowledge of Azure including Functions, Logic Apps, App Services
- Experience of Azure Dev Ops, including creating CI/CD pipelines
- Experience with NServiceBus and/or Azure Service Bus
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £63,213, Pensions Regulator contributes £18,312 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).TPR offers:
- Genuine opportunities for learning and development.
- A values-led, inclusive environment.
- Hybrid working and flexible shift patterns.
- A vibrant workplace with employee networks (Disability, Family, LGBT+, Minority Ethnic, Mental Health, Women’s).
Reward and benefits
We offer 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, a hybrid working model, 35 hour working week (full-time), flexible working patterns, and flexitime. We also provide competitive parental leave, as well as a Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 28.97%. Our dedicated benefits portal (Edenred) offers retail, gym, tech and restaurant discounts, and a cycle to work scheme.
Things you need to know
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.Selection process details
Applications
To avoid disappointment, we would invite you to submit your application as soon as possible, as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can continue to provide a positive candidate experience, with each application being reviewed and considered. Unfortunately, once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.
Current TPR employees who want to apply for this vacancy should first contact their line manager to discuss their application.
We welcome applications on a part time and job share basis.
Please note that TPR is unable to offer visa sponsorship. All applicants must already hold Right to Work in the UK for the duration of their employment. For more information on Right to Work, please visit Prove your right to work to an employer: Overview - GOV.UK.
Selection and interview
If you are shortlisted for interview, we’ll be in contact with you shortly after the closing date. We aim to respond to every application however due to the large volume of applications this is not always possible. If you have not heard from us within 21 days of submitting your application, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we’re committed to the recruitment, employment, retention, and development of people with disabilities, and to improving their employment opportunities. Candidates who declare that they have a disability and who meet the essential criteria will be an offered an interview. Please note that if we receive a high volume of Disability Confident applicants, we reserve the right to offer an interview to those who best meet the essential criteria.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Working for the Civil Service
Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).Apply and further information
The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Recruitmentteam@tpr.gov.uk
- Email : Recruitmentteam@tpr.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : Recruitmentteam@tpr.gov.uk
Salary range
- £63,213 per year













