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Technical Lead
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About the role
Grade: C1
Total remuneration: £74,536 to £92,678
Pay Supplement: The base salary for this role is £62,114 - £77,232. This job qualifies for Digital, Data and Technology Annual Pay Supplement 20% is included in the salary band above.
Pension: 28.97% of the salary (RoS contribution)
Annual leave: 42 days annual holiday.
Duration: Permanent.
Working Pattern: 35 hours per week. We are a flexible employer and will consider a variety of working patterns on a case-by-case basis. For example, compressed hours, term-time working or part-time working.
Location: Hybrid working model. Contractual base either at Meadowbank House, Edinburgh (EH8 7AU), or St Vincent Plaza, Glasgow (G2 5LD). You will be expected to attend one of these locations as required by the role
Department: IT Development
Directorate: Digital, Data and Technology
Role Reports to: Head of Engineering
Closing date: 20 August at 11.59pm
Number of vacancies: 2 (Please Note: If this campaign establishes a reserve list, we may make an offer at a lower grade. Any offer will be discussed with you before it is confirmed)
About Registers of Scotland (RoS)
Join an award-winning organisation recognised for its technology and innovation. Registers of Scotland is a world-leading pioneer in land and property registration. Our full-stack teams design, architect, and build all our registration products in-house. We work to create digital solutions for the people of Scotland. You will get an opportunity to nurture your creativity and develop with us through access to the latest data, software engineering and product delivery techniques.
This job is for you if you want…
Work with purpose: working for the people of Scotland to set the bar for land and property registration worldwide.
Flexible and hybrid working: depending on the role and team requirements, work when and where it’s best for you and your stakeholders.
Benefits: enjoy pay progression, pension contributions of up to 28.97%, up to a year’s parental leave, and 42 days annual holiday.
Investment in professional development: we invest in all our people so that they have the right skills to be productive and confident in their job.
Diversity and Inclusion: We are an ‘Investor in People’ and a ‘Disability Confident’ employer. We are inclusive, stronger together, and committed to putting our people first.
Positive work culture: RoS is an agile, digital organisation using leading-edge technology. Colleagues understand their role in achieving our strategy and have the autonomy to deliver.
To learn more about RoS and what we offer visit our careers pages or watch this short video. Hear from our colleagues about their experience of working within our Digital, Data and Technology teams on our website.
Our Tech stack
Backend: Java, Python and related frameworks Spring Boot, Flask
Frontend: JavaScript, TypeScript and related frameworks React, Next.js
DevOps: AWS, OpenShift, GitLab CI/CD
Data: PostgreSQL, PostGIS, MongoDB, Informix
The Role
As a Technical Lead you will lead and support one or more development teams, guiding the delivery of software solutions aligned with business, architectural and technical strategies. You will foster technical excellence, coach engineers, promote best practices, and build capability across the software development profession at Registers of Scotland (RoS).
On a typical day you will…
- Provide technical leadership and formal line management for software developers, including conducting performance reviews, supporting career development, and managing wellbeing.
- Ensure regular one-to-one discussions, setting clear objectives and providing constructive feedback to support individual growth and performance.
- Ensure team alignment to architectural strategy
- Encourage and support individuals to set their own development objectives and regularly reflect on their progress
- Support and enable the design, development and delivery of secure, accessible, performant, and scalable services
- Embed best practice software engineering techniques including TDD, BDD, pair/mob programming, CI/CD and DevSecOps
- Foster and support Communities of Practice, cross-team initiatives, and shared learning opportunities
- Lead by example in coding, peer reviews, architecture discussions and issue resolution
- Facilitate team retrospectives, planning sessions and technical roadmap development
- Coach engineers across all grades, particularly supporting new entrants and junior developers
- Support recruitment, onboarding and professional development activities
- Encourage and support individuals to set their own development objectives and regularly reflect on their progress
- Ensure services are operable, resilient, and meet DR targets (e.g. 2hr RTO, zero RPO)
- Adhere to RoS engineering standards including continuous delivery, trunk-based development, infrastructure as code, and DevSecOps
- Follow agile principles and practices aligned to the Agile Manifesto
- Coordinate system integration and support integration testing activities
- Lead or participate in design and architecture reviews to ensure scalable, maintainable and efficient systems
- Champion secure development practices including CVE handling, threat modelling, and adherence to secure coding standards
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