4,610 Team Lead jobs in the United Kingdom

Help shape our technical vision and adapt solutions to meet changing business needs.

A mix of hands-on development, leading, coaching and mentoring a team, whilst using your interpersonal skills to communicate with cross functional teams on architectural shaping and decision making.

You will work closely and collaborate with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Delivery Managers, QA, and DevOps to drive high-quality, secure, and performant code. You will uphold engineering standards, support team capability growth, and ensure sustainable delivery practices.

This is a Full Stack role, essential technical proficiency in following is required:

• Python Development Capability
li>Experienced with front-end frameworks (React.js and Next.js)
• Experience with TypeScript
• Experience implementing and integrating with REST APIs
• SQL experience (preferably PostgreSQL and/or MySQL)
• Experience with responsive web design
• Understanding of SEO strategies and security standards
• Experience with unit and end-to-end testing tools (Playwright, py-test)

Bringing experience in the following would be high desirable:

• Storybook and Tailwind CSS framework
• UI/UX development, understanding of design and layout principles
• Experience with containers and cloud technologies (Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, and others)
• Experience with Linux development/management

Key skills and experience

Gigaclear is a growing Fibre Broadband (FTTP / FTTH) company, developing our fibre-to-the-premises broadband infrastructure to some of the most difficult to reach areas of the UK, empowering those communities with broadband to rival any city.

Staff rewards, benefits and opportunities

We foster a collaborative, engaging culture that empowers staff to grow and maximise their skills. We want to challenge our people in a fair environment where hard work is rewarded and a path for progression is open to all.

• Generous employer pension; up to 8% matched contribution 
< i>Income protection & life assurance  < i>25 days holiday (plus bank holidays), holiday purchase scheme and Yay Days!   < i>Health cash plan, 24/7 remote GP access and Employee Assistance Programme including counselling & legal advice  < i>Unlimited access to online training and development content via our Learning Management System  li>Long service benefits and monthly employee recognition  Enhanced maternity and paternity provisions  li>Flexible working environment  li>Health & Wellbeing initiatives and company funded social events 

Our values

Our approach is to work guided by our mission, vision and values.

Find a way, Be committed, Do the right thing, Keep it simple.

Software Development Team Lead

Software Development Team Lead required by a leading global Cloud Technology company based in Bracknell. The company are working on cutting-edge technology including AI and propensity modelling. The Software Development Team Lead will be responsible for the software engineering output of the team.

This will be a leadership role however the successful Software Development Team Lead will also be expected to be hands-on writing code when required, as well as designing architecture. Therefore the successful candidate will have strong hands-on coding knowledge.

The company are happy to consider a Senior/Lead Developer who is looking to step up into more of a leadership role.

They operate on a hybrid model which involves 3 days in the office and 2 days from home.

Essential experience:

• Degree in STEM subject from a Russell Group or Red Brick University
• Experience leading software development teams
• Knowledge of either C# or React
• Strong experience with SQL
• Source control, ideally Git
• Agile

Any experience in the following would be advantageous:

• Latest versions of .NET
• AI, Machine Learning
• JavaScript, TypeScript and associated frameworks
• Containers, Docker, Kubernetes
• NoSQL
• Test tools such as xUnit, Cypress, Selenium, Jest, SoapUI

This is an exciting opportunity to join a rapidly expanding company using the latest tools and technologies. If you are looking for a role of this nature, please contact (url removed) or call (phone number removed).

Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Software Development Team Leader

Hybrid (Manchester – 2days)

£60,000 - £75,000 + bens

Are you a natural leader with a strong software development background and a passion for building high-performing teams? We’re looking for a Software Development Team Leader who’s ready to own delivery, mentor top talent, and help shape the future of a high-impact platform built for scale, speed, and resilience.

You'll be guiding a team that plays a mission-critical role in enabling compliance and operational excellence across multiple fast-moving environments. This isn’t just about writing great code it's about orchestrating delivery, ensuring technical quality, and empowering engineers to thrive.

If you're excited by dynamic environments, large-scale systems, and cutting-edge technologies, this is your opportunity to make your mark in technical leadership.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Leading a team of talented developers to deliver scalable, reliable, and secure solutions
• Planning, prioritising, and tracking work across the full Software Development Life Cycle
• Collaborating with senior engineers and tech leads to shape robust, modern architectures
• Proactively identifying and resolving blockers — technical and operational
• Acting as a key escalation point for high-impact issues and production bugs
• Championing best practices, clean code, and agile delivery principles
• Providing mentorship, performance feedback, and career growth opportunities for your team
• Running team meetings, 1:1s, and contributing to strategic appraisals and planning

What You Bring

• Proven experience in software development leadership — team management, delivery ownership, and mentoring
• Strong hands-on knowledge in at least one backend language or tech stack (e.g. .Net, Python, Java, Golang, etc.)
• Experience working with microservices, and modern cloud-based architectures
• A passion for process improvement, automation, and efficiency
• Familiarity with version control systems, code repositories, and DevOps best practices
• A background in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience

What Makes You Stand Out

• You're forward thinking and challenge the status quo to drive innovation
• You thrive in fast-paced, high-pressure environments
• You understand the balance between technical excellence and business value
• You lead with empathy, support knowledge sharing, and lift others around you

Apply now and lead the way forward.

Hays Software Engineering are seeking a talented and experienced Software Development Lead to join our Legal Start-Up client. In this pivotal role, you'll manage a small team of developers while taking a hands-on approach to the Architecture, Design, Development & Security of our clients SaaS platform. This position will report directly to the CEO.
What you will be doing:

• Lead a small team of software developers, fostering a collaborative and productive environment.
• Drive the overall solution architecture for our SaaS platform and its supporting AWS infrastructure.
• Write and maintain high-quality, tested code in TypeScript and Node.js.
• Work with our existing technology stack, including PostgreSQL, NestJS, PostgREST, and an AngularJS frontend.
• Define security policies, standards, procedures, and guidelines to align with industry best practices and regulatory requirements (e.g., GDPR, SOC2).
• Manage security incidents and breaches:
  1. Lead incident response efforts, conduct thorough investigations, and implement corrective actions.

What we are looking for:

• 7+ years experience in a Senior/Team Lead position.
• Previous examples of delivering successful products & platforms.
• Programming Languages & Frameworks: TypeScript, Node.js, NestJS (REST API framework), AngularJS (or similar frontend frameworks)
• Databases & Data Management: PostgreSQL, PostgREST (RESTful API layer over PostgreSQL)
• Cloud Platforms & Infrastructure: AWS services, Cloud architecture (general understanding)
• Project Management Tools & Methodologies: Jira, Project management methodologies (Agile, Scrum, etc.)

What you will get in return: This position is offering a competitive package, 28 days holiday + bank holidays + bonus package.

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Java Development Team Leader London

This is a new and exclusive opportunity for a Software Development Team Leader focused on Java Full stack, to join a thriving business as they grow their software development team

Role details

• Title: Development team lead
• Technical stack: Java full stack- back end and front end, React, Azure
• Location: London City 1 day a week in the office leading your team
• Focus of the role: leading your team of 7 developer 5 back end java developers, 2 front end java react developers
• Permanent role salary 70-90,000 plus bonus and benefits

This is a really interesting role and a great chance to join a team as they are really investing in their software development and IT Technology systems

This business have recently spent 35million on an entirely new sales portal, and this investment is continuing

This role is for a Software development team lead who will focus on leading Java software development from the front (approx. 50% of the role) and leading the work of the full stack java developers under you- 7 in total.

We are looking for a confident java software developer who has made the progression into team leadership or team management and wants to continue this.

Role requirements

• Excellent Java software development skills- this role is technically hands on 50% of the role.
• Experience as a team leader or a team manager and the desire to continue this.

This role is shortlisting and interviewing immediately.

For more information and the chance to be considered, please do send through a CV.

Good luck

Java and (mentor or lead or leader or manager) and developer and react and code

Java and (leader or manager) and developer and react and code

Software and developer and java and team and (lead or leader or manage or manager) and (react or azure)

To find out more about Huxley, please visit (url removed)

Huxley, a trading division of SThree Partnership LLP is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy | Registered office | 8 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 4BQ, United Kingdom | Partnership Number | OC(phone number removed) England and Wales

Software Development Team Lead

Software Development Team Lead required by a leading global Cloud Technology company based in Bracknell. The company are working on cutting-edge technology including AI and propensity modelling. The Software Development Team Lead will be responsible for the software engineering output of the team.

This will be a leadership role however the successful Software Development Team Lead will also be expected to be hands-on writing code when required, as well as designing architecture. Therefore the successful candidate will have strong hands-on coding knowledge.

The company are happy to consider a Senior/Lead Developer who is looking to step up into more of a leadership role.

They operate on a hybrid model which involves 3 days in the office and 2 days from home.

Essential experience:

• Degree in STEM subject from a Russell Group or Red Brick University
• Experience leading software development teams
• Knowledge of either C# or React
• Strong experience with SQL
• Source control, ideally Git
• Agile

Any experience in the following would be advantageous:

• Latest versions of .NET
• AI, Machine Learning
• JavaScript, TypeScript and associated frameworks
• Containers, Docker, Kubernetes
• NoSQL
• Test tools such as xUnit, Cypress, Selenium, Jest, SoapUI

This is an exciting opportunity to join a rapidly expanding company using the latest tools and technologies. If you are looking for a role of this nature, please contact (url removed) or call (phone number removed).

Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Software Development Team Lead

Software Development Team Lead required by a leading global Cloud Technology company based in Bracknell. The company are working on cutting-edge technology including AI and propensity modelling. The Software Development Team Lead will be responsible for the software engineering output of the team.

This will be a leadership role however the successful Software Development Team Lead will also be expected to be hands-on writing code when required, as well as designing architecture. Therefore the successful candidate will have strong hands-on coding knowledge.

The company are happy to consider a Senior/Lead Developer who is looking to step up into more of a leadership role.

They operate on a hybrid model which involves 3 days in the office and 2 days from home.

Essential experience:

• Degree in STEM subject from a Russell Group or Red Brick University
• Experience leading software development teams
• Knowledge of either C# or React
• Strong experience with SQL
• Source control, ideally Git
• Agile

Any experience in the following would be advantageous:

• Latest versions of .NET
• AI, Machine Learning
• JavaScript, TypeScript and associated frameworks
• Containers, Docker, Kubernetes
• NoSQL
• Test tools such as xUnit, Cypress, Selenium, Jest, SoapUI

This is an exciting opportunity to join a rapidly expanding company using the latest tools and technologies. If you are looking for a role of this nature, please contact (url removed) or call (phone number removed).

Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Java Development Team Leader London

This is a new and exclusive opportunity for a Software Development Team Leader focused on Java Full stack, to join a thriving business as they grow their software development team

Role details

• Title: Development team lead
• Technical stack: Java full stack- back end and front end, React, Azure
• Location: London City 1 day a week in the office leading your team
• Focus of the role: leading your team of 7 developer 5 back end java developers, 2 front end java react developers
• Permanent role salary 70-90,000 plus bonus and benefits

This is a really interesting role and a great chance to join a team as they are really investing in their software development and IT Technology systems

This business have recently spent 35million on an entirely new sales portal, and this investment is continuing

This role is for a Software development team lead who will focus on leading Java software development from the front (approx. 50% of the role) and leading the work of the full stack java developers under you- 7 in total.

We are looking for a confident java software developer who has made the progression into team leadership or team management and wants to continue this.

Role requirements

• Excellent Java software development skills- this role is technically hands on 50% of the role.
• Experience as a team leader or a team manager and the desire to continue this.

This role is shortlisting and interviewing immediately.

For more information and the chance to be considered, please do send through a CV.

Good luck

Java and (mentor or lead or leader or manager) and developer and react and code

Java and (leader or manager) and developer and react and code

Software and developer and java and team and (lead or leader or manage or manager) and (react or azure)

To find out more about Huxley, please visit (url removed)

Huxley, a trading division of SThree Partnership LLP is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy | Registered office | 8 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 4BQ, United Kingdom | Partnership Number | OC(phone number removed) England and Wales

Software Development Team Leader

Hybrid (Manchester – 2days)

£60,000 - £75,000 + bens

Are you a natural leader with a strong software development background and a passion for building high-performing teams? We’re looking for a Software Development Team Leader who’s ready to own delivery, mentor top talent, and help shape the future of a high-impact platform built for scale, speed, and resilience.

You'll be guiding a team that plays a mission-critical role in enabling compliance and operational excellence across multiple fast-moving environments. This isn’t just about writing great code it's about orchestrating delivery, ensuring technical quality, and empowering engineers to thrive.

If you're excited by dynamic environments, large-scale systems, and cutting-edge technologies, this is your opportunity to make your mark in technical leadership.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Leading a team of talented developers to deliver scalable, reliable, and secure solutions
• Planning, prioritising, and tracking work across the full Software Development Life Cycle
• Collaborating with senior engineers and tech leads to shape robust, modern architectures
• Proactively identifying and resolving blockers — technical and operational
• Acting as a key escalation point for high-impact issues and production bugs
• Championing best practices, clean code, and agile delivery principles
• Providing mentorship, performance feedback, and career growth opportunities for your team
• Running team meetings, 1:1s, and contributing to strategic appraisals and planning

What You Bring

• Proven experience in software development leadership — team management, delivery ownership, and mentoring
• Strong hands-on knowledge in at least one backend language or tech stack (e.g. .Net, Python, Java, Golang, etc.)
• Experience working with microservices, and modern cloud-based architectures
• A passion for process improvement, automation, and efficiency
• Familiarity with version control systems, code repositories, and DevOps best practices
• A background in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience

What Makes You Stand Out

• You're forward thinking and challenge the status quo to drive innovation
• You thrive in fast-paced, high-pressure environments
• You understand the balance between technical excellence and business value
• You lead with empathy, support knowledge sharing, and lift others around you

Apply now and lead the way forward.