Development Team Lead

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Date: 28 Aug 2026

Location: Gatwick, GB

Salary: Up to £71,957

Contract Type: Permanent

Security Level: SC

Location: Gatwick – Hybrid

Visa Restrictions: This position does not offer visa sponsorship

Closing Date:
Friday 18th September 2026

Screening Calls:
From w/c 21st September 2026

Interview Date: w/c Monday 5th October 2026

Please note that both a CV and a cover letter are required for any application detailing how you meet the person specification for the role as well as answering the below questions:

What attracts you to this role?

How does your experience and approach prepare you to succeed in this role?

We are the UK's aviation and aerospace regulator and recognised as a world leader in its field. Our activities are diverse, enabling the aviation industry to meet the highest safety standards, and we pride ourselves on our ability to adapt to the constantly evolving aviation environment.

We are looking for an experienced Development Team Lead to lead a team of six or more full-stack developers. This is a people leadership role with a strong technical focus, suited to someone who is comfortable setting direction, supporting delivery andremainingclose enough to the work toprovidepractical guidance when needed.

As the Development Team Lead you will help the team deliver secure,reliable,and accessible digital services that support the CAA's regulatory responsibilities. The role will be approximately 60% leadership and delivery management and 40% hands-on technical work, although this will vary depending on the needs of the team and the work in progress. You will work closely with product, architecture,delivery,and other teams across the CAA to turn business needs into well designed, supportable services.

• Set the technical direction for the team and contribute to wider architectural decisions across our Next.js, .NET and Azure estate.
• Maintain good engineering practice across the software development lifecycle, including design, coding standards, peer review, automated testing, source control, CI/CD,deployment,and core hours support.
• Support the team to optimise developer velocity and code quality
• Help the team make sensible decisions about quality, technical debt,risk,and delivery, ensuring solutions meet CAA standards without unnecessary complexity.
• Encourage use of and oversee appropriate AI-assisted engineering tools, such as Github CoPilot, to improve delivery and quality, within agreed CAA security, information management,and governance controls.

• Work with Product Managers, UX Designers, QA, and operational teams to shape requirements, refine thebacklogand agree realistic delivery plans.
• Build effective working relationships across the CAA, explain technical issues clearly and make sure risks, dependencies and delivery progress are understood.

• Lead,coach,and support a team of full stack developers through regular meetings, clear objectives, constructive feedback,and development planning.
• Create an inclusive environment where people take ownership, share knowledge, raise concerns early, operate with a try-fail mentality, and learn from delivery experience.
• Break down business requirements into an engineering design and vision by helping define clear outcomes for the team, managing competingdemandsand remove blockers that affect delivery.

• 5+ years of experience of leading a software engineering team, as a Development Team Lead or hands-on Engineering Manager managing full stack engineers.
• Current or strong recent hands-on experience across full stack development. You should be able to review patterns, designs, and code, guide technical decisions and step into delivery work when needed.
• Knowledge of C#, .NET, and the development of APIs
• A sound understanding of software design, Git, automated testing, CI/CD, application security,accessibility,and the operation of services in Azure.
• Experience of working with product and delivery colleagues to shape requirements, refine user stories, planwork,and make clear technical trade-offs.
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