Lead Software Developer

About Scrumconnect Consulting Scrumconnect Consulting is a multi-award-winning digital consultancy, recognised for delivering impactful and innovative technology solutions across UK government departments. Our work has positively influenced the lives of over 40 million UK citizens.

We are passionate about user-centred design, agile delivery, and building digital services that make a real difference. Our teams work at the forefront of innovation, helping organisations transform and deliver high-quality, scalable solutions that truly matter.

Overview We are looking for a Lead Software Developer to design, build, and maintain high-quality software to help UK government clients solve problems and deliver value for citizens and the public sector. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary agile team, delivering user-centred digital services that meet Government Digital Service (GDS) standards and accessibility requirements.

This is a hands-on technical leadership role operating within structured and governed environments where security, performance, accessibility, reliability, and scalability are critical to service success. The role will support the development of a modern digital system that enables secure, reliable, and efficient processing and exchange of information between government services and external organisations, helping to provide customers with a seamless experience across digital and other service channels.

Key Responsibilities Lead development across one or a small number of related teams. Provide technical leadership across the design, development, testing, deployment, and operation of Spring Boot services. Guide teams on engineering practices, ways of working, coding standards, quality, and maintainability.

Provide technical leadership on Spring Data JPA, including entity mapping, relationships, repository design, lazy/eager loading considerations, auditing, transaction management, and code reviews. Lead the implementation of robust data access layers and scalable Spring Boot services.

Lead the integration of modern Java services with Legacy SOAP/XML systems, including the use of appropriate integration patterns such as the Strangler Fig pattern . Make architectural and build-vs-buy decisions in collaboration with the Technical Archi...

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