Lead Developer - London, United Kingdom - Metro Bank Plc

Description

At Metro Bank, people come first – is all about bringing the best out in our colleagues, and making sure everyone feels valued, respected, seen and included.

Review, develop and maintain best practice policies, processes, controls, and systems and drive a positive change culture to ensure relevant compliance and ensure the Feature Team is always 'audit ready' and operating at maximum performance and effectiveness

• Assess the technical feasibility of newly created product ideas/software projects and continuously propose implementation solutions while identifying and providing solutions to risk throughout the design and development lifecycle
• Manage, nurture, and support cross-functional teams and deliver effective cross-disciplinary collaboration throughout the development lifecycle, ensuring alignment with business priorities and that all software development is delivered with highly effective code across our portfolio
• As necessary, chair the meetings and ensure any delivery risks/bottlenecks/successes are highlighted
• Promote and advocate writing logical, pragmatic code and frequently perform code reviews alongside the Chapter Leads and/or Lead Engineers to ensure it is fit for purpose and effective
• Develop the team by identifying any skills, knowledge, or experience gaps, and ensuring delivery of training or coaching requirements to fill any gaps in conjunction with the relevant Chapter Leads

And... we are a bank so risk is a part of everything we do. Understand the risks associated with your job and what that means for you, Metro Bank and all our stakeholders

• Experience of managing teams of Technical Engineers in an Agile development environment comprising of multiple applications to drive technology change – with a focus on Mobile and Web development teams
• Excellent technical expertise (with a background in Development) with one or more of the following systems & technologies – Angular, iOS, Android, React, T24/Core Banking, IBM Integration Bus, Oracle/SQL, Java, ASP.NET, Authentication & IDAM systems
• We will make sure that you are well-rewarded by providing you with a competitive salary, discretionary annual bonus, and a wide range of benefits, including generous holiday allowance, attractive pension scheme, healthcare, life assurance, and a number of colleague discounts
• We will give you the training to ensure you succeed in your role and plenty of internal opportunities to progress your career (around 40% of our recruitment comes from internal promotions).
• We are also all about balance so most of our jobs offer the opportunity for hybrid working built around your role and home life, wherever possible.

We know that candidates (especially women, research tells us) may be put off applying for a job unless they can tick every box.

We also know that 'normal' office hours aren't always doable, and while we can't accommodate every flexible working request we are happy to be asked.

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