Software Development Team Lead

We are thrilled to offer an exciting opportunity for a hands-on Software Development Team Lead (known internally as an IT Service Lead) to join our Savings and Payments Domain. The role will lead a newly formed software development team that is responsible for the change delivery and running of YBS transformed Payment’s capability.

We are currently on a transformation journey and this role will be key to ensuring the technology stack supporting our Payments capability is robust and provides customers with excellent functionality.

Our team culture is built on collaboration and inclusivity. We value individuality and strive to create a welcoming environment where everyone can thrive. This is a hybrid role, where you can blend working from home, with office presence at either of our Leeds & Bradford Head offices.

About the role

You’ll be accountable for all aspects of technical quality in relation to the Payments Service and provide direction to the development team. It’s a hands-on role that covers

• Technical Design: leading the team in creating (and documenting) technical designs which deliver the business change demand to the agreed service levels

• Live Support: leading the team in supporting, managing, and resolving systemic application issues experienced within strict SLAs around service outage and impact

• Leadership: leading a team of Software Engineers in the delivery of business and strategic change demand. You will need to be able to balance workload to people, addressing hotspots and coaching as required to deliver the required outcome

• Release & Deployment: responsible for version deployments, ensuring these are delivered safely with minimal disruption to service

• Assurance: accountable for providing assurance that solutions are built right, to service levels and follows appropriate standards, especially coding, release, and security standards

• Application ownership: accountable for the technical debt, service levels and security vulnerabilities for the applications owned by the team. Driving evolution of the implementation to address these areas

• You’ll work closely with peers such as the Business Product Owner, IT Delivery Manager and Reliability Engineer; as well as colleagues in the IT Operations teams to ensure robust systems resilience for key applications and services that support our entire Payments capability

About you

You will -

• Be a great communicator finding ways for non-technical colleagues to understand technical concepts

• Be a strong people leader and negotiator to bring colleagues on-board to new ways of thinking and working within a strongly regulated financial environment

• Have excellent knowledge and application of the following software skill sets: Java SpringBoot Microservices and API Management tools (such as Google Apigee) and GitLab

• Have experience of integrating new technologies and creating standards of usage within teams

• Have experience of working within IT support environments; with the ability to risk assess and prioritise incidents to ensure resource is correctly utilised

• Desirable skills include:

  • Experience of working in an Agile way and across multiple IT teams, including utilising DevOps type methodologies

About us

At YBS we don’t have shareholders, we have members. We care about people and that includes you. So here, you’ll be respected for who you are, you’ll be able to bring your whole self to work, and you’ll have everything you need to build a long and rewarding career.

Flexibility. We offer a range of flexible working options without unsocial hours, which can help you find a healthy work-life balance. Whether it’s finishing early for an appointment or fitting your studies and hobbies in around your working hours, we can help make it work for you. We’re happy to talk flexible working and you can reach out to us anytime during the recruitment process to discuss this.

Development. We want you to feel challenged here. Whatever your ambitions, we’re committed to helping you develop your skills and move ahead in your career journey. From day one, we’ll set you up for success with a brilliant induction and full training plan, all designed to get you up to speed quickly.

Inclusivity. We’re passionate about creating an inclusive environment where everyone is welcome and able to be themselves. If you’ll go the extra mile to help our members, you’ll fit right in and feel you belong here.

About our Benefits

We offer lots of fantastic rewards that you can make the most of in and out of work, including:

• Holiday. You’ll get 25 days plus Bank Holidays, as well as the option to buy up to a further 5 days.

• Bonus. At YBS we work collaboratively and share in our success together, so when we reach our goals were all rewarded with an on target bonus of 7% of eligible pay (with the opportunity to earn up to a maximum 15%).

• Pension. We know how important it is to save towards the future, that’s why we’ll contribute up 11% into your YBS pension.

• Healthcare. Health and wellbeing are an important part of life at YBS, when you join us you’ll have access to a range of health benefits to suit your life including private medical insurance, dental and healthcare plans.

• My Benefits. When you join YBS you’ll have access to our self-service benefits portal, where you can access a range of retail, hospitality and health discounts.

Ready to apply?

If you’re excited about this role and want to be part of the YBS team, apply now to send us your application.

Want more information?

If you have any questions about this role, please contact Mike Peel on careers@ybs.co.uk

Please note applications are reviewed frequently therefore this role may close prior to the advertised closing date