Lead Developer, Full Stack Developer, Software Engineer

Lead Developer – The Pensions Regulator

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Role title:
Lead Software Developer (Lead Specialist). TPR grade & pay group:
Digital. Directorate: DDaT. Salary starting from £55,504 – £70,922 per annum, dependent on skills and experience, plus excellent benefits package. Candidates with exceptional expertise may be considered towards the upper end of the range. Contract type:
Fixed Term Contract (FTC).

Location:

Brighton/hybrid 6 days per month in the office.

• Take on a senior technical position working with the latest Microsoft technologies.
• Be part of a collaborative, hybrid team that values continuous learning and personal development.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to design and deliver accessible, cloud-hosted websites using modern technologies and industry‑standard design patterns.
• Lead the development of mission‑critical applications, applying event‑driven architectures and Domain‑Driven Design principles to create robust, scalable, and maintainable cloud‑first solutions.
• Drive the modernisation of legacy applications by refactoring them into microservice architectures hosted on cloud app services, optimising for performance, reliability, and future growth.

• Excellent knowledge of C# and the .Net framework.
• Extensive experience of web technologies and in particular ASP.NET MVC.
• Practical understanding of Event‑Driven Architecture and Domain‑Driven Design.
• Experience of TDD/BDD, ideally using Reqn Roll and Playwright for Web UI tests.
• Experience of Agile values and principles with Scrum, Kanban or XP frameworks.
• Experience improving development methodologies, processes and standards.

• Experience of Sitecore/Umbraco or similar Content Management Systems.
• Experience of building modern internal and external secure APIs.
• Working knowledge of Azure including Functions, Logic Apps, App Services.
• Experience of Azure Dev Ops, including creating CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with NService
  
  Bus and/or Azure Service Bus.

TPR offers genuine opportunities for learning and development, a values‑led inclusive environment, hybrid working and flexible shift patterns, and a vibrant workplace with employee networks (Disability, Family, LGBT+, Minority Ethnic, Women’s).

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Hybrid working model, 35 hour working week (full‑time), flexible working patterns, and flexitime.
• Competitive parental leave and a Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 28.97%.
• Benefits portal (Edenred) offering retail, gym, tech and restaurant discounts, and a cycle‑to‑work scheme.
• Access to civil service pension and related benefits.

The Pensions Regulator works to keep more than £2trn of savings safe, promoting diversity and inclusion, and fostering a high‑performing organisation that supports flexible working and development opportunities.

We welcome applications from all backgrounds and encourage applicants from all identities and experiences to apply for roles with TPR. We are a disability confident employer and support reasonable adjustments.

Submit your application as soon as possible; the vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received. We welcome applications on a part‑time and job share basis.