Developer Team Lead

Met Office; Exeter; Hybrid; GBP 59,000; Full time

Job description

Exeter, South West England, EX1 3PB

Job Summary

We are looking for two exceptional Developer Team Leads who have a passion for solving technical problems and developing a team including line management.

As our Developer Team Lead, the job may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in the office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and the location advertised will be your contractual place of work.

Our opportunity is full time, 37 hours per week, but we would also consider applicants wishing to work a minimum of 30 hours per week and we will also try our best to consider those intending to work a jobshare. Our people are at the heart of what we do and we'll do our best to agree a working pattern that works for everyone.

We are Observations Research & Development Technology and we work with global and national observations networks to gather essential data, helping to power the Met Office’s world-class forecasting models and cutting-edge research.

We have roles in technology delivery, and you will lead a dedicated squad responsible for the development and maintenance of systems that process and distribute vast amounts of critical data.

World changing work

From Science To Technology, From Meteorology To Management And From Planning To Communication, Our Expertise Helps Us To Stand Out As The Authority On Weather Accuracy And Climate Prediction. We Help Individuals, Industries And Government To Make Better Decisions To Stay Safe And Thrive. This Is The Met Office. This Is Who We Are.

• We’re a force for good - focusing on our environmental and social impact
• We’re experts by nature - always learning and developing to do things better
• We live and breathe it - putting our purpose at the heart of decision-making
• We’re better together - understanding partnerships and inclusivity make us greater
• We keep evolving - pushing boundaries to make tomorrow better for our customers

To find out more about the Met Office, please visit our website.

Job Description
Your world of expertise

From edge computing to supercomputing, at the Met Office, we use a diverse set of cutting-edge technologies to drive our innovative projects. Our tech stack includes Python and JavaScript for a wide range of applications, from scientific computing to web development. Our cloud infrastructure spans AWS and Azure, where we embrace containerization using Docker and serverless architectures to ensure scalability and efficiency. Additionally, we are making ever greater use of machine learning and artificial intelligence technologies to enhance our weather and climate predictions. Join us to work with these exciting technologies and more, as we push the boundaries of weather and climate science.

The role is aligned to the Senior developer – management role in the Software Developer family in the Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework.

Person specification
Essential Criteria, Skills And Experience

• Team Leadership: You can lead, motivate and develop your devops team to be inclusive and honest, creating the right environment to work in and help empower them to deliver and grow.
• Programming and build (software engineering): You can create high-quality, maintainable code with security as a core feature in an agile environment. You have a good understanding of programming languages, frameworks, and tools. You can use these technologies to develop, debug, test and deploy secure, reliable, scalable, and performant applications and share that knowledge with others.
• Systems Design: You have experience of designing complex systems and can critically review the designs of others to ensure the selection of appropriate technologies and the efficient use of resources. You can select appropriate design standards, methods and tools, and ensure they are applied effectively.
• Service Support: You can maintain the underlying infrastructure, ensure processes are in place to keep the service running efficiently and identify, locate and fix service faults. You can engage effectively with other support teams.

Alongside your salary of £41,725, Met Office contributes £12,087 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Why join us

Our work is life-changing, often lifesaving and always life-enhancing. The Met Office is accredited as a ‘Great Place to Work UK 2023’ and in addition has achieved a place on both the UK’s ‘Best Workplaces in Tech’ and Best Workplaces for Women’ 2023 lists.

As our Developer Team Lead your total reward package will be up to £58,419 annually which includes:

• £41,725 base pay
• An outstanding Civil Service pension, with an average employer contribution of 27%.
• Recruitment Retention allowance (RRA). You will be paid £5300 per annum as a market supplement to reflect the demand for your skills. Whilst in post, you will be paid this market driven allowance from April 2024 to September 2025 in your monthly pay.
• Annual leave starting at 27.5 days (plus bank holidays) rising to 32.5 days (plus bank holidays) after 5 years and the option to buy or sell up to 5 days per year of annual leave.

Selection process details
How to apply

If you share our values, we’d love to hear from you! Click apply to begin your application. Please complete your career history and provide evidence against each essential criteria section of this advert in the supporting statement questionnaire.

We recommend candidates use the CARL (Context, Action, Result and Learning) method to help best demonstrate your experience and skills. When providing examples, you should include the context of the example, the action you took, what the result was and any learning you took from this example.

We suggest 300 to 500 words per answer to keep your response focused and impactful.

Closing date: 22/04/2025 at 23:59 with first stage interviews commencing from 28/04/2025. You will hear from us once the closing date has passed.

How We Can Help

If you would like to better understand the organisation, the role or have any questions please contact us at [e-mail].

If you’re considering applying and need support to do so, please get in touch. You can request adjustments either within your application or by contacting us. Should you be offered an interview, please be aware there may be a selection exercise which could include a presentation, written test or a scenario-based activity. You can select in your application to be considered under the Disability Confident Scheme. To be invited to interview/assessment under this scheme, your application must meet the essential criteria for the role.

We understand that great minds don’t always think alike and as an equal opportunities employer we welcome applications from those with all protected characteristics. We recruit on merit, fairness, and open competition in line with the Civil Service Code.

We can only accept applications from those eligible to live and work in the UK - please refer to GOV.UK for information. We require Security clearance, for which you need to have resided in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years to be eligible. You will need to achieve full security clearance within your first 6 months with us.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check. See our vetting charter.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard checks.

Medical

Successful candidates will be expected to have a medical.

Nationality requirements
This Job Is Broadly Open To The Following Groups

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service.

Further information on nationality requirements.

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy.

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative.

The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction.

Contact point for applicants
Job Contact

• Name: Resourcing Team
• Email: [e-mail]

Recruitment team

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