UK Development Team Lead

Reset Health are looking for a Development Team Lead to guide our new Live Platforms development team, balancing hands-on technical delivery with day-to-day scrum master duties.

You'll split your time between writing code alongside the team and running the agile ceremonies that keep the team delivering predictably — planning, refinement, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives — while acting as a first point of contact for technical guidance and mentorship.

Our Live Platforms team is our development ‘fast lane' making production releases at the end of each two-week sprint. The team are responsible for

Setting up new customers with any agreed customisations

A pipeline of customer-driven enhancements

Priority bug fixes and security patches

2nd line technical support (dedicated support engineer part of the team)

Roles & Responsibilities

Scrum master for the live platforms team facilitating agile ceremonies and coaching the team in agile best-practice

Close collaboration with our Product team and Client Programme Lead to groom the backlog and plan each production update

Report on sprint progress, velocity, and delivery risk to engineering leadership and other stakeholders

Assist in designing and personally develop new platform capabilities requested by current customers. This will involve hands-on development in our React Native front end, Kotlin backend or both

Apply AI tools responsibly to deliver productivity benefits while maintaining full oversight

Champion strong technical standards and best-practise software engineering: code reviews, unit testing, CI/CD, secure software development

Take ownership of the Live Platform which comes with the right to challenge any code/change contributed by other teams that does not meet a Quality Standard you will be pivotal in agreeing

Support the recruitment and training of engineers as we grow the team

Manage 2nd line support for technical issues as per the Global support Standard Operating Procedure

As we grow, help plan out how we'll evolve the Live Platforms to support our deployments in other timezones

The successful candidate will demonstrate

Strong problem-solving techniques and sound technical judgement

Excellent interpersonal, coaching, and facilitation skills

A good understanding of the software development lifecycle and agile delivery

A strong drive to continue learning and improving, both personally and within the team

A great work ethic, and above all, enthusiasm and a desire to do well

Requirements

Essential

Several years' commercial experience as a developer, including some experience leading, mentoring, or informally guiding other engineers. Degree in Computer Science/STEM, or equivalent practical experience

Proven experience as a senior/lead developer, with strong hands-on skills in one of (i) React Web (ii) Java

Strong experience with databases, ideally Mongo (otherwise a RDBMS)

Experience acting as a Scrum Master or running scrum ceremonies: sprint planning, refinement, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives

Experience managing a team's backlog and sprints in Jira, including estimation and reporting on velocity

Experience with Git and CI/CD pipelines, and championing best practice code review

Experience developing unit tests and promoting a strong testing culture within a team

Experience integrating with RESTful APIs

Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, comfortable reporting progress and risk to leadership

Proficient in written and spoken English

Experience mentoring or coaching developers, including conducting 1:1s and giving structured feedback

Desirable

Proven experience as a senior/lead developer, with strong hands-on skills in (i) React Native (ii) Kotlin

A recognised Scrum Master certification (e.g. CSM, PSM)

Experience working with distributed or remote teams across time zones

Exposure to regulated software development in healthcare, especially international standards such as ISO9001, ISO27001 and ISO13485

Familiarity with WCAG accessibility standards

AWS certification(s)

An interest in health tech and improving patient outcomes through software

Benefits

What we offer

Competitive salary of up to £75,000 per annum, depending on experience

Opportunities to build skills and progress within a growing digital health organisation

Private medical insurance

Enhanced parental leave

Enhanced sick leave

Pension scheme

To apply, please send your CV along with a short note explaining how you meet the requirements and why you would like to join Reset Health. Interviews will be held on a rolling basis.