IT Development Lead

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 28 April 2026
LOCATION
Glasgow
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
CATEGORY
IT
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SKILLS

Technical leadership Design and development Coding solutions Financial services experience Life & Pension or savings & investments experience T-SQL/P-SQL SQL and Oracle tools SSIS

FULL DESCRIPTION

IT Development Lead

Location: Glasgow

Job type: Permanent

Contact email: [contact hidden]

Published: 4 months ago

Expiry date: 23 May 2026 00:59

Job Description

Are you an experienced Senior / Lead Developer ?

Do you have experience working in financial services, Life & Pension or savings & investments ?

Would you like to work for a Scottish based company who are going through a really interesting transformation ?

They are Glasgow city centre based and its hybrid working (2 days a week in the office)

You will be responsible for the provision of technical leadership, design and development of coding solutions for them.

Responsibilities include:

  • Lead the design and development of IT projects and initiatives
  • Contribute to and recommend improvements to existing processes that utilise their core Policy Admin Systems.
  • Work closely with internal and external business stakeholders at a senior level, alongside IT Application delivery teams to understand, test and design new developments often which are complex in nature.
  • Present complex analytical concepts to all levels of the business
  • Provide training and mentorship to other colleagues in support of team and individual development
  • Development and maintenance of technical IT solutions in support of business objectives recognising the need for cost effective delivery while balancing the cost of technology ownership.
  • Liaise with external software providers to deliver optimal design, delivery of cost effective solutions while ensuring third party deliver to an acceptable quality levels

Skills and experience:

  • Desire to develop and deliver team level improvements including the support/development of other team members
  • Initiative and problem-solving skills, being able to work through a problem, try different solutions
  • Experience within financial services and knowledge of Life/Pensions/Investment products
  • Experience of regulatory projects within Life/Pensions
  • Awareness/experience of workflow solutions
  • Knowledge T-SQL/P-SQL
  • An understanding of data manipulation and analysis using SQL and Oracle tools and writing/maintaining stored procedures in support of our development community
  • Understanding of T-SQL/PL-SQL and/or Development experience in these technologies
  • Experience of developing skills in SSIS
  • A logical thinker with initiative and ability to problem solve

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