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
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Setting up new customers with any agreed customisations.
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A pipeline of customer-driven enhancements.
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Priority bug fixes and security patches.
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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.
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Close collaboration with our Product team and Client Programme Lead to groom the backlog and plan each production update.
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Report on sprint progress, velocity, and delivery risk to engineering leadership and other stakeholders.
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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.
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Apply AI tools responsibly to deliver productivity benefits while maintaining full oversight.
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Champion strong technical standards and best-practise software engineering: code reviews, unit testing, CI/CD, secure software development.
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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.
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Support the recruitment and training of engineers as we grow the team.
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Manage 2nd line support for technical issues as per the Global support Standard Operating Procedure.
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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
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Strong problem-solving techniques and sound technical judgement.
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Excellent interpersonal, coaching, and facilitation skills.
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A good understanding of the software development lifecycle and agile delivery.
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A strong drive to continue learning and improving, both personally and within the team.
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A great work ethic, and above all, enthusiasm and a desire to do well.
Requirements
Essential
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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.
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Proven experience as a senior/lead developer, with strong hands-on skills in one of (i) React Web (ii) Java
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Strong experience with databases, ideally Mongo (otherwise a RDBMS)
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Experience acting as a Scrum Master or running scrum ceremonies: sprint planning, refinement, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.
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Experience managing a team's backlog and sprints in Jira, including estimation and reporting on velocity.
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Experience with Git and CI/CD pipelines, and championing best practice code review.
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Experience developing unit tests and promoting a strong testing culture within a team.
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Experience integrating with RESTful APIs.
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Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, comfortable reporting progress and risk to leadership.
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Proficient in written and spoken English.
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Experience mentoring or coaching developers, including conducting 1:1s and giving structured feedback.
Desirable
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Proven experience as a senior/lead developer, with strong hands-on skills in (i) React Native (ii) Kotlin
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A recognised Scrum Master certification (e.g. CSM, PSM).
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Experience working with distributed or remote teams across time zones.
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Exposure to regulated software development in healthcare, especially international standards such as ISO9001, ISO27001 and ISO13485.
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Familiarity with WCAG accessibility standards.
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AWS certification(s).
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An interest in health tech and improving patient outcomes through software.
Benefits
What we offer
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Competitive salary of up to £75,000 per annum, depending on experience
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Opportunities to build skills and progress within a growing digital health organisation
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Private medical insurance
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Enhanced parental leave
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Enhanced sick leave
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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.
