Technical Lead (.NET/Full Stack) | GDS

Technical Lead (.NET/Full Stack) | GDS

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£500 Per day
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Agile Methodology Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery Full Stack Development

Summary: The Technical Lead (.NET/Full Stack) role involves providing technical leadership for a public-facing digital service transitioning from Private Beta to Public Beta. The position requires hands-on development across the full stack while ensuring compliance with GOV.UK standards. The successful candidate will mentor a multidisciplinary team and contribute to the overall architecture and engineering practices. This is a fully remote position with a contract lasting until March 2027.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead technical delivery of a public-facing digital service through Beta
  • Provide hands-on development across the full stack
  • Support successful GDS Beta Service Assessments
  • Mentor developers and drive engineering best practice
  • Work closely with Product, Delivery and Design colleagues
  • Deliver secure, accessible cloud-hosted digital services
  • Contribute to architecture, CI/CD and engineering standards

Key Skills:

  • Recent UK Government/GDS delivery experience
  • Delivered a public-facing digital service through Beta within the last 3 years
  • Experience supporting and passing a GDS Beta Service Assessment
  • .NET 8/9
  • ASP.NET Core Web APIs
  • Next.js
  • SQL Server
  • Cloud-hosted application development
  • CI/CD pipelines
  • GOV.UK Service Standard
  • Technology Code of Practice
  • WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility
  • Experience leading agile engineering teams

Salary (Rate): £500/day

City: London

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: outside IR35

Seniority Level: Mid-Level

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Technical Lead (.NET/Full Stack) | GDS | Outside IR35

Rate: c500/day Outside IR35
Location: Fully Remote (UK)
Contract: August 2026 - Late March 2027

We are supporting a consultancy partner delivering a public-facing digital service as it progresses from Private Beta into Public Beta.

We're looking for a hands-on Technical Lead to provide technical leadership whilst remaining actively involved in development. You'll play a key role in guiding a multidisciplinary team through Beta, ensuring delivery aligns with the GOV.UK Service Standard and Technology Code of Practice.

What you'll be doing

  • Lead technical delivery of a public-facing digital service through Beta

  • Provide hands-on development across the full stack

  • Support successful GDS Beta Service Assessments

  • Mentor developers and drive engineering best practice

  • Work closely with Product, Delivery and Design colleagues

  • Deliver secure, accessible cloud-hosted digital services

  • Contribute to architecture, CI/CD and engineering standards


Essential Experience

  • Recent UK Government/GDS delivery experience

  • Delivered a public-facing digital service through Beta within the last 3 years

  • Experience supporting and passing a GDS Beta Service Assessment

  • .NET 8/9

  • ASP.NET Core Web APIs

  • Next.js

  • SQL Server

  • Cloud-hosted application development

  • CI/CD pipelines

  • GOV.UK Service Standard

  • Technology Code of Practice

  • WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility

  • Experience leading agile engineering teams

If you have recent GDS experience and enjoy combining technical leadership with hands-on development, we'd love to hear from you.

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