Development Lead

Dotdigital; City of London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital marketing firm in London is seeking an experienced Development Lead to manage a scrum team focused on e-commerce integrations. In this hands-on role, you will prioritize customer success while ensuring high-quality software delivery. Key skills required include C#/.NET, team leadership, and excellent communication abilities. This position offers remote work flexibility and a supportive environment for professional growth.

Benefits

Parental leave

Medical benefits

Paid sick leave

Dotdigital day

Share reward

Wellbeing reward

Wellbeing Days

Loyalty reward

Udemy learning credits

Qualifications

• Strong technical skills in C# and .NET environment.
• Experience leading teams or mentoring junior developers.
• Ability to communicate clearly with technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead the scrum team for e-commerce integrations.
• Support team’s technical and personal development.
• Deliver high-quality work within expected deadlines.

Skills

C#/.NET

Experience working with a JavaScript front-end framework

Previous team leadership or mentoring experience

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Experience working with e-commerce platforms

Familiarity with AI coding tools

Tools

Azure DevOps

Google BigQuery

Cosmos DB

Azure Service Bus / Event Hubs

.NET MVC / Web API

nUnit

Generative AI

High performance / big data systems

Multitenant systems

Job description

Development Lead

Dotdigital Group plc

Location: London, England, United Kingdom. Remote work available.

About the Role

As a Development Lead you will be leading a scrum team responsible for our e-commerce integrations. We have a roadmap of work to get started on, including an established product with a bug backlog and scaling challenges that come with rising customer demand and larger data volumes.

You will support your team’s technical and personal development, providing regular feedback and guidance. You’ll work closely with your Group Engineering Manager, as well as Product Managers, QA, infrastructure teams and other business functions to plan, deliver, and contribute high‑quality work to expected deadlines. This is a hands‑on role; the exact split will depend on the project and the requirements to get the job done.

We ship regularly, with automated deployments at the click of a button, and when you join us, we want you to ship code to production in your first sprint. We prioritise customer success and are rigorous about security at every stage of the development lifecycle. Some of our problems are unique to large software dealing with large datasets, maintaining very high throughput, and 24/7 platform uptime.

About You

The Product Engineering team has five department values that we use to guide us; they are:

• Simplicity
• Shipping fast, sustainably
• Ownership
• Be excellent to each other
• Communication makes us stronger

Essential Skills

• C#/.NET
• Experience working with a JavaScript front‑end framework
• Previous team leadership or mentoring experience
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience working with e‑commerce platforms
• Familiarity with AI coding tools

Additional Experience (Plus)

• Azure DevOps
• Google BigQuery
• Cosmos DB
• Azure Service Bus / Event Hubs
• .NET MVC / Web API
• nUnit
• Generative AI
• High performance / big data systems
• Multitenant systems

Interview Process

• 15‑minute screening call with our talent team
• A quick online technical test in C#, about an hour
• Video call with two members of our engineering team to discuss your experience; about an hour
• Final video interview with at least one of our Group Engineering Managers; discussion of tech, projects, and opportunity to ask questions

Global Benefits

• Parental leave
• Medical benefits
• Paid sick leave
• Dotdigital day
• Share reward
• Wellbeing reward
• Wellbeing Days
• Loyalty reward
• Udemy learning credits

What our team says

"Working at Dotdigital is a fulfilling experience. The job's nature and flexibility, combined with strong ethics, create a fantastic work environment. The camaraderie within the team is outstanding, ensuring you're never working alone—truly a great company with great people." Unarine - Integrations Engineer

DEI Commitment

As an equal opportunities employer we are committed to equality in all its practices with regard to race, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or sexual orientation. If you have any additional requirements or adjustments to assist an application then please don't hesitate to contact us and advise us how we can best support you.

Legal Statement

No agencies/recruiters please. We are only accepting applications directly from the applicants. If you are a recruiter, please refrain from reaching out to our staff about this position. Anything contrary will be treated as unsolicited approach under the applicable data protection law.