Ascend Consulting
Lead Developer
Job Description
Salary: £70,000 - 80,000 per year
Requirements:- Project leadership across domains
- Good communication skills
- Project management experience
- 10 years of programming experience in C#.Net or Python
- SQL Server experience
- Design and architecture experience
- Team leadership experience
- Desirable: JIRA
- Desirable: BitBucket
- Desirable: Salesforce
- Desirable: cyber security knowledge
- Lead a team of five developers maintaining and improving our internal software systems
- Work with users across the company to understand business needs and define enhancements
- Ensure timely delivery of high-quality solutions
- Contribute to programming tasks
- Oversee system design
- Liaise with key stakeholders including our Heads of Accounts, Global Operations and Support, as well as our Sales Director and Sales Managers
- Support our software strategy by helping drive efficiency and productivity
- API
- BitBucket
- C#
- Support
- JIRA
- Python
- SQL
- Salesforce
- Security
- ASP.NET
More:
We are an established software company based in Horsham, West Sussex, and we are looking for a passionate Lead Developer to guide our internal software solutions and the team that develops and maintains them. This is a hybrid role with a salary of up to £80K negotiable. The role reports to our Head of Systems, DB & API and works closely with leaders across Accounts, Global Operations, Support, Sales, and other parts of the business. Our focus is on efficiency, productivity, and delivering high-quality solutions that support our company vision.
last updated 31 week of 2026
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Ascend Consulting
Horsham
IT
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£75,000
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£85,000
UK median
This salary is 12% below the UK median for Lead roles (£85,000/yr).
Based on 2024–2025 UK technology sector benchmarks