Lead Developer

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Role: Lead Developer

Ref: 137932

Pay Rate:  £259.73 per day PAYE, with flexible holiday pay

Hours: 37 hours

Length of Contract: 6 months

Location: Hackney, London

Hybrid Arrangements:  TBC

Lead Developer (NEC)

We’re seeking an experienced Lead Developer with strong hands-on expertise across the NEC Housing/Asset Management ecosystem to take technical ownership of configuration, environments, deployments, integrations and data security.

This is a hands-on technical leadership role, acting as the NEC technical authority and ensuring system stability, performance and consistency across development, test, pre-production, training and live environments.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead NEC system configuration, environment management and technical troubleshooting.

Manage release pipelines, deployments, patches, upgrades and configuration changes.

Coordinate release schedules, technical sign-offs, rollback strategies and emergency fixes.

Test, troubleshoot and sign off third-party APIs and custom integrations.

Monitor system health, performance and integration stability.

Oversee NEC data migrations, data integrity checks and database cloning.

Ensure robust data protection, masking and security controls across non-production environments.

Act as the technical lead in vendor and cross-functional delivery discussions.

Essential Experience:

Proven, hands-on experience configuring and managing NEC systems/modules.

Strong experience of environment management, deployment and release strategies.

Practical experience with APIs, integrations and technical troubleshooting.

Experience within complex public sector, housing or asset management IT environments.

Strong understanding of data governance, migration assurance and security best practice.

Confident technical leadership skills with the ability to drive quality and governance across the full release lifecycle.

 

Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.

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Job Ref: 137932

Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.

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