Job Vacancy Lead Software Engineer
Cambridge (CB2 8BS)
Cambridge University Press & Assessment
Job position Lead Software Engineer
As soon as possible
£74k-80k
CB2 8BS, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Published on 09/10/2025
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Job Title: Lead Software Engineer
Salary: £73,000 - £80,000 GBP
Location: Cambridge, UK
Contract: Permanent, Full time 35 hours per week.
Join our team at Cambridge University Press & Assessment and utilise your skills to make a real difference! As a full-stack web developer, you'll be adept and thrive in creating cutting-edge eLearning solutions with Typescript and ReactJS. Collaborate with a talented team of professionals to develop software that fits the unique business demands.
By contributing to our platforms, you'll elevate our customers' experiences in meaningful ways. Take the opportunity to mentor up to two software engineers, nurturing their growth while propelling your own career forward within this organisation and innovate.
We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.
About the role
Salary: £73,000 - £80,000 GBP
Location: Cambridge, UK
Contract: Permanent, Full time 35 hours per week.
Join our team at Cambridge University Press & Assessment and utilise your skills to make a real difference! As a full-stack web developer, you'll be adept and thrive in creating cutting-edge eLearning solutions with Typescript and ReactJS. Collaborate with a talented team of professionals to develop software that fits the unique business demands.
By contributing to our platforms, you'll elevate our customers' experiences in meaningful ways. Take the opportunity to mentor up to two software engineers, nurturing their growth while propelling your own career forward within this organisation and innovate.
We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.
About the role
- Proactively lead solutions and contribute to architectural principles, best practices and guidance within the English Engineering team.
- Actively develop and maintain complex, feature-rich web services and applications with different technologies but primarily Typescript.
- Design and develop solutions that maximize the use of our Amazon AWS partner agreement.
- Participate and lead paired programming activities.
- Engage, participate and lead in the code review process with a focus to ensure the highest quality of code is produced.
- Demonstrate agile development practices.
- Closely work within a cross-functional team including design, UX, Architects, Developers, QA, Product owners and Business stakeholders.
- Ensure all software produced is robust by contributing to a testing strategy.
- Participate as a lead member in the requirements gathering process focusing on technical requirements and generating requirements from a product vision.
- Advise and collaborate with other Lead Software Engineers and Engineering management to help develop and maintain our data products.
Candidate profile
About you
Rewards and benefits
We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible , featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:
Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.
We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being 31st October. Interviews are scheduled to take place during or shortly after the job closes.
Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.
Cambridge University Press & Assessment is an approved UK employer for the sponsorship of eligible roles and applicants under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please refer to the website for guidance to understand your own eligibility based on the role you are applying for.
- 7+ years' or relative experience in full-stack development. JavaScript/Typescript is preferred but Python and Java are also desirable.
- A strong understanding of coding best practices, frameworks, code architecture, object orientation and new arising technologies.
- Experience in Agile development teams whether it be Scrum, Scrumban, Kanban or a scaled agile frameworks.
- Proactive and ability to think flexibly and quickly.
- Ability to research and learn new technologies and understand technical specifications.
- Natural problem solver.
- Good team player, with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to stay open-minded, listen and learn from feedback across the business to enable continuous improvement and engineering excellence.
Rewards and benefits
We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible , featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:
- 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
- Discretionary annual bonus
- Group personal pension scheme
- Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
- Green travel schemes
Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.
We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being 31st October. Interviews are scheduled to take place during or shortly after the job closes.
Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.
Cambridge University Press & Assessment is an approved UK employer for the sponsorship of eligible roles and applicants under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please refer to the website for guidance to understand your own eligibility based on the role you are applying for.
Working environment
Why join us
Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You'll belong to a collaborative team that's exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe - for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration.
Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where it's safe to speak up, and where we learn continuously to improve together. We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of demographic characteristics (age, disability, educational attainment, ethnicity, gender, marital status, neurodiversity, religion, sex, gender identity and sexual identity), cultural, or social class/background.
We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities.
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Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You'll belong to a collaborative team that's exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe - for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration.
Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where it's safe to speak up, and where we learn continuously to improve together. We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of demographic characteristics (age, disability, educational attainment, ethnicity, gender, marital status, neurodiversity, religion, sex, gender identity and sexual identity), cultural, or social class/background.
We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities.
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Knightsbridge, England, United Kingdom
> 1000 employees
IT School / University
Cambridge University Press & Assessment is a global leader in academic publishing, educational resources, and assessment. With over 500 years of expertise, the organization provides innovative learning materials and exams to support education and research worldwide.
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