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Key Information
Job title:
Application Development Manager
Salary:
£74,238 to £87,500
Grade:
3
Contract type:
TfL
Reference:
1876
Team:
Revenue Application Development
Directorate:
TfL Corporate
Contract details:
Permanent
Location:
Pier Walk/Hybrid
Application closing date:
Wednesday 1st October 2025
You'll influence the lives of millions
Join us, and you could soon be using best practices such as TDD, CI & CD to deliver software that's used by millions of Londoners every day.
You'll be working on our customer facing websites and APIs. We'll rely on you to develop systems that are elegant, robust and can handle very high throughput.
You'll be responsible for leading multiple agile software development teams in the Revenue business area of Technology Development. That means you'll be involved in activities such as refinement, sprint planning, retrospectives, demos, and daily scrums. You'll work with other teams to produce coordinated and integrated high-quality working software.
You'll get to use every bit of your expertise
Constantly Looking For Better Ways To Develop Software And Experienced In Developing High Profile Public Applications, You Will Have Strong Experience Of
* Managing developers across multiple scrum teams
* Helping build careers through mentoring and coaching
* Recruitment of software developers
* Delivering secured software solutions using Agile methodology
You Will Be a Technical Expert In The Following
* C#, .NET development
* Rest APIs
* Typescript
* HTML/CSS
* Frontend web technologies such as React or similar framework
* Database technologies such as SQL Server
* Microsoft Azure services such as Function App, Service bus, Event hub, APIM, Azure Storage, Azure DevOps
It would be highly desirable if you've also had experience in the following:
* Project, stakeholder, and budget management experience
* Understanding of front-end and accessibility standards (i.e. WCAG)
If you can bring excellent communication skills and a flair for analysing complex systems and coming up with effective solutions to problems, you're someone we'd like to talk to.
Equality, diversity and inclusion
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We want to represent the city we serve, which will help us become a more innovative and efficient organisation. Our goal is to make our recruitment as inclusive as possible. We are a disability confident employer who guarantee an interview to any disabled candidate who meets all of the essential criteria.
Benefits
In return for your commitment and expertise, you will enjoy excellent benefits and scope to grow. Rewards vary according to the level of role but mostly include the below:
Final salary pension scheme
Free travel for you on the TfL network
Reimbursement of 75% of the cost of a standard class Ticket for National Rail travel from home or 75% reimbursement on a 28-day flexi ticket
30 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays
TfL is committed to work-life balance, operating a hybrid working approach where business and role requirements allow
Private healthcare discounted scheme (optional)
Tax-efficient cycle-to-work programme
Retail, health, leisure and travel offers
Discounted Eurostar travel
Hybrid working within this role enables a balance of 50 per cent of time split between the office and home over a 4 week period. Hybrid working arrangements can evolve subject to business requirements.
We will make every effort to give you as much notice as possible, however some interviews/assessments could be organised at short notice.