Principal Developer & Team Lead

Cambridge University Press & Assessment
📍 cambridge, cambridgeshire, United-Kingdom 💼 Full-time 🕒 Posted July 01, 2026

Job Description

Principal Developer & Team Lead

Salary: £51,400 £68,800
Location: Cambridge / Hybrid (% office-based)
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full-Time, 35 Hours Per Week

About the Role

We are looking for a technically strong Team Lead ready to take the next step into a broader leadership role while remaining hands-on with development.

This position combines technical leadership, software engineering, and team management responsibilities. You will play a key role in modernising enterprise applications through migration to cloud-native architectures while helping establish emerging engineering practices, including Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and AI-driven development.

You will act as the Principal Developer on a focused project within a wider transformation programme, maintaining deep ownership of technical delivery from design through to implementation.

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Job Details

  • Location cambridge, cambridgeshire
  • Job Type Full-time
  • Category I.T. & Communications
  • Posted Date July 01, 2026
  • Application Deadline August 10, 2026