Principal Developer Team Lead

Job Title: Principal Developer Team Lead Salary: £51,400 - £68,800 Location: Cambridge/Hybrid Contract: Permanent This Principal Developer Team Lead position offers a pivotal opportunity to shape the technical future of a world-renowned academic organisation. You''ll spearhead the migration of enterprise systems to cutting-edge cloud-native AWS architectures, while balancing hands-on technical leadership with people management responsibilities. We are Cambridge University Press and Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge. About the role We''re seeking a hands-on Principal Developer Team Lead to drive the technical transformation of our Exam Technology Organisation as we migrate legacy enterprise applications to modern, cloud-native architectures on AWS. You''ll balance technical leadership with people management, leading a team of 4-8 developers while establishing the foundations for our future technology stack. Your initial focus will be on two strategic priorities: Evolving our SRE function - Building the DevOps infrastructure, automation, and tooling that enables Site Reliability Engineering practices across development and operations teams Advancing our AI development practice - Establishing standards, frameworks, and best practices for responsibly integrating AI capabilities into our education platforms. What You''ll Do Technical Leadership Lead migration of legacy ..... full job details .....