Interim Application Development Lead (12 month FTC)

The Value of Active Minds
 

About Jupiter

Jupiter is one of the UK’s leading investment management companies with just under 500 employees and £50.4 billion worth of assets under management (as at 30th September 2025). 

Jupiter provides investment services to individual and institutional investors through mutual funds (UK unit trusts, Luxembourg SICAVs and Dublin OEICs), separately managed accounts and sub-advised funds. Jupiter has experienced a period of international growth with offices open in EMEA and APAC. 

The majority of our employees are based in our London office located just minutes from Victoria station which provides stair-free access from both the Underground’s Victoria line and National Rail platforms, as well as limited road crossings to the Jupiter office. Our London office was designed to encourage employees to live active, healthy lives with floor-to-ceiling windows that allow for greater natural light and the benefit of a private balcony, table tennis room, cycle storage and on-site shower and locker facilities. The short distance to Green Park and St James' Park also provides employees with a natural space to relax during their lunch break and a healthy alternative to office-based meetings. 

We offer our UK employees a 3:2 hybrid working arrangement where Tuesdays, Thursdays and a third day of your choice are worked from the office. The other two days may be worked from home.  This facilitates collaboration and allows employees to maximise productivity whilst maintaining a healthy work/life balance.

Background

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This is a maternity cover 12 month FTC role, reporting directly to the Head of Development, The successful candidate will take on Line Management responsibilities of the Application Developers.

Key Responsibilities

The Application Development Lead will be responsible for the Line Management of the Application Developers. They will provide support and guidance to the team and manage objectives and career planning. They will ensure that development standards are met within the team and work with the Head of Development to make sure business requirements are delivered to a high standard in a timely manner

This role will work closely with Head of Development and Head of Technical Delivery and across all of the Scrum teams.

This is not a purely management role and the individual will still contribute to development within their allocated Scrum Team.

Strong people skills are essential in order to communicate with business users at all levels.

Key roles:

• Line Management of Application Development Team.
• Performance Review and Objective Setting
• Developing Business Solutions

Desired Skills / Experience

The candidate must have demonstrable relevant development experience gained as an Analyst/Programmer or equivalent, with over 4 years’ experience and with a passion for technology and delivery. 

Knowledge and experience of;

Essential

• .Net Development
• Full development life cycle
• SQL Server 2016+
• Automated Testing
• Design Patterns & Principals (e.g. SOLID)
• People Management

Desired:

• Asset Management experience /  Financial Services Experience
• Web API Services
• .Net Windows Services
• Azure Components
• Knowledge of testing frameworks

Additional Role Details

• This role is subject to the Conduct Rules set by the FCA.

Don’t meet every requirement? At Jupiter we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you are interested in this role, but don’t think your experience aligns perfectly with every listed requirement in the job description, we would encourage you to apply. You may be the right person for this role.