<p>Robert Half is current seeking an experienced Software Development Team Lead for our client in the Madison area. This is a Direct Hire role that will require a hybrid work schedule. The role is responsible for leading two Scrum teams and ensuring software is delivered reliably and at a high standard. The focus is on clear expectations, strong accountability, and steady execution rather than process for its own sake. Success is measured by consistent delivery, healthy team performance, improving delivery metrics, and meeting customer and product commitments.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Job Duties</strong></p><ul><li>Act as a senior, hands-on developer while leading two Scrum teams.</li><li>Design, build, review, and maintain production software using .NET and Azure.</li><li>Provide technical leadership through code reviews, mentoring, and pairing.</li><li>Lead team performance, accountability, and continuous improvement efforts.</li><li>Set clear delivery and quality expectations and hold the team to them.</li><li>Partner with Product Owners and technical leaders to align scope, capacity, and timelines.</li><li>Produce accurate workload estimates and delivery forecasts for internal and external customers.</li><li>Facilitate agile ceremonies including stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and backlog refinement.</li><li>Ensure user stories are well-defined, estimable, and tracked in Azure DevOps.</li><li>Define, monitor, and act on delivery metrics (velocity, lead time, defect rates).</li><li>Identify and remove delivery bottlenecks across engineering, QA, and release processes.</li><li>Drive effective adoption of generative AI tools to improve developer productivity.</li></ul>
