Lead Software Engineer C# .Net - FinTech

As a Lead Software Engineer you drive architecture, design and delivery for a flagship desktop platform used to process billions of requests. You guide three Agile teams of experienced developers, ensuring secure, reliable, maintainable and high-performance software. You collaborate with Product Owners and other teams to shape technical choices and own features in an Agile setting. This role offers mentorship, hands-on coding, and meaningful impact in a fast-paced fintech environment. You will work with modern Microsoft tech, cloud, and event-driven patterns to scale and evolve the platform.

• Up to 100k salary
• bonus (c20%)
• Hybrid working (3 days WFH)
• Enhanced parental leave
• 25 days holiday (+ buy days, birthday off)
• Pension (up to 10%)? contribution) - note: as stated in ad: Pension (up to 10% contribution)

• Lead three Agile teams (~10 engineers) on the flagship desktop insurance platform
• Architect, design and implement features with emphasis on security, reliability, maintainability and performance
• Collaborate with Product Owner and other teams to influence design and technical decisions
• Provide technical ownership in an Agile environment and drive continual improvement
• Ensure best practices in coding, testing, and deployment
• Maintain awareness of scalability requirements and system architecture decisions
• Promote reusable, clean code and modern Microsoft software engineering practices
• Contribute to CI/CD and IaC practices and advocate for Azure-based, SaaS/PaaS, microservices approaches

• C# .Net Core backend development experience on large, scalable systems
• strong technical leadership with ownership of features (not people management)
• collaborative and pragmatic with ability to influence senior engineers
• advocate for clean, maintainable code and best practices
• good knowledge of event-driven architecture
• solid understanding of CS fundamentals (OOP, data structures, design patterns, algorithms)
• familiarity with CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code
• awareness of Azure, SaaS, PaaS, and microservices
• degree in a relevant STEM discipline (preferred)

• collaborative mindset
• pragmatic decision-making
• influencing without authority
• C# .Net Core
• desktop application development
• event-driven architecture