C# Team Lead & Hands-On Architect (Remote)

Client Server Limited; Bracknell; Hybrid; GBP 57,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Life Assurance

Income Protection

Critical Illness Cover

Healthcare

23 days holiday

Job summary

Client Server Limited is seeking a C# Software Engineer / Team Lead in Bracknell with strong leadership experience. You will mentor a squad, own architecture and API design, and drive delivery for an international payments platform while writing production code.

The role supports hybrid work with in-office twice weekly in Bracknell and remote work most of the time. Ideal candidates have senior engineering and distributed systems expertise, plusFrontend in Vue/React/Angular and AWS experience.

Qualifications

• Strong leadership within a software engineering team
• Backend development with C# .Net or other OO languages
• System design experience, distributed systems and microservices
• Frontend experience with modern frameworks (Vue.js, React, Angular)
• Good knowledge of SQL and relational databases
• Production experience with AWS services (SQS, DynamoDB, S3, ECS, Lambda)
• Experience owning CI/CD and release processes (GitHub Actions)
• Hands-on experience with agentic AI tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot) and AI adoption
• Collaborative and pragmatic with clear communication to engineers and business stakeholders
• Background in payments, FX or other regulated industry would help

Responsibilities

• Lead Squad across architecture, development, delivery and production operations while remaining hands-on
• Own system architecture, API design, technical decisions, design reviews and code quality
• Partner with Product Managers on roadmaps, delivery plans and priorities
• Mentor engineers, conduct 1-2-1s and drive continuous improvement
• Champion AI and agentic coding tools across the software lifecycle
• Lead from the front with technical ownership, development and team growth

Skills

Team leadership

C# .NET

System design (distributed systems)

Frontend development (Vue.js/React/Ang

SQL databases

AWS (SQS/DynamoDB/S3/ECS/Lambda)

CI/CD (GitHub Actions)

Agentic AI tools (Claude/Cursor/Copil

Communication skills

Payments / regulated industry

Job description

Client Server Limited is seeking a C# Software Engineer / Team Lead in Bracknell with strong leadership experience. You will mentor a squad, own architecture and API design, and drive delivery for an international payments platform while writing production code.

The role supports hybrid work with in-office twice weekly in Bracknell and remote work most of the time. Ideal candidates have senior engineering and distributed systems expertise, plusFrontend in Vue/React/Angular and AWS experience.