Fintech Lead Software Engineer — Hybrid Belfast, Architecture & Scale

VANRATH; Belfast; Hybrid; GBP 81,000 - 99,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Healthcare

Enhanced leave

Development support

Job summary

A global FinTech organisation is seeking an experienced Lead Software Engineer to shape architecture and lead technical teams in Belfast. This role offers the chance to design scalable solutions and deliver high-impact systems. Candidates should have extensive experience in software engineering, with a strong track record in leading technical teams and working on mission-critical applications. The position includes a competitive salary and benefits package, and it supports a hybrid working model.

Qualifications

• 10+ years’ professional experience in software engineering.
• Proven ability to lead technical teams and mentor engineers.
• Significant experience in system design and performance optimisation.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and evolution of large-scale, high-performance software systems.
• Provide technical leadership across architecture, development, and delivery.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, QA, DevOps and Agile teams.

Skills

Strong technical leadership

Deep engineering experience

Java and Object-Oriented Programming expertise

Experience with cloud-native architectures

Mentoring and developing engineering teams

Education

Degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

A global FinTech organisation is seeking an experienced Lead Software Engineer to shape architecture and lead technical teams in Belfast. This role offers the chance to design scalable solutions and deliver high-impact systems. Candidates should have extensive experience in software engineering, with a strong track record in leading technical teams and working on mission-critical applications. The position includes a competitive salary and benefits package, and it supports a hybrid working model.