Lead Software Engineer: AI-Driven SaaS Architect

Corpay; Metropolitan Borough of Solihull; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4x Life Insurance

Pension Scheme - 5% employer

Private Healthcare

25 days annual leave

LinkedIn Learning

Gratitudes rewards

Job summary

Corpay is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in the UK to drive architecture and delivery for the r2cOnline and 1link product ecosystem. You will collaborate with multiple platforms and designers to build reliable, high-performing applications and services.

The role reports to the Engineering Manager and includes mentoring engineers, contributing to the engineering community, and helping shape the technology strategy while embracing AI-driven improvements where they add measurable value.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software development.
• Experience in SaaS-oriented environments.
• Experience with AWS and Azure.
• Ability to think iteratively within architectural boundaries.
• Track record delivering agile software development with appropriate tools.
• Clear understanding of DevOps and why it benefits development teams.
• Exposure to DevSecOps.
• Experience with AWS native services.
• Experience with microservices, including Azure FaaS, .NET Core, and native AWS services.
• Experience with Azure and development tools such as Azure DevOps, Confluence, and GitHub.
• Experience with VS Code, Visual Studio, Rider, ReSharper, Jira, .NET, C#, ASP.NET, REST/SOAP, WebAPI, JavaScript, React.js, Redux, JWT, Storybook, Jest, Enzyme, SQL Server, Dapper, Log4Net, Autofac, MSTest, ADO, Git, Octopus Deploy, SpecFlow, Selenium WebDriver, JMeter, and Gherkin.
• Ability to understand customer impact through feedback and decision-making.
• Ability to take responsibility and resolve issues.
• Coaching and technical leadership to less experienced team members.
• Reflect constructively and stay positive when facing setbacks.
• Strong communication to translate tech topics for varied audiences.
• Build professional relationships with internal teams and partners.
• Identify opportunities for personal, team, and process improvement.

Responsibilities

• Designing and architecting product building blocks to ensure cohesive integration of r2cOnline.
• Helping drive alignment with the architectural roadmap.
• Collaborating and contributing to continuous improvement within the team.
• Providing honest and open feedback based on experience.
• Contributing to the Engineering community.
• Mentoring and coaching software engineers.
• Maintaining a productive development environment.
• Supporting recruitment for team growth.
• Contributing to Digital and Technology strategy execution.
• Providing technical thought leadership to leadership teams.
• Designing and implementing efficient data storage and display.
• Writing clean, extensible code with best practices.
• Building reusable components where possible.
• Taking a TDD and BDD approach to coding.
• Advising Product Owners on solution feasibility, balancing tech limits with reality.
• Participating in all agile roles to design, build, deploy applications aligned to business needs.
• Introducing AI-driven enhancements when value is measurable.

Skills

Software development

SaaS

Cloud - AWS

Azure

Microservices

DevOps

AI in engineering

Leadership coaching

Communication

Jira & GitHub

Tools

Azure DevOps

GitHub

Confluence

VS Code

Visual Studio

Jira

ASP.NET

REST/SOAP

React.js

SQL Server

Octopus Deploy

Gherkin

Job description

Corpay is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in the UK to drive architecture and delivery for the r2cOnline and 1link product ecosystem. You will collaborate with multiple platforms and designers to build reliable, high-performing applications and services.

The role reports to the Engineering Manager and includes mentoring engineers, contributing to the engineering community, and helping shape the technology strategy while embracing AI-driven improvements where they add measurable value.