Lead Software Engineer C# .Net - FinTech

Client Server; Reigate; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working (3 days a week work from home)

Enhanced parental leave

25 days holiday (plus buy days and your birthday off)

Pension (up to 10% contribution)

Health Care and Life Assurance

Training and career development

Social events and a range of other perks

Job summary

Client Server is looking for a Lead Software Engineer / Developer (C# .Net) in Reigate. This role involves leading multiple Agile teams and managing a complex desktop insurance platform. Candidates should have a strong background in C# .Net backend development, technical leadership, and modern software practices. You will receive a competitive salary of up to £100k, plus benefits including enhanced parental leave, health care, and hybrid working opportunities with a flexible model involving home and office engagement.

Qualifications

• Expertise with C# desktop development, working on complex scalable systems.
• Strong technical leadership experience in an Agile environment.
• Good knowledge of modern Microsoft software engineering best practices.

Responsibilities

• Manage three Agile teams and be responsible for the flagship desktop insurance platform.
• Architect, design, and develop new features and enhancements.
• Collaborate with Product Owner and development teams for design choices.

Skills

C# .Net Core backend software development

Technical leadership and ownership

Event driven architecture

Clean, reusable, and maintainable code

CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Azure, SaaS, PaaS, microservices knowledge

Education

Degree in relevant STEM discipline

Job description

Lead Software Engineer / Developer (C# .Net Desktop Application) Reigate / WFH to £100k

Do you have expertise with C# desktop development, working on complex scalable systems?

You could be progressing your career, in a senior, hands-on leadership role working on complex and technically challenging systems with continual learning opportunities a global Fintech.

As a Lead Software Engineer you'll manage three Agile teams comprising around ten experienced software engineers, responsible for the flagship desktop insurance platform that handles 4 billion requests per month. You'll play a key role in architecting, designing and developing new features and enhancements whilst ensuring high levels of security, reliability, maintainability, usability and performance.

You'll collaborate with the Product Owner and with other development teams to input into design and technical choices and provide technical ownership an Agile environment that encourages close collaboration and continual improvement.

Location / WFH

There's a flexible work from home hybrid model, you'll join colleagues in the Reigate office twice a week for team meet-ups and stakeholder meetings with the other three days work from home.

About you

• You have expertise with C# .Net Core backend software development, having worked on large, scalable systems with complexity
• You have strong technical leadership experience (taking ownership of features, not managing people)
• You are collaborative and pragmatic yet able to push back and influence senior engineers
• You're an advocate of creating, clean, reusable and maintainable code and have a good knowledge of modern Microsoft software engineering best practices
• You have a good knowledge of event driven architecture
• You have a thorough understanding of Computer Science fundamentals such as OOP, Data Structures, Design Patters, Algorithms
• You have a good understanding of CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• You have an appreciation of Azure, SaaS, PaaS, microservices
• You're likely to degree educated in a relevant STEM discipline e.g. Computer Science with a good grasp of mathematics

What's in it for you

As a Lead Software Engineer you will receive a competitive salary plus a range of perks and benefits:

• Up to £100k salary plus bonus (c20%)
• Hybrid working (3 days a week work from home)
• Enhanced parental leave
• 25 days holiday (plus buy days and your birthday off)
• Pension (up to 10% contribution)
• Health Care and Life Assurance
• Training and career development
• Social events and a range of other perks

Apply now

to find out more about this Lead Software Engineer / Developer (C# .Net) opportunity.

At Client Server we believe in a diverse workplace that allows people to play to their strengths and continually learn. We're an equal opportunities employer whose people come from all walks of life and will never discriminate based on race, colour, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. The clients we work with share our values.