Lead Software Engineer C# .Net - FinTech

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

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working 3 days WFH

Enhanced parental leave

25 days holiday (plus buy days)

Job summary

Client Server Limited in the UK is seeking a Lead Software Engineer / Developer (C# .Net Desktop Application) in Reigate with hybrid WFH options.

You will lead three agile teams, shape architecture and develop the flagship desktop insurance platform handling billions of requests monthly, while driving security, reliability and performance.

The role offers up to £100k salary plus bonus and a flexible hybrid working model.

Qualifications

• Expertise in C# desktop development and large, scalable systems.
• Strong technical leadership and ownership of features.
• Advocate of clean, maintainable code and modern MS software engineering practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead three Agile teams (~10 engineers) on the flagship desktop platform.
• Architect, design and develop new features with focus on security, reliability and performance.
• Collaborate with Product Owner and other teams to influence design and tech decisions.

Skills

C# .NET Core

Technical leadership

Collaborative mindset

Clean code practices

Event-driven architecture

CS fundamentals

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Azure

SaaS

PaaS

Microservices

Education

Degree in Computer Science or STEM

Tools

Jira

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.

What's in it for you:

• 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

Your role:

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 be degree educated in a relevant STEM discipline e.g. Computer Science with a good grasp of mathematics