Lead Software Engineer C# .Net - FinTech

Client Server; Reigate and Banstead; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus up to 20%

Hybrid work

Enhanced parental leave

25 days holiday

Pension up to 10%

Health care

Life assurance

Training and career development

Social events

Job summary

Client Server in Reigate, England, invites a senior Lead Software Engineer to shape our flagship C# .Net desktop platform used across FinTech products. You will lead three Agile teams, own features end to end, and drive architecture, security, reliability and performance.

The role blends hands-on coding with technical leadership in a hybrid setup. You will collaborate with Product Owners, mentor engineers, and push for scalable software while adopting Microsoft best practices.

Qualifications

• Experience with C# .Net Core backend in large, scalable systems.
• Strong technical leadership in an Agile environment.
• Advocate for clean, maintainable code using Microsoft best practices.
• Knowledge of CI/CD and IaC.
• Familiarity with Azure, SaaS, PaaS, microservices.

Responsibilities

• Lead three Agile teams delivering flagship desktop platform.
• Architect, design and develop features with focus on security and performance.
• Collaborate with Product Owner and other teams on technical decisions.

Skills

C# .NET Core

Leadership

Architectural design

CI/CD

IaC

Azure

Distributed systems

Agile teams

Education

Degree in Computer Science

Tools

Azure

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

Lead Software Engineer C# .Net - FinTech (PR/100772) Reigate, England

Salary: GBP85000 - GBP100000 per annum + bonus + benefits

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