Lead Software Engineer - FinTech Identity Network (Remote)

Select ID Ltd; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Select ID Ltd is building the UK's reusable digital identity network. We are a small, growing fintech where the Lead Developer will shape product, team and engineering culture with real ownership.

You’ll work with the CTO, design, product, and other developers to convert ideas into shippable software, including AI-assisted workflows. You will lead front-end and back-end development, set technical standards, and mentor teammates, all in a regulated fintech context with significant autonomy and

Qualifications

• Substantial experience (3+ years) as a senior or lead developer.
• Proven ability to work with solution designers and product owners to turn requirements into tasks.
• Strong full-stack capability across front-end and back-end.
• Experience delivering applications using multiple tech stacks (Node.js, Python, TS, C#, Java).
• Familiarity with OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect standards.

Responsibilities

• Break down products and features into well-defined, estimable development tasks.
• Plan, prioritise, estimate, and manage a small group of dev and operations stakeholders.
• Collaborate on design and implement front-end and back-end functionality, delivering part of the work.
• Contribute to standardising implementation patterns across the organisation.
• Guide work across developers and maintain high code quality through reviews.
• Make architectural decisions with a focus on security, reliability and auditability.
• Integrate AI tooling into the development workflow with proper reviews and audit trails.
• Own deployment and infrastructure as code with release processes.
• Mentor engineers and grow engineering practices as the team scales.
• Ensure testing and remediation across functional and non-functional domains, including security and accessibility.
• Maintain regulatory and audit documentation and support other business operations.

Skills

Full-stack

Node.js

Python

TypeScript

C#

Java

OAuth 2.0

OpenID Connect

Communication

Team leadership

Job description

Select ID Ltd is building the UK's reusable digital identity network. We are a small, growing fintech where the Lead Developer will shape product, team and engineering culture with real ownership.

You’ll work with the CTO, design, product, and other developers to convert ideas into shippable software, including AI-assisted workflows. You will lead front-end and back-end development, set technical standards, and mentor teammates, all in a regulated fintech context with significant autonomy and