Lead Software Engineer – Payments Platform

United States Digital Space LLC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

23 days annual leave

Birthday day off

Pension plan 4%

Healthcare

ESPP discount

Life & Disability cover

Mental health support

Volunteer day

Job summary

Xe is rebuilding core platform layers for cross‑border payments. We are seeking a Team Lead who will own the squad's architecture, API design, and delivery, while mentoring engineers and guiding the use of AI tools across the SDLC.

You will collaborate with Product Managers and other squads to move money for Xe's customers, ensuring reliability and scalable growth. You are a hands‑on leader with 6–10+ years in production software, strong backend in C#/.NET, and frontend fluency.

Qualifications

• 6 to 10+ years building production software systems end‑to‑end.
• Proven track record leading a software squad and owning architecture.
• Experience coaching engineers, providing feedback, and growing talent.
• Strong backend proficiency in C# / .NET; frontend fluency with modern frameworks.
• Experience with distributed systems and microservices; payments or fintech focus is a plus.
• Proficient in AWS and CI/CD pipelines; familiarity with release gating.

Responsibilities

• Lead the squad responsible for a revenue‑critical platform slice, including services and APIs.
• Set technical direction, review design and code, and manage production incident response.
• Own delivery schedules, roadmap alignment, and sprint planning with the PM.
• Mentor engineers, run regular 1:1s, and support career growth.
• Embed AI tooling into the SDLC and establish best practices for agentic coding.

Skills

Team leadership

Backend development

C# / .NET

Frontend fluency

Distributed systems

AWS

CI/CD

AI tooling

Communication

Tools

Vue.js

React

GitHub Actions

SQS

DynamoDB

Lambda

Job description

Xe is rebuilding core platform layers for cross‑border payments. We are seeking a Team Lead who will own the squad's architecture, API design, and delivery, while mentoring engineers and guiding the use of AI tools across the SDLC.

You will collaborate with Product Managers and other squads to move money for Xe's customers, ensuring reliability and scalable growth. You are a hands‑on leader with 6–10+ years in production software, strong backend in C#/.NET, and frontend fluency.