Senior Software Architect & Technical Lead

corpay; Meriden; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4x Life Insurance

Pension Scheme - 5% employer

Private Healthcare

25 days annual leave

LinkedIn Learning

Gratitudes discounts

Job summary

Corpay in Meriden is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to shape and deliver scalable SaaS applications across the r2cOnline and 1link ecosystems. You will design architecture, mentor engineers, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive reliability and performance.

The role emphasizes hands-on coding with TDD/BDD, strong DevOps practices, and AI-enabled improvements. You will lead architectural decisions and help grow the engineering community.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building software in a SaaS environment.
• Experience with modern cloud services (AWS/Azure) and microservices.
• Proficient in C#, ASP.NET Core, REST APIs, and frontend tech (React).
• Strong debugging, testing (TDD/BDD) and DevOps mindset.
• Ability to mentor engineers and drive architectural decisions.

Responsibilities

• Designing and architecting product components for seamless integration across ecosystems.
• Drive alignment with architectural roadmap and best practices.
• Mentor and coach engineers and contribute to engineering community.
• Provide honest feedback and leadership to product teams.
• Support recruitment and build a productive development environment.
• Lead AI-driven enhancements where value is measurable.

Skills

Software development

Problem solving

Communication

Leadership

Mentoring

Tools

AWS

Azure

Azure DevOps

Git

Jira

Confluence

VS Code

Visual Studio

Rider

ReSharper

WebAPI

ASP.NET

NET Core

React.js

Redux

JWT

Storybook

Jest

Enzyme

SQL Server

Dapper

Log4Net

Autofac

MSTest

Octopus Deploy

SpecFlow

Selenium WebDriver

JMeter

Gherkin

Job description

Corpay in Meriden is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to shape and deliver scalable SaaS applications across the r2cOnline and 1link ecosystems. You will design architecture, mentor engineers, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive reliability and performance.

The role emphasizes hands-on coding with TDD/BDD, strong DevOps practices, and AI-enabled improvements. You will lead architectural decisions and help grow the engineering community.