Software Developer / Team Lead C#.Net

Client Server Limited; Bracknell; Hybrid; GBP 86,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Holiday entitlement

Pension

Healthcare

Life Assurance

Income Protection

Critical Illness

Job summary

Client Server Limited in Bracknell is seeking a Software Developer / Team Lead (C# .Net) to lead a squad while writing production code and solving complex problems. You will shape architecture, API design and release strategies, and work closely with Product Managers on roadmaps and priorities.

You will mentor engineers, promote modern development practices, and champion AI tooling across the SDLC. The role offers hybrid working with the Bracknell office twice weekly and a salary up to £95k plus

Qualifications

• Strong experience providing technical / team leadership within a software engineering team.
• Backend development with C# .Net; OO languages acceptable.
• Strong system design experience, distributed systems and microservices.
• Frontend experience with Vue.js, React, or modern Angular.
• Good knowledge of SQL and relational databases.
• Production experience with AWS (SQS, DynamoDB, S3, ECS, Lambda).
• Experience owning CI/CD and release processes (GitHub Actions).
• Hands-on experience with AI agentic tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot).
• Collaborative and pragmatic with strong communication to engineers and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead your Squad across architecture, development, delivery and production operations while writing production code.
• Own system architecture, API design, technical decisions, design reviews and code quality.
• Partner with Product Managers on roadmaps, delivery plans and priorities.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring and 1-2-1s to engineers; drive improvements and set standards.
• Champion AI and agentic coding tools across the software development lifecycle.

Skills

Team leadership

C# .Net

System design

Distributed systems

Frontend frameworks

SQL databases

AWS

CI/CD

AI tooling

Payments domain

Tools

GitHub Actions

Job description

Software Developer / Team Lead (C# .Net) Bracknell / WFH to £95k

Are you a skilled Software Developer with strong team leadership experience?

You could be joining a global financial services company as they rebuild the international payments platform, working within the Corporate Payments division.

As a Software Developer / Team Lead you'll lead your Squad across architecture, development, delivery and production operations whilst remaining hands-on, writing production code and tackling the most technically complex problems. You'll own system architecture, API design, technical decisions, design reviews and code quality and partner with Product Managers on roadmaps, delivery plans and priorities.

Providing technical leadership, mentoring, 1-2-1s and feedback you'll help to develop the engineers within the team, ensuring continuous improvement and setting standards for how the team builds, tests and ships. You'll champion AI and agentic coding tools across the software development lifecycle, driving process improvements and modern techniques.

This is ideal for a senior engineer who wants to lead from the front - combining technical ownership, hands-on development and genuine responsibility for the growth of the team.

Location / WFH:

You can work from home most of the time, joining colleagues in the Bracknell office twice a week.

About you:

• You have strong experience providing technical / team leadership within a software engineering team
• You have strong backend development skills with C# .Net (would also consider other OO languages)
• You have strong system design experience, particularly distributed systems and microservices
• You have frontend experience with Vue.js, React or modern Angular
• You have a good knowledge of SQL and relational databases
• You have production experience with AWS, ideally including SQS, DynamoDB, S3, ECS and Lambda
• You have experience owning CI/CD and release processes, such as GitHub Actions
• You have hands-on experience with Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot or similar agentic tools, with a clear view on effective AI adoption
• You're collaborative and pragmatic with great communication skills, with the ability to explain technical decisions to both engineering and business stakeholders
• A background in payments, FX or another regulated industry would be of benefit

What's in it for you:

• Salary to £95k + bonus
• 23 days holiday, rising to 28 + your birthday off
• Pension, Life Assurance, Income Protection, Critical Illness Cover
• Healthcare