Software Engineering Lead C# .Net Azure - FinTech

Client Server Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus (20%)

£1k learning and development budget

Private Health Care

Travel Insurance

Mental Health sessions

Wellbeing allowance

Annual sabbatical in year 4

Cycle to work scheme

Travel loan

Free breakfast

Job summary

Client Server Limited is seeking an experienced Software Engineering Lead in London with hands-on C# .Net and Azure experience. You will lead a high-performing team, own quarterly delivery objectives, mentor engineers, and shape day-to-day culture across hybrid and in-office setups.

The role emphasizes collaboration with Product and QA, balancing customer outcomes with team performance, and driving sustainable engineering practices in a growing FinTech environment.

Qualifications

• Experience leading and delivering complex projects.
• Proven ability to mentor and develop engineers.
• Strong understanding of modern software practices and cloud architectures.
• Customer-focused with data-driven decision making.

Responsibilities

• Lead and build a high-performing engineering team.
• Own quarterly delivery objectives and team culture.
• Remain hands-on technically while guiding the team.
• Provide mentorship, feedback and performance calibration.
• Collaborate with Product, QA and Tech Leaders to align strategy.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Delivery management

Stakeholder collaboration

People management

Software engineering experience

Tools

C#/.NET

Azure

React

Full-stack development

Job description

London, Greater London | £100k - £130k per year

Software Engineering Lead (C# .Net Azure React) London / WFH to £130k

Are you an experienced Software Engineering Lead with a track record of building high performance teams?

You could be progressing your career in a hands‑on Software Engineering Lead role at a hugely successful and scaling FinTech.

As a Software Engineering Lead you'll build and lead a high performing, healthy engineering team, taking ownership of quarterly delivery objectives, the development of your direct reports and the day‑to‑day culture that enables great engineering work.

You'll remain hands‑on technically, but your biggest impact will come through your people and what the team delivers. You'll provide mentorship and constructive feedback, remove blockers, manage performance and advocate for your engineers through calibration and promotion processes. You'll build a team that can operate effectively and sustainably without relying on you to solve every problem.

Collaborating with Product, QA and Technical Leaders, you'll align the team around strategy, priorities and execution, while maintaining clear communication across remote, hybrid and in‑person environments. You'll proactively identify and manage delivery, technical and people risks, ensuring challenges are addressed before they become blockers.

Customer focus will be central to your decision making, balancing customer outcomes with the needs of the team and wider business. This is a role for an experienced engineering leader who combines strong people leadership with credible technical skills and a genuine desire to help engineers and teams perform at their best.

Location / WFH:

There's a hybrid work from home policy with three days a week in the dog friendly, London office, where you can enjoy a diverse, sociable team atmosphere.

About you:

• You have experience of leading and delivering complex projects
• You have advanced leadership or mentoring skills with the appetite to own the full management remit, from hiring and development through to the harder people conversationsand performance reviews
• You have extensive commercial experience with C# .Net (full stack development and React would also be useful but not essential)
• You have a strong understanding of modern software development practices and Azure cloud based scalable architecture
• You are customer focused, commercially aware and have a data informed approach to your decision making
• You can manage cross team dependencies and collaborate effectively with Product, QA and other stakeholders

What's in it for you:

As a Software Engineering Lead you will earn a competitive package including:

• Salary to £130k
• Bonus (c20%)
• £1k learning and development budget
• Private Health Care, Travel Insurance, Mental Health sessions, Wellbeing allowance
• Annual anniversary awards (including 4 week paid sabbatical in year 4)
• Perks such as cycle to work scheme, travel loan, office dogs and free breakfast