Software Engineering Lead C#.Net Azure - Fintech

Client Server; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 117,000 - 143,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus (20%)

Learning & development budget

Private Health Care

Travel Insurance

Mental Health support & wellbeing

Job summary

Client Server Limited is seeking an experienced Software Engineering Lead in London with a strong background in C#/.Net, Azure and React. The role combines hands-on coding with people leadership to build high performing teams and deliver quarterly objectives across a hybrid London/WFH setup.

You will mentor engineers, drive performance reviews and calibrations, remove blockers, and shape the engineering culture while collaborating closely with Product, QA and Technical Leaders to ensure

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading and delivering complex projects.
• Extensive commercial experience with C# .Net and Azure.
• Hands-on technical contributor with strong leadership and mentoring skills.
• Ability to manage cross-team dependencies and align with Product/QA/Stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a high performing engineering team.
• Own quarterly delivery objectives and team development.
• Provide mentorship, feedback and performance management.
• Collaborate with Product, QA and Technical Leaders to align strategy and execution.

Skills

C# .Net

Azure

React

Leadership

Mentoring

Delivery management

Job description

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 conversations and 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 effectivewith 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

Software Engineering Lead C#.Net Azure - FinTech • London, England