Staff Software Engineer

Harnham - Data & Analytics Recruitment; City Of London; On-site; GBP 88,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Harnham - Data & Analytics Recruitment is seeking a Staff Software Engineer in London to own the architecture of a greenfield pricing and quote engine. You will drive architectural decisions across multiple systems and lead engineers across teams to deliver scalable, auditable solutions.

trabajos will involve complex pricing, underwriting rules, and cloud-native delivery on Azure. The role requires strong C#/.NET skills and experience in regulated environments, with autonomous technical

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on C#/.NET in cloud-native apps.
• Azure cloud experience essential.
• Experience designing pricing or underwriting engines.
• Ability to lead across multiple teams and domains.
• Familiar with regulated industry constraints is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical architecture for a greenfield pricing and quote engine project.
• Lead architectural decision-making across multiple systems and engineering teams.
• Design scalable, auditable, and reliable solutions for pricing, rating, and business rules processing.
• Partner with product and business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Identify and mitigate technical risks within complex calculation and decisioning systems.
• Establish engineering standards and best practices across the project.

Skills

C#/.NET

Azure

Pricing/quoting engines

Architectural leadership

Cloud-native architecture

CI/CD & observability

Regulated environments

Job description

Staff Software Engineer
London Outside IR35 (£550 per day)

This is an opportunity to take ownership of the architecture behind a business-critical pricing and quote platform. You'll play a key role in shaping the technical direction of a greenfield modernisation project, helping to build scalable solutions that enable faster, safer changes to pricing and underwriting logic.

The Company

They are a technology-led organisation operating within a highly regulated environment, investing in the modernisation of core business systems. Their engineering teams work closely with product, commercial, and business stakeholders to deliver platforms that have a direct impact on customer outcomes. As part of a wider transformation programme, they are looking for an experienced contractor to provide architectural leadership across their pricing and quoting capabilities.

The Role and Deliverables

• Own the technical architecture for a greenfield pricing and quote engine project.
• Lead architectural decision-making across multiple systems and engineering teams.
• Design scalable, auditable, and reliable solutions for pricing, rating, and business rules processing.
• Partner with product and business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Identify and mitigate technical risks within complex calculation and decisioning systems.
• Establish engineering standards and best practices across the project.

Your Skills & Experience

• Strong experience operating at Staff Engineer, Principal Engineer, or Lead Engineer level.
• Deep hands-on expertise with C# and .NET development.
• Strong experience building cloud-native solutions within Microsoft Azure.
• Proven background designing pricing engines, quote engines, underwriting systems, or other calculation-intensive platforms.
• Experience owning architecture across multiple teams and business domains.
• Strong understanding of modern software engineering practices, including CI/CD, automated testing, observability, and cloud architecture.
• Ability to work autonomously and provide technical leadership within a greenfield environment.
• Experience operating within regulated industries is advantageous.