Technical Lead – FinTech Software (Hybrid, Manchester)

Socium; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Socium in Manchester is seeking a Development Team Lead to drive customer-facing software forward. You’ll balance leadership with hands-on writing code, guiding a team of engineers and setting delivery priorities.

You’ll work across C#, .NET and Azure, shaping architecture, APIs and event-driven services. You’ll mentor engineers, uphold high standards and push for reliable, user-friendly software that ships.

Qualifications

• Experience leading software engineers, with examples of how you’ve helped people improve.
• Strong C#/.NET, Azure and API experience, including event-driven or distributed systems.
• Background delivering customer-facing software, with emphasis on usability, performance and reliability.
• Comfort with difficult conversations, providing feedback and challenging unrealistic delivery expectations.
• Hands-on engineering interest with leadership as the primary focus of the role.

Responsibilities

• Lead the team day-to-day, set priorities and remove blockers.
• Coach engineers through code reviews, design discussions and feedback.
• Collaborate with Product to turn customer needs into technical delivery.
• Maintain high engineering standards: TDD, SOLID, maintainable code and robust testing.
• Stay hands-on with development and help solve complex problems.
• Explore how AI can improve development, testing and review with prudent oversight.

Skills

Leadership

C#/.NET

Azure

APIs

Event-driven

Distributed systems

Job description

Socium in Manchester is seeking a Development Team Lead to drive customer-facing software forward. You’ll balance leadership with hands-on writing code, guiding a team of engineers and setting delivery priorities.

You’ll work across C#, .NET and Azure, shaping architecture, APIs and event-driven services. You’ll mentor engineers, uphold high standards and push for reliable, user-friendly software that ships.