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Referment is seeking a hands-on Software Engineering Lead in Portugal who blends development with architectural oversight. You will design and implement .NET Core services in Azure, deliver reliable financial workflows, and guide a small delivery team.
You’ll shape technical standards, mentor engineers, and improve how software moves from development into production. This role can be remote within Portugal or hybrid from the Portimão office, balancing delivery speed with security and reliability.
Referment is working with a financial technology business providing cross-border payments, multi-currency accounts and currency risk management for organisations with complex international operations.
As Software Engineering Lead, you'll combine hands-on .NET development with architectural responsibility and guidance for other engineers. The systems you build support financial operations where security, reliability and clear controls matter as much as delivery speed.
You'll work with Product, Operations and Engineering to turn business requirements into maintainable services in Azure. The remit includes shaping technical standards, mentoring engineers and improving how software moves from development into production. You can work remotely within Portugal or choose a hybrid arrangement at the Portimão office.
Fintech or regulated environments would be helpful, as would experience with distributed systems, microservices, Docker or Kubernetes. Exposure to Blazor or React and to observability and performance tuning would also be relevant.
This could suit a hands-on technical lead or senior .NET engineer who already guides others and wants a role spanning implementation, architecture and engineering quality.