Lead Software Developer C# - Finance

In this role you will lead and hands-on develop core applications, shaping the architecture of APIs and microservices to handle data and business rules. You will mentor the team, conduct code reviews, and collaborate with internal teams and customers to align the product roadmap with technical feasibility. The position sits at a growth-oriented fintech scale-up building a technical centre of excellence in the North East. You drive high-quality software while guiding design decisions and best practices.

• 25 days holiday
• Bupa healthcare
• Generous pension contribution
• Continuous career development opportunities
• Social team atmosphere with events

• Design and implement core application logic and APIs/microservices
• Oversee secure, reliable server environments and deployment/configuration
• Collaborate with internal teams and customers to gather requirements and shape product roadmap
• Provide technical leadership through architecture discussions, code reviews, and mentoring
• Solve complex distributed systems problems and remove blockers for the team

• Experience in a similar finance/trading/hedge fund environment
• Strong leadership and people-management skills (1-2-1s, mentoring, project leadership)
• Proficiency with modern C# .Net Core; Python and other OO languages are a bonus
• Solid knowledge of software engineering best practices and lifecycle
• Strong CS fundamentals (OOP, data structures, design patterns, algorithms)
• Ability to work hands-on with architecture and design

• collaboration
• problem solving
• coaching/mentoring
• C# .Net Core
• APIs and microservices
• distributed systems