Lead Software Developer

Salary: £28,000 - 45,000 per year

Requirements:

• Experienced engineer who enjoys guiding and mentoring others while remaining hands-on with technical work
• Strong commitment to delivering high-quality, robust solutions and applying and promoting engineering best practices
• Ability to understand and pragmatically apply best practices from across our Engineering Group
• Hands-on full-stack engineering experience with C#, ASP.NET Core, Entity Framework, and SQL
• Experience leading the engineering of web applications; mobile development experience is an advantage
• Strong record of collaborating with product managers, delivery leads, test teams, and support functions
• Clear understanding of the business domains served by previous products
• Experience working effectively with remote teams
• Desirable: hands-on experience with React or another modern front-end framework, such as Angular or Vue.js
• Desirable: practical understanding of front-end development principles and component-based UI architecture

Responsibilities:

• Lead and grow a highly performing engineering team that delivers excellent outcomes for our Issuer Services Investor Engagement business
• Build and foster a passionate, skilled, engaged, and motivated team of software engineers
• Help the team engage closely and collaboratively with the business
• Provide coaching, mentoring, and day-to-day support to engineers
• Coordinate coaching, mentoring, training, and professional development programs
• Encourage participation in learning and development activities, including industry updates, lunch-and-learn sessions, mentoring, and formal training
• Drive the maturation of Software and Solution Engineering as valued disciplines within our Engineering team
• Attend conferences and in-house training, then share learnings with and encourage participation from our internal Engineering community
• Contribute strategically, promote engineering best practices, and remain hands-on with technical work

Technologies:

• ASP.NET
• Angular
• C#
• Support
• Mobile
• React
• SQL
• Vue
• Web
• UX UI Design
• JavaScript

More:

We are recruiting a Lead Software Developer for our Issuer Services business, working closely with the Technical Delivery Lead. The role is part of a newly established team in Edinburgh creating next-generation customer experiences on a unified platform that brings together multiple businesses and product capabilities. You will be based in our Edinburgh office at least three days a week, with some flexibility to work from home. We offer a collaborative team environment, continuous learning and development, flexible work arrangements, health and wellbeing rewards, a share purchase scheme with a company contribution, recognition awards, and team events. We are a global financial administration business with more than 11,000 employees across over 22 countries. Our open, inclusive culture supports growth and career development, and our Technology Services team welcomes new ideas and empowers people to make a difference.

last updated 40 week of 2026