Job Description
About The Role
FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking a Lead Software Engineer to work for our client within the Financial Services sector. This is initially a 6 month contract with the potential to extend and will be a hybridrole that will be based in Edinburgh.
Our client is seeking an accomplished and driven Lead Software Engineer to join the Issuer Services Engineering team. You will be an experienced engineer who takes genuine satisfaction in guiding and mentoring others while remaining hands on with your technical work. You will have a strong commitment to delivering high quality, robust solutions and a real passion for applying and promoting industry best practice. You will support the growth and development of those around you and help the team maintain consistently high standards.
Responsibilities:
* Be a hands-on full stack engineer with experience in React, C#, ASP.NET Core, Entity Framework and SQL
* Bring experience of leading the engineering of web applications, with an understanding of mobile development considered an advantage
* Have a strong record of collaborating with product managers, delivery leads, test teams and support functions
* Demonstrate a clear understanding of the business domains your products have served
* Demonstrate experience of working effectively with remote teams
* Provide coaching, mentoring and day to day support to engineers within the team
* Encourage active learning and knowledge sharing across the team, including participation in industry updates, internal learning sessions, mentoring and formal training
* Demonstrate a commitment to continuous self-development, consistently investing in your own learning and expanding your skills.
About You
* Tertiary qualifications in Technology or similar/relevant certifications
* Experience creating and executing professional development plans
* Experience creating/contributing to educational/skill development materials
* Experience creating & documenting solution architectures
* Experience developing in front-end development languages (React / Angular / JavaScript etc)
* Experience developing in a modern software language C#/Java/Ruby etc
* Experience with build pipeline tools (TeamCity; Octopus; Azure DevOps etc)
* Experience as a Team Lead or demonstratable mentoring of Engineers
* Minimum 10 years of experience in using the tools mentioned above.
Preferred:
* Azure DevOps and broader Azure Cloud services
* Experience/exposure with the below technologies would be great, but isn’t necessary:
* React Native, Redux and TypeScript
* Gatsby and GraphQL
* C#, .Net Core, and MSSQL
About Us
We are a business and technology consultancy and one of the UK's leading graduate employers, recruiting the brightest talent to become the innovators of tomorrow. We have centres across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific, and a global workforce of over 2,500 employees. FDM has shown exponential growth throughout the years, firmly establishing itself as an award-winning employer and is listed on the FTSE4Good Index
Diversity and Inclusion
FDM Group is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, provincial or local laws.
Why join us
* Career coaching, mentoring and access to upskilling throughout your entire FDM career
* Assignments with global companies and opportunities to work abroad
* Opportunity to re-skill and up-skill into new areas, develop non-linear career paths and build a skillset within your field
* Annual leave and work-place pension