Lead Software Engineer (.NET & Java) - £700 (Outside IR35)
Lead Software Engineer (.NET & Java) - £700 (Outside IR35)
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Principal Consultant at Oliver Bernard | Specialist in scaling Software Engineering teams.
Lead Software Engineer (.NET & Java)
Hybrid Working - 2 days a week in Central London
What You’ll Deliver
* Technical Leadership: Drive technical direction, provide architectural guidance, and mentor a high-performing engineering team.
* Team Growth: Foster continuous learning, provide career development support, and cultivate a collaborative engineering culture.
* Architecture & Delivery: Design, build, and deploy highly available, resilient, and zero-downtime APIs and backend services.
* Collaboration: Partner with engineers, product owners, and cross-functional stakeholders to solve meaningful business challenges.
* Operational Excellence: Own the reliability, monitoring, and performance of services, ensuring they meet agreed SLAs.
* Code Quality: Write clean, scalable, testable code with an emphasis on maintainability and long-term value.
* Process Improvement: Continuously refine development workflows, tools, and team practices for better productivity and outcomes.
About You
* Passionate about building exceptional APIs and backend systems that power real-world products.
* Proven ability to lead, mentor, and inspire engineers at various levels of experience.
* Committed to writing high-quality, well-tested, and readable code, with a strong emphasis on TDD and automation.
* A team-first mindset—driven by collective success over individual achievement.
What You’ll Bring
* Strong technical leadership experience guiding engineering teams through delivery cycles and growth.
* Solid hands-on expertise in C# and Java, with a deep understanding of object-oriented principles and clean coding practices.
* Track record of building cloud-native applications on platforms like Azure or AWS using IaaS, PaaS, containers, and serverless technologies.
* Deep understanding of API architecture, system design, and scaling strategies for high-performance distributed systems.
* Experience designing for high availability, fault tolerance, and zero-downtime deployments.
* Exposure to or appreciation of Agile methodologies and DevOps best practices.
* Strong understanding of system design patterns, event-driven architectures, and cloud infrastructure automation.
* FinTech domain experience—especially in consumer lending, credit card issuance, or payments systems.
* Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, API gateways, and observability tools in production environments.
Lead Software Engineer (.NET & Java)
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