Lead Software Developer

Are you ready to take the lead in shaping innovative software solutions for a growing financial services company? Were partnering with a forward-thinking organisation thats expanding its technical team in Edinburgh and Glasgow. As a Lead Software Developer, youll join a cross-functional Agile group dedicated to delivering market-leading digital products that truly support clients and their employees.

This is your chance to work on a diverse range of projects from greenfield builds to enhancing established platforms, while sharing your expertise and mentoring others. If you thrive on collaboration, value technical excellence, and want to make a tangible impact in a supportive, growth-focused environment, this could be the role for you!

What Youll Be Doing:

• Leading technical development, design, and architecture for impactful, cloud-native projects.
• Writing and reviewing clean, testable code in .NET and Azure.
• Evolving existing systems and designing new ones with clarity and pragmatism.
• Driving engineering excellence through code reviews, performance tuning and scalable architecture.
• Coaching, mentoring and enabling growth in others through people-first leadership.
• Contributing to project planning, specification, and estimation discussions.

What Youll Bring:

• Proven experience with the Microsoft development stack (.NET, C#, Azure DevOps).
• Strong background in designing scalable, distributed systems and applying architectural best practices.
• Ability to create thoughtful, effective designs and contribute to technical discussions.
• Passion for simplicity, maintainability, and quality in code.
• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative, growth-oriented mindset.
• Experience supporting and inspiring technical growth across the team.

Whats in it for you:

• Competitive salary (6575k) plus profit share.
• Hybrid working in either the Edinburgh or Glasgow office
• Extensive benefits: enhanced pension, private medical, life insurance, gym membership, childcare vouchers, 32 days annual leave (including statutory) plus your birthday off.
• Dedicated learning time, personal development budget, and a mentoring programme.
• A supportive, inclusive culture that values your voice as much as your skills.
• Clear focus on career progression and continuous development.

If you are ready for a new challenge, the chance to join a great company and make a real technical impact, hit apply or call Lauren (0131 659 9895) for a confidential chat.