Delivery Lead (C++) - Hybrid in Central London - Inside IR35 - Up to £850 per day

Delivery Lead (C++)

• Inside IR35 - Up to £850 per day
• Hybrid in Central London
• 12-Month Initial Contract
• November Start Date

Our client, a leading financial services organisation, is looking for a hands-on Delivery Lead to embed modern engineering practices within its product squads through live delivery work. The focus is on improving how engineers build, test, review, maintain and modernise software in a regulated environment.

You'll work alongside experienced engineers and subject matter experts on real engineering problems, using pairing, code review and practical delivery to raise software quality and build lasting internal capability.

Modern software engineering

• Work Embedded in priority squads on live backlog items, setting the standard for good engineering practice.
• Lead by example on refactoring, unit testing, code quality, peer review and maintainability.
• Spot opportunities to improve engineering flow, reduce technical debt and strengthen software quality across critical financial systems.
• Support the incremental modernisation of existing platforms without disrupting live delivery.

Coaching and capability

• Pair and mob with engineers to build durable internal capability.
• Coach teams through the practical adoption of modern engineering standards and practices.
• Turn live squad work into reusable examples, patterns, templates and playbook content.
• Support independence testing to show that squads can sustain improved practices without ongoing supplier support.

Evidence and adoption

• Use practical engineering evidence, such as code quality, test coverage and standards adoption, to demonstrate progress.
• Work closely with Engineering Leads and subject matter experts to identify engineering pain points and turn them into actionable improvements.

Requirements

• A proven track record of strong commercial software engineering experience, with hands-on delivery.
• Solid software engineering fundamentals.
• Experience modernising Legacy systems incrementally.
• Strong experience in code quality, refactoring, automated testing and peer review.
• Strong C++ capability, with the ability to work across other enterprise languages where needed.
• Experience coaching or mentoring engineering teams through live delivery.
• Strong Git and CI/CD experience.
• Experience working in financial services organisations.

Desirable

• Experience with Real Time, event-driven, high-volume or resilience-critical systems, such as trading, risk or market data platforms.
• Experience with AI-assisted engineering workflows.