Software Engineering Team Lead (Fintech)

TL;DR

Software Engineering Team Lead (Fintech): Leading a cross-functional team in developing a next-generation mobile-first investment platform with an accent on team delivery, line management, and full software development lifecycle. Focus on improving product and processes through automation, building performant, scalable, secure, and well-tested code.

Location: Hybrid working with a minimum of 50% of your working time per month in the office in Manchester, London, or Bristol. For new team members, an initial period will be full-time in the office.

Company

hirify.global is a FTSE 250 investment platform business in the UK, providing award-winning solutions for professional financial advisers and DIY investors.

What you will do

• Provide hands-on leadership for a cross-functional engineering team, including line management, coaching, and mentoring approximately 5 engineers.
• Engage in the full software development lifecycle, from requirements gathering to building, testing, deployment, and production support.
• Continuously identify and implement improvements in products, processes, and practices to reduce friction and waste.
• Champion automated testing, continuous integration, and continuous deployment.
• Work across different specialisms and technologies as needed to ensure tasks are completed.

Requirements

• Previous experience leading an engineering team, including line management duties such as personal development coaching and performance reviews.
• Excellent programming and problem-solving skills.
• Understanding of relevant software design patterns and paradigms (e.g., OOAD, DDD, MVC, microservices, containers/orchestration, event-driven architecture).
• Experience in creating performant, scalable, secure, and well-tested code.
• Strong sense of ownership of tasks and problems, including clearing roadblocks and collaborating with others.

Nice to have

• Experience working with Investment or Pensions platforms.
• Prior knowledge of Go, gRPC/proto, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes/Docker, TypeScript/Vue, Dart/Flutter is beneficial.

Culture & Benefits

• Friendly working environment with a strong sense of teamwork and pride in the work.
• Hybrid working model with flexibility, including a minimum of 50% of time in the office.
• Starting holiday entitlement of 26 days, increasing up to 31 days with service, plus a holiday buy and sell scheme.
• Choice of pension schemes with matched contributions up to 7% and a discretionary bonus scheme.
• Health Cash Plan, discounted private healthcare, free onsite gym, and Employee Assistance Programme.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave policies.
• Access to personal development programmes, ongoing technical training, and professional qualification support.
• Regular social events, including monthly payday drinks, annual Christmas party, and summer party.