Lead Software Engineer | London | Hybrid | £100,000
SR2 · London · posted 7 days ago
Going rate £54,700UK median £56,914London £75,296
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Occupation
2134Programmers and software development professionals
Going rate for this occupation: £54,700 · UK median pay £56,914
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Where this salary sits
- UK pay for this occupation
- This role£100,000 to £900,000stated · above the range ONS published
- Going rate£54,700
- UK median£56,914
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| Percentile | Pay |
|---|---|
| 10th | £32,835 |
| 25th | £42,289 |
| 50th | £56,914 |
| 75th | £75,794 |
| 90th | £102,860 |
| Going rate | £54,700 |
| UK median | £56,914 |
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- Occupation is eligible for Skilled Worker
- Salary clears the going rate
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Lead Software Engineer
I'm hiring! Lead Software Engineer | Java | AWS | AI | System Architecture | Kafka | 2 days a week in London| £100,000 + Benefits
Love leading engineers, but not ready to hang up your coding gloves?
I'm partnering with a brilliant FinTech business doing something a little different and building a product that actually let's people experience what it's actually like to work in Trading, Banking and Quantitative Finance.
They're growing, evolving their platform, and looking for a Lead Software Engineer who still really likes being a software engineer.
What will you actually do?
Write Java/Spring Boot code most weeks
Lead, support and unblock a small engineering team
Make architecture decisions alongside a hands-on CTO and Principal Engineer
Get stuck into distributed systems, event-driven services, APIs and AWS
Make CI/CD, testing and releases better (and ideally less exciting)
Work across Docker, React/TypeScript and real-time technology
Experiment seriously with AI coding agents - they're already part of how this team builds software
Necessary experience with:
Java/ Spring Boot
AWS
Kafka
System Design & Microservice Architecture
AI tooling experience
Desirable:
React
GDPR Knowledge | Experience working in the finance sector
This would be a great role for anyone who knows Java inside and out, had led engineers formally or unofficially and likes solving technical problems. This is a brilliant role for someone who has opinions about good software architecture and can explain why, can actually use AI coding tools and enjoys the autonomy of figuring things out.
A financial background is not necessary, but an interest into how markets work would be great.
Experience working in a smaller team or startup/ scale environment would be desirable.
£100,000 + Benefits and a flexible working environment within a genuinely tech for good business.
Sounds up your street? Drop me your CV and contact number to discuss further.
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