Software Engineering Team Lead (.NET/C#)

A leading global financial services organisation is hiring a Software Engineering Team Lead to work on business-critical Front Office systems supporting high-value trading activity across Rates & FX.

This is a senior leadership role combining hands-on technical credibility with team ownership and delivery accountability, within a modern, cloud-native engineering environment. The Opportunity

You will lead a cross-functional engineering team responsible for designing, building, and evolving distributed systems used directly by Front Office stakeholders. Working in an Agile environment, you'll collaborate closely with senior engineers and architecture teams to ensure solutions are scalable, resilient, and aligned with long-term technology strategy.

This role suits someone who enjoys leading engineers, setting standards, and remaining close to complex technical problem-solving., * Lead and develop a high-performing engineering team

• Own delivery outcomes, quality, and engineering standards
• Design and evolve distributed, event-driven systems
• Partner with architecture and senior engineering stakeholders
• Drive continuous improvement across tooling, CI/CD, and testing
• Communicate progress clearly and manage delivery risks proactively

• Proven experience leading engineering teams in an Agile environment
• Strong expertise in C# and modern .NET/.NET Core
• Experience building distributed, event-driven systems
• API design and development (REST, GraphQL)
• Relational databases (SQL Server, MySQL, or similar)
• Cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure
• Solid understanding of the full software development life cycle
• Pragmatic, delivery-focused approach with strong communication skills

McGregor Boyall is a privately owned global recruitment consultancy founded in 1987. We are headquartered in the City of London, with additional offices covering the UK & Europe, the Middle East and North America. We provide permanent, contract and project-based recruitment services focusing on the mid-senior candidate market. We deliver within Financial Services, Commerce & Industry, and the Public Sector. Our primary specialisms cover all technology verticals and core business functions.