C# Team Lead - Trading

Role Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a cross-functional team of engineers working on innovative Front Office solutions for our Rates & FX business lines
• Work closely with principal engineers in other regions to set and implement standards for engineering excellence
• Work closely with Solution Architects and Enterprise Architecture to build solutions that align to the IT strategy/vision
• Take ownership of, and be accountable for, the delivery and quality of engineering and solutions, ensuring they meet business requirements, adhere to best practices, and are delivered on time and within scope
• Seek to continuously improve, experimenting with technologies and methodologies to improve delivery, and guarantee the best solution and approach
• Communicate effectively on progress and ensure impediments are raised early to minimise impact on the delivery

Experience / Competences

Essential

• A proven track record of building and managing high performance, cross-functional engineering teams, working in an Agile environment
• Demonstrable experience designing, developing and maintaining distributed, event-driven, cloud-native systems
• Expert in the latest versions of .NET Framework and .NET Core (C#)
• Experience in API (REST, GraphQL) design and development
• Experience in relational database design and optimization (MSSQL, MySQL, etc.)
• Experience in the deployment and management of cloud (AWS, Azure, etc.) assets
• Demonstrable understanding of the full SDLC, proactive involvement in shaping the delivery prior and during development, through QA phase, and post-release support
• Be pragmatic and delivery-focused, evaluating/challenging designs and approaches to achieve the best outcome for the project, capable of working on multiple tasks simultaneously and managing deadlines
• Excellent attention to detail, highly organised with a proactive and independent approach to problem solving and innovative solutions, using POC(s) to validate approaches
• Ability to communicate, influence and persuade peers using strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, including teamwork, facilitation and negotiation
• Experience in building scalable and maintainable automated testing solutions for complex systems