Lead Engineer (PA26Q2LEJH76)

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Software Engineer

Locations: London Hybrid 6 days a month

The Opportunity

The Lead Engineer will play a pivotal role within ourEngineering Team working closely with senior technology leadership to deliver high-quality products and features forour Asset Management and Asset Servicing platforms. Reporting directly to the senior engineering leadership the Lead Engineer will be accountable for driving technical excellencedevelopingand leading high-performing teams and bridging the current experience gap within the engineering function by bringing a strong execution focus depth of industry knowledge and leadership experience.

What You Will Get To Do:

Team Leadership and Development

• Lead coach and mentor a team of engineers focusing on raising capability and delivering professional growth.

• Build a culture of accountability high performance and continuous improvement.

• Actively develop and enhance the skills of junior and home-grown talentprovidingstructured guidance hands-on mentoring and performance feedback.

• Set clearobjectives provide regular evaluations and support career progression planning.

• Foster an inclusive collaborative and dynamic team environment.

Technical Execution

• Take ownership of the successful execution of project and product deliveries ensuring they meet agreed timelines quality and technical standards.

• Break down complex problems into manageable tasks translating business requirements into robust technical solutions.

• Lead solution design sessions ensuring alignment withour Architecture Group principles and Secure SDLC guidelines.

• Oversee detailed planning of development iterations with responsibility for prioritising technical work and managing team capacity.

• Champion engineering best practices including Agile methodologies version control peer reviews continuous integration and delivery and test-driven development.

Technology and Innovation

• Apply strong hands-onexpertisein key technologies including C# Angular Microsoft Azure cloud services and enterprise messaging systems.

• Identifyand address technical debt within the platform proactively balancing immediate product delivery needs with strategic improvements.

• Contribute to architectural discussions providing pragmatic scalable and sustainable solutions.

• Drive innovation through proof-of-concept development and exploration of emerging technologies to add value to the business.

• Ensureappropriate levelsof technical documentation operational readiness and performance testing are consistentlymaintained.

Stakeholder Management

• Collaborate closely with Product Architecture Operations and Commercial teams to deliver business goals.

• Represent the engineering team in cross-functional discussions ensuring technical decisions are well understood and aligned with business priorities.

• Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.

Service and Support

• Join the engineering out-of-hours on-call rota (typically once every 34 weeks) once fully onboarded and appropriately trained.

• Support incident investigation and resolution with a focus on root cause analysis and long-term fixes.

• Advocate for operational excellence ensuring services meet high availability reliability and security standards.

What You Will Bring:

• Extensive experience in leading software development teams with a strong executiontrack record.

• Deep technicalexpertisein:

• C# (.NET Framework and/ Core)

• Angular for SPA (Single Page Application) development

• Microsoft Azure cloud frameworks

• Enterprise messaging systems (e.g. Azure Service Bus RabbitMQ)

• Modern database systems (Microsoft SQL Server relational database design)

• High concurrency multi-threaded system development

• Strong understanding of Agile software development methodologies.

• Proven experience in designing scalable performant and resilient systems.

• Hands-on experience with secure software development practices and Secure SDLC principles.

Desirable

• Experience with:

• NoSQL databases

• Blockchain technologies (especially Ethereum)

• Containerisation (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes)

• Financial messaging protocols such as SWIFT 15022 SWIFT/ISO 20022 and FIX

• Previousexperience in the financial services or fintech sectors.

• Exposure to DevOps practices and tooling.

Person Specification

• Execution-Focused:Highly driven to deliver quality outcomes at pace.

• Experienced Leader:Sets the bar high for self and others leading by example.

• Team Builder:Able to grow and nurture technical talent with a clear passion for people development.

• Pragmatic Problem Solver:Adept at finding balanced solutions considering time cost and quality.

• Strong Communicator:Excellent interpersonal and communication skills across all levels of the organisation.

• Calm Under Pressure:Able to lead through ambiguity and high-pressure situations with confidence and clarity.

• Continuous Learner:Committed to personal and team learning and development.

• Integrity and Professionalism:High ethical standards aligned withourcompany values.

Why You Will Love It Here!

• Flexibility: Hybrid Work Model
• Your Future: Professional Development Reimbursement including access to SS&C University
• Work/Life Balance: Competitive holiday scheme
• Your Wellbeing: Competitive benefits designed to support the well-being of our staff
• Diversity & Inclusion: Committed to Welcoming Celebrating and Thriving on Diversity
• Training: Hands-On Team-Customised throughout your career

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds to enable us to bring diverse perspectives to our thinking and conversation. Its important to us that we strive to have a workforce that is diverse in the widest sense.

Thank you for your interest in SS&C! If applicable to further explore this opportunity please apply directly with us through our Careers page on our corporate website @ explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies Inc. or any of its affiliated companies the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters recruitment agencies or fee-based recruitment services.

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race color religious creed gender age marital status sexual orientation national origin disability veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.