https://jobs.co.uk/job/lead-software-engineer-london-hybrid-100000-sr2-socially-responsible-recruitment--4f461700-598e-4e04-bb5b-ed2f5d5cf59a RSS feed for Lead Software Engineer | London | Hybrid | £100,000 at SR2 - Socially Responsible Recruitment. en-gb Fri, 04 Sep 2026 21:14:44 GMT https://jobs.co.uk/job/lead-software-engineer-london-hybrid-100000-sr2-socially-responsible-recruitment--4f461700-598e-4e04-bb5b-ed2f5d5cf59a https://jobs.co.uk/job/lead-software-engineer-london-hybrid-100000-sr2-socially-responsible-recruitment--4f461700-598e-4e04-bb5b-ed2f5d5cf59a Fri, 04 Sep 2026 11:52:09 GMT Location: London | Salary: 100000.00-100000.00 Annual | Type: Permanent | Lead Software EngineerI''m hiring! Lead Software Engineer | Java | AWS | AI | System Architecture | Kafka | 2 days a week in London| £100,000 + BenefitsLove 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 weeksLead, support and unblock a small engineering teamMake architecture decisions alongside a hands-on CTO and Principal EngineerGet stuck into distributed systems, event-driven services, APIs and AWSMake CI/CD, testing and releases better (and ideally less exciting)Work across Docker, React/TypeScript and Real Time technologyExperiment seriously with AI coding agents - they''re already part of how this team builds softwareNecessary experience with:Java/Spring BootAWSKafkaSystem Design andamp; Microservice ArchitectureAI tooling experienceDesirable:ReactGD... Permanent