Technical .NET Lead Engineer

Company: Stonex Group
Location: Birmingham
Posted on: February 26, 2026

Job Description:

Connecting clients to markets – and talent to opportunity With 4,300 employees and over 400,000 retail and institutional clients from more than 80 offices spread across five continents, we’re a Fortune-100, Nasdaq-listed provider, connecting clients to the global markets – focusing on innovation, human connection, and providing world-class products and services to all types of investors. At StoneX, we offer you the opportunity to be part of an institutional-grade financial services network that connects companies, organizations, and investors to the global market’s ecosystem. As a team member, youll benefit from our unique blend of digital platforms, comprehensive clearing and execution services, personalized high-touch support, and deep industry expertise. Elevate your career with us and make a significant impact in the world of global finance. Business Segment Overview: Engage in a deep variety of business-critical activities that keep our company running efficiently. From strategic marketing and financial management to human resources and operational oversight, you’ll have the opportunity to optimize processes and implement game-changing policies. Responsibilities Position Purpose: We are looking for a hands-on Lead with experience in building high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade applications. The role will lead and support 1-2 Agile teams and help deliver enterprise-wide solutions The role will be part of Client onboarding, which provides core services across the firm to streamline complex workflows and data across multiple business functions. You will be part of a talented engineer team that works on low-latency mission-critical applications. Roles and responsibilities include application architecture and development across full software development lifecycle from concept and design to testing, collaborating with like-minded engineers. Technically leading team of highly skilled software engineers, forging relationships with key stakeholders across diverse user base. Primary Duties will include: Lead team of software engineers providing architectural and technical direction. Lead enterprise-wide initiatives, provide technical guidance to developers and ensure high quality delivery. Contribute to all phases of software development lifecycle and working within Agile methodology. Write well designed, testable, efficient code. Do proof of concepts to test out various ideas and technologies. Ensure designs are in compliance with specifications. Prepare and produce releases of software components. Support continuous improvement by investigating alternatives and technologies and presenting these for architectural review. Qualifications To land this role you will need: Minimum 10 years’ experience building global enterprise level systems. Experience gained within Banking/Financial Services/FinTech sectors. Proven experience leading technical teams, providing direction and guidance. Proven hands-on experience building large scalable web-based applications using React (ideal)/Angular using Typescript. Proven hands-on experience designing and developing enterprise applications using C#/.NET Core. Experience developing complex distributed systems using Microservice architecture (event-based). Experience with containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes). Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS). Exposure with distributed messaging / streaming platforms (Apache Kafka). Experience build CI/CD pipelines (ideally Azure DevOps). Experience with TDD/BDD, testing framework (Jest/React-testing-library/Junit). Excellent knowledge of Relational Databases SQL and No-SQL databases. Experience working as part of global Agile team. Education: BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or in aa related subject. Working Environment: Hybrid (4 days in office per week) Hiring Salary Range $135,000.00 - $165,000.00 per year to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities of the applicant, internal equity and alignment with market data). Subject to business performance and recommendations of management, this role may be eligible to participate in an incentive compensation plan. This compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position, is offered.

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