Franklin Bates

Lead Software Engineer London (hybrid) 90k to 105k We're partnering with an ambitious London-based payments start-up looking to hire a hands-on Lead Software Engineer to help shape the next generation of their platform as they scale. This is a high-impact opportunity for a senior engineering leader who enjoys operating across architecture, platform engineering, product delivery, and technical strategy in a fast-moving environment. You'll play a key role in defining engineering standards, influencing product direction, and building scalable systems capable of supporting rapid growth within a modern payments ecosystem. The Opportunity Joining at an exciting stage of growth, you'll work closely with founders, product teams, and engineers to design and deliver a highly scalable payments platform using modern cloud-native technologies. This role combines: hands-on engineering, technical leadership, architecture ownership, and mentoring responsibilities. You'll be expected to remain close to the code while driving best practice across the wider engineering function. Key Responsibilities Define and evolve platform architecture across mobile, backend, and cloud infrastructure Lead engineering design decisions and establish scalable development standards Build and optimise high-performance backend services using Node.js Drive mobile architecture and delivery using React Native Own AWS infrastructure strategy, scalability, reliability, and security Work closely with product and leadership teams to shape technical roadmap Champion engineering excellence, DevOps culture, CI/CD, and automation Explore and implement modern AI-assisted engineering tooling and workflows Required Experience We're looking for a strong technical leader with recent experience of operating at Technical Architect, Principal Engineer or Staff Engineer level, with experience building scalable products within start-up or high-growth environments. Tech stack expertise - deep backend engineering expertise using NodeJS is needed, Typescript, familiarity with React Native, and strong knowledge around AWS infrastructure and cloud-native architecture. Consumer product intuition for the demographic - consumer fintech experience ideally, but even adjacent experience with consumer apps focused on Millennials and Gen Z would be a signal of the product intuition sought. Startup mindset - looking for someone comfortable operating in a small, early-stage team, where they'll help own the tech and will be comfortable currently being without a senior peer to validate decisions against (prior early-stage experience would be a strong signal). Architecture ownership - wanting candidates who've made architecture decisions at meaningful scale, so has a profile that evidence of that kind of decision making. AI as core leverage - LangChain, LangGraph, MCP, Claude Code, spec-driven development, prompt versioning at production etc., rather than just using AI as a productivity tool. What's on Offer Opportunity to shape architecture from an early stage High ownership and autonomy Modern engineering environment Fast-growing fintech business with strong leadership backing Competitive salary + equity potential Hybrid working in London

Join the data revolution. Own and manage the cloud platform for this SaaS based fintech scale up who are the number one company in the data reconciliation space, with 7 of the top 10 investment banks in the world as customers! Become the Head of Platform for this thriving UK fintech scale up. Remain hands on but manage and develop others. What you will do Manage a team of eight SREs, across multiple regions, ensuring they are tasked and equipped to succeed Liaise with external suppliers such as hosting & software providers Own and manage the hosting budget, reporting into the VP Engineering Manage and run a 24/7 platform support rotation Plan and manage the growth of a multi-region, multi-cloud Kubernetes estate What you need AWS experience First class diagnostic and troubleshooting skills Experience building and running a production infrastructure estate Have worked with Kubernetes and containers at scale Experience of secure environments There is a massive commitment to technical excellence with a gifted team in place, but egos are parked at the door. Work/life balance is central to the company's ethos, and they operate a hybrid model necessitating being in the London office once a week maximum. The salary is up to £120,000 + bonus. Interviews are being held ASAP and the process is swift and uncomplicated. AWS / Platform / Kubernetes / K8 / Cloud / Fintech / DevOps / SaaS/ Finance / Banking / WFH / Hybrid / London / Containers Franklin Bates is a leading IT recruitment consultancy specialising in Software Development, Cloud, & Data. We provide high quality contract, interim and permanent IT professionals to a broad range of technology companies within the UK.

Project Manager Project Manager / PM / Project Management A global technology leader in Enterprise Resource Planning who is dedicated to helping businesses drive growth are looking for a star player to take on a new Project Manager role within the team. With over nearly 5 decades of industry experience behind them, their modern, industry-specific software helps customers boost efficiency and productivity by simplifying and automating everyday processes . They have a stellar team of nearly 4,000 worldwide employees , who are passionate about building exceptional products and solutions through teamwork, constant innovation, and integrity . The ideal Project Manager candidate would have a software-focused background and 5+ years of ERP experience , either an an end-user Project Manager or as an IT Manager who has implemented ERP/s. You would be joining a close-knit, diverse project management team of 6 and stepping in at a mid-senior level, with ambitions to become a Senior Project Manager within 18 months. You will have: Multitasking capabilities - you will be working on 4-6 projects at any given time and will need to be able to task switch in a fast-moving environment under pressure Team building skills - you must be inclusive and personable An understanding of MRP functions Decision-making abilities Strong communication skills to involve other team members and keep everyone updated Change management skills This Project Manager position is offering £50,000 to £55,000 plus bonus and remote working is possible, with only a fortnightly office co-working day required in Warrington , and client visits 2-2.5 days a week on average across the UK. Project Manager / PM / Project Management / ERP / MRP / Software / IT Management / IT Manager Franklin Bates is a leading IT recruitment consultancy specialising in Software Development, Cloud, & Data. We provide high quality contract, interim and permanent IT professionals to a broad range of technology companies within the UK.