Director, Software Engineering

Symphony Communication

Belfast, United Kingdom
Competitive salary; bonus plan available; regional...
On-site (minimum of 4 days/week)
Expert-level c# and .net 6/7/8
Linux ubuntu deployment experience
Wpf to blazor migration oversight
Symphony Communication is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to lead the evolution of their Trader Voice product in Belfast. The role requires extensive experience in engineering management, particularly in transitioning systems to cloud-native architectures using the .NET stack

Job Summary

  • This role leads the critical architectural pivot of migrating core systems from a legacy Windows foundation to a modern cloud-native architecture on Ubuntu.
  • The successful candidate will drive the use of AI tools like Copilot and LLMs to accelerate feature generation, testing, and legacy refactoring.
  • Candidates must commit to an in-office presence of at least four days per week to lead the Belfast engineering function effectively.

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Symphony Communication is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to lead the evolution of their Trader Voice product in Belfast. The role requires extensive experience in engineering management, particularly in transitioning systems to cloud-native architectures using the .NET stack.

Salary

Competitive salary; Bonus Plan available; Regional specific competitive benefits

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Expert-level C# and .NET 6/7/8
  • Linux Ubuntu deployment experience
  • WPF to Blazor migration oversight
  • High-concurrency REST API and WebSocket design
  • Docker and Kubernetes infrastructure management
  • AI tool implementation for code generation

Nice-to-have

  • Experience in financial services domain
  • Global distributed team leadership
  • Building office culture and voice lab
  • Asynchronous workflow management across time zones

Key Requirements

  • Bachelor or Master Degree in Computer Science
  • 10+ years of engineering management experience
  • Minimum 4 days per week in-office presence required

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