Senior Software Engineer/Architect - Life & Pension

Become a senior technical anchor for Festina Finance’s UK Life & Pension platformThis is an opportunity to become one of the key senior technical profiles in the UK organisation and help shape how Festina Finance’s Life & Pensions platform is adapted, architected and scaled for the UK market.You will work closely with senior product, architecture and engineering colleagues in Denmark, while staying close to the UK business, customers and market requirements. The role combines hands-on engineering with system design, architectural decision-making and technical leadership.As a Senior Software Engineer / Technical Lead in Festina Life, you will play a central role in defining how the platform evolves for the UK market. You will help translate complex regulatory, business and customer requirements into robust technical solutions while protecting the integrity and long-term maintainability of the core platform.This is not a traditional people-management role. You will remain close to the code and the platform, while taking broader responsibility for technical direction, design decisions, engineering quality and architectural alignment.As the UK engineering capability grows, you will naturally become a senior technical reference point for developers, business specialists and stakeholders across the UK and Denmark.If you are motivated by solving complex engineering problems, influencing platform architecture and taking ownership beyond individual features, this role offers the opportunity to have meaningful technical impact from an early stage.What this role offers youSignificant influence on how Festina Finance designs and evolves its UK solutionA senior technical position combining hands-on development, architecture and technical leadershipThe opportunity to become a trusted technical reference point as the UK engineering team growsClose collaboration with experienced architects, product specialists and engineers in DenmarkOwnership of complex technical decisions rather than standard feature deliveryExposure to business-critical Life & Pensions systems with long-lived data, integrations and regulatory complexityA position close to engineering, product, business requirements and customer implementationsAn international growth environment backed by strong investors and strategic partnersWhat you will work onShaping the technical evolution of Festina’s Life & Pensions platform for the UK marketTranslating complex UK business and regulatory requirements into scalable technical solutionsContributing to system design and architectural decisions across services, APIs and integrationsImplementing pensions-specific business logic within a long-lived enterprise platformDesigning and building REST APIs and integrations with surrounding enterprise systemsSupporting technical decisions around maintainability, scalability, data quality and production robustnessContributing to automated testing, performance and engineering qualityReviewing technical approaches and helping establish strong engineering practices as the UK team growsWorking closely with product and architecture teams to balance UK-specific requirements with the integrity of the core platformWhat we are looking forStrong senior-level backend engineering experience in Java, C# or comparable technologiesExperience designing and delivering complex enterprise or distributed software systemsStrong understanding of APIs, integrations, business-critical backend services and production softwareAbility to reason beyond implementation and contribute to architecture, system design and technical trade-offsExperience taking technical ownership across larger solutions, components or platformsIdeally experience from pensions, insurance, banking, financial services or another regulated software environmentAbility to work confidently with both senior technical stakeholders and business/domain specialistsExperience acting as a Technical Lead, Architect, Principal-level engineer or senior technical reference point is highly relevantMotivation to remain hands-on while taking broader responsibility for technical directionA Computer Science degree or equivalent technical foundation is preferredLocation and setupOur UK office is located in Manchester City Centre and will be your primary workplace.Close collaboration and knowledge sharing are an important part of the role. You will also have the option to work from home on agreed days, coordinated directly with the team.Occasional travel to Copenhagen should be expected, particularly to deepen product knowledge and maintain close collaboration with Festina’s product, architecture and engineering teams.-Curious to learn more?Contact Joanna at iHeadHunt on je@iheadhunt.dk for a confidential and informal conversation. iHeadHunt is supporting Festina Finance as an external Danish recruitment partner for this role.About Festina FinanceFestina Finance is a Danish fintech/software company developing advanced financial software for pension administrators, pension funds, insurance companies and banks across Europe. The flagship platform, FF Life and Pension, is a modular and configurable core platform supporting different pension and life insurance product types. Festina Finance launched in the UK in 2025 and is now building the team that will support the next phase of growth in the UK market.www.festinafinance.co.uk