Job description
Head of Software Engineering - £130,000 - £150,000 (potential stock options)
Location: London – 3 days on site
Sector: Fintech / Payments / Financial Services
The Opportunity:
We are seeking a Head of Software Engineering to lead, scale and mature an engineering function while remaining technically credible and hands-on where it matters. This is a senior leadership role for someone who enjoys shaping strategy, developing high-performing teams, and influencing architecture - while still staying close to the codebase and technical decision-making.
You will play a critical role in building and evolving systems within a regulated payments / financial services environment, balancing engineering excellence and platform resilience.
Key Responsibilities:
Engineering Leadership & Strategy
Location: London – 3 days on site
Sector: Fintech / Payments / Financial Services
The Opportunity:
We are seeking a Head of Software Engineering to lead, scale and mature an engineering function while remaining technically credible and hands-on where it matters. This is a senior leadership role for someone who enjoys shaping strategy, developing high-performing teams, and influencing architecture - while still staying close to the codebase and technical decision-making.
You will play a critical role in building and evolving systems within a regulated payments / financial services environment, balancing engineering excellence and platform resilience.
Key Responsibilities:
Engineering Leadership & Strategy
- Own the software engineering strategy, aligned with business, product and regulatory objectives.
- Lead a high performing engineering team, fostering a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
- Partner closely with the CTO, CPO and other Senior Leadership to deliver scalable, secure solutions.
- Set standards for engineering best practice.
- Remain hands-on at a strategic level, contributing to design reviews, architecture decisions and complex problem-solving.
- Review critical code changes, influence patterns and frameworks, and guide engineers on best-practice C#/.NET development.
- Act as a technical escalation point for complex platform or production issues.
- Help shape the long-term technical roadmap and platform evolution.
- Significant experience in a senior engineering leadership role (Head of Engineering, Engineering Manager, Technical Director or similar).
- Strong C#/.NET background, with the ability and desire to stay 10–20% hands-on.
- Proven experience within payments, fintech, financial services or banking environments.
- Experience leading teams building high-availability, distributed systems.
- Strong understanding of software architecture, system design and cloud-based platforms.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, able to bridge technical and non-technical audiences.