About the job

VP of Engineering – Platform & Architecture

Location: LondonSector: FinTech / Financial Services TechnologyLevel: VP / Engineering Leadership

The OpportunityWe are working with a highly successful financial technology business that builds mission-critical software used by some of the world’s largest financial institutions.Following significant growth and continued investment in its technology platform, the business is looking for an experienced VP of Engineering to help drive its technical vision and lead the next stage of its engineering evolution.This is a senior, hands-on leadership position with responsibility for a global engineering function. You’ll work closely with senior Technology and Product leadership, combining people leadership, architecture and technical strategy with responsibility for delivering robust, scalable, enterprise-grade software.

• What You’ll Be DoingLead a global, full-stack engineering team of approximately 20–25 Software Engineers
• Own software development across planning, architecture, implementation, QA and operations
• Define and execute engineering strategy as the platform and organisation continue to scale
• Build, mentor and develop a high-performing engineering team, creating clear standards around quality and engineering excellence
• Evolve existing business-critical platforms while delivering against an ambitious product roadmap
• Drive the development of robust, reliable and scalable SaaS solutions
• Partner closely with Product and other senior stakeholders to translate business objectives into technology initiatives
• Champion modern UI/UX engineering and improve the usability of complex enterprise applications
• Continue to mature Agile engineering practices and development processes
• Provide architectural leadership while remaining close enough to the technology to challenge and guide engineering decisions

• What We’re Looking For10+ years’ software engineering experience, including significant engineering leadership experience
• Track record of leading engineering teams responsible for enterprise-grade software products
• Experience managing and scaling teams working on multi-tenant SaaS platforms
• Strong software architecture and system design expertise
• Experience building complex, highly scalable cloud-based applications
• Strong knowledge of the AWS ecosystem
• Experience with modern full-stack technologies and UI frameworks such as React
• Exposure to functional programming languages would be highly advantageous
• Strong understanding of APIs, including REST, JSON and third-party integrations
• Experience improving and scaling Agile engineering practices
• Comfortable balancing technical debt, platform modernisation and new product development
• Able to operate effectively across Engineering, Product and senior business stakeholders

The PersonWe’re looking for someone who combines technical credibility with strong people leadership.You’ll be comfortable operating strategically at VP level, but you won’t be disconnected from the engineering itself. You should be able to engage deeply on architecture and technical decisions, while also coaching senior engineers, developing future leaders and creating an environment where high-performing teams can do their best work.

• Experience within FinTech, financial markets, regulatory technology or another complex/regulated environment would be particularly valuable.