Head of Engineering (Software Applications) London (Hybrid) |
Up to £200,000 base salary + Bonus
A PE-backed financial services business
Our client is seeking a Head of Engineering to lead the next phase of its engineering and platform evolution. This is a high-impact leadership role reporting directly to the CTO, responsible for scaling the engineering organisation, modernising a complex applications estate, and enabling genuinely independent product and engineering delivery across the business.
The organisation has grown successfully around a centralised engineering model but as the business continues to scale, the focus now shifts toward evolving into a faster, domain-aligned technology organisation capable of delivering multiple strategic initiatives in parallel, without central bottlenecks slowing delivery.
This role will play a critical part in that transformation.
The environment combines:
- Complex proprietary systems
- Pricing and underwriting technology
- Regulated operational workflows
- AI-enabled engineering practices
The successful candidate will lead the evolution from tightly coordinated engineering delivery toward a scalable operating model built around independent teams, stronger technical ownership, and modern engineering leadership.
Key focus areas include:
- Scaling the engineering organisation and leadership capability
- Redesigning team structures and delivery ownership across applications
- Embedding AI-assisted development practices into engineering workflows
- Improving delivery quality, pace and operational resilience
- Driving clearer accountability and stronger engineering culture
- Supporting future product expansion and international scalability
This is not a traditional “run the engineering team” role.
The business is looking for someone who has experience navigating the difficult part of scale:
- Moving away from dependency-heavy delivery models
- Breaking knowledge bottlenecks
- Evolving engineering leadership capabilityModernising systems without slowing the business down
Ideal background:
- Significant experience leading and scaling software engineering organisations (40+)
- Strong experience within forward facing regulated environments such as fintech, insurance, banking or financial services
- Proven experience evolving engineering operating models and delivery structures
- Experience managing complex application estates and systems transformation
- Strong stakeholder engagement and commercial awareness
- Pragmatic, delivery-oriented leadership style
- Interest in AI-driven software delivery and modern engineering practices
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