Head of Engineering

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Role: Head of Engineering
Location: London/Hybrid
Salary: £90K -£120K + Benefits

Ross Kaneis seeking to appoint a head of engineering for an exciting scaleup.

Requirements

  • 9+ years backend engineering with 6+ years in leadership roles
  • Lead over 20 backend engineers including devops
  • Extensive mentoring experience
  • A good understanding of architecture patterns
  • Expertise with AWS eco-system
  • IAM and Networking knowledge including VPC, subnets, and gateways
  • Tech Stack: Dynamo DB or similar, Kafka, Kubernetes, Docker, Go, Python, Linux CLI, Redis, Elastic
  • Mobile – IOS/Android will be considered favourable
  • Implementing best practice in operational management to mitigate risks and ensure compliance.
  • Continuous improvement, leveraging data-driven insights to refine processes and enhance overall performance.

Ross Kane is a banking and fintech talent acquisition agency, matching quality candidates with fintech companies. We work with fintech start-ups and enterprises. Explore further client or internal jobs and updates at rosskane.co.uk

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Job Description:

Role: Head of EngineeringLocation: London/HybridSalary: £90K -£120K + Benefits

Ross Kaneis seeking to appoint a head of engineering for an exciting scaleup.

Requirements

  • 9+ years backend engineering with 6+ years in leadership roles
  • Lead over 20 backend engineers including devops
  • Extensive mentoring experience
  • A good understanding of architecture patterns
  • Expertise with AWS eco-system
  • IAM and Networking knowledge including VPC, subnets, and gateways
  • Tech Stack: Dynamo DB or similar, Kafka, Kubernetes, Docker, Go, Python, Linux CLI, Redis, Elastic
  • Mobile – IOS/Android will be considered favourable
  • Implementing best practice in operational management to mitigate risks and ensure compliance.
  • Continuous improvement, leveraging data-driven insights to refine processes and enhance overall performance.

Ross Kane is a banking and fintech talent acquisition agency, matching quality candidates with fintech companies. We work with fintech start-ups and enterprises. Explore further client or internal jobs and updates at rosskane.co.uk

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Posted: April 11th, 2026