Head of Software Engineering - Peterborough
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Head of Software Engineering with and excellent background in engineering (ideally .NET), DevOps, (including DevSecOps ideally) and cloud is required by a leading company in Peterborough. It is technical leadership role focused on Software Engineering, DevOps and end-to-end technology estate. With a team of 10+, you will be turning architectural concepts into implementation reality, so very much a delivery role, being part of the senior leadership team.
Experience required
Been in a lead, manager or head of role
Microservices and medallion architecture knowledge
DevSecOps / DevOps capabilities
Security compliance critical due to data-heavy operations
Cloud hybrid journey experience
Data platform appreciation
You shall have Cross-platform responsibility (software and data), while having an open leadership style required you must embody company values of integrity, innovation & respect. This person will have a very strong technical gravitas to hold their own with stakeholders and senior people in the business.
Duties include:
Own and define engineering standards, platform strategy, DevSecOps maturity, and production resilience across the organisation.
Leading a team of 10 people across Engineering & DevOps
Design and implement the operating model that enables rapid experimentation while ensuring robust, secure, and reliable operational systems.
Influence and guide architectural direction, organisational structure, and long-term capability development.
Strengthen governance around code quality, engineering practices, and technical discipline across teams.
Drive automation, CI/CD maturity, and release processes to increase deployment confidence and reduce manual effort.
Improve system resilience and reduce operational fragility through structural, strategic improvements rather than reactive firefighting.
Lead the evolution of cloud foundations, observability, security, and recovery capabilities to support a modern, scalable technology estate.
They are looking to pay a starting salary of £75,000 - £90,000 + Hybrid working of 2 days in the Peterborough office
To apply press apply now or send your CV to matthew.leach @ Circlerecruitment .com
Keywords - Head of Software Engineering - DevOps - .NET - Azure - Cloud - DevSecOps - Security - platform - architecture
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