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
* Modern API-driven platform development
* Customer-facing digital products
* 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
* Enabling faster delivery across digital product domains
* 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 capability
* Modernising 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
This is an opportunity to shape the future engineering organisation of a growing, technology-led financial services platform with significant investment and executive backing behind the transformation agenda. For more information please apply today.