Engineering Lead, Software Project Mgr​/ Lead, Software Architect

We're looking for an experienced Engineering Lead to join a rapidly evolving payments business that processes billions of pounds in transactions every year across the UK. As the organisation continues its journey towards becoming a standalone fintech, you'll play a key role in shaping innovative products, leading talented engineering teams, and delivering technology solutions that make a real impact.

This is an opportunity to combine hands-on technical leadership with people management
, driving engineering excellence while helping teams build scalable, secure, and customer-focused products.

As an Engineering Lead, you'll take ownership of a product delivery team responsible for developing, deploying, and supporting technology solutions from concept through to production.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading the design, development, and continuous enhancement of high-quality software solutions.
• Ensuring applications are scalable, reliable, maintainable, and performance-driven.
• Collaborating closely with Product Managers, Engineers, Designers, and business stakeholders to define requirements and deliver successful outcomes.
• Coaching, mentoring, and developing engineers to support their growth and performance.
• Driving best practices in software engineering, code quality, testing, and secure development.
• Conducting code reviews and promoting knowledge sharing across teams.
• Supporting agile delivery practices and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Influencing technical direction and contributing to architectural decisions.
• Championing modern engineering standards, operational excellence, and innovation.

• Proven track record of leading engineering teams in a production environment.
• Strong software engineering background with experience across modern technology stacks.
• Experience delivering complex technology solutions using Agile or Lean methodologies.
• Demonstrated people leadership skills, including coaching, mentoring, and performance management.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities, capable of engaging both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Experience working in payments, fintech, or other technology-driven organisations.
• Understanding of AI, machine learning, or emerging technologies.
• Hands-on experience with technologies such as Rust, Kotlin, or Type Script .
• Knowledge of cloud-native architectures
  , Kubernetes, Dev Ops practices, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience designing or working with event-driven systems and messaging platforms.

You'll be joining a forward-thinking payments organisation at a pivotal stage of growth and transformation. This role offers the opportunity to influence technology strategy, lead high-performing teams, and help build the next generation of payment solutions used by businesses across the UK.

• Location: London
• Working Model: Hybrid (3 days per week in the office)

If you're passionate about engineering leadership, modern technology, and building products that operate at scale, we'd love to hear from you.