Head of Software Engineering

Your tasks

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Head of Software Engineering to lead engineering, architecture, and technology delivery within a growing organisation undergoing significant digital transformation.

You'll be responsible for shaping technology strategy, leading engineering teams, and ensuring business-critical platforms remain secure, scalable, and aligned with organisational goals.

Reporting into the executive leadership team, you'll influence the future direction of technology while driving innovation, efficiency, and operational excellence.

• Leading software engineering and architecture functions
• Defining technology strategy and platform roadmaps
• Delivering scalable and maintainable technology solutions
• Supporting digital transformation and AI initiatives
• Driving development standards, governance, and quality assurance
• Managing integrations between internal systems and third-party platforms
• Developing high-performing technical teams
• Collaborating with business leaders and technology partners

Requirements

• Technology leadership experience within engineering, architecture, or software delivery
• Hands-on experience with .NET 8, Azure Functions, EF Core, SQL Server/Azure SQL, React and Azure services, delivering scalable business-critical applications.
• Strong knowledge of cloud technologies and modern development practices
• Experience leading software engineering teams (circa. 10-20 heads)
• Enterprise systems integration experience
• DevOps and CI/CD knowledge
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills

Nice to Have

• Financial services or regulated industry experience
• Microsoft technology ecosystem experience
• Digital transformation programme delivery