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Head of Software Engineering

United Kingdom 180000.00 USD / Year · Job Posted January 20, 2026
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We’re working with a high-growth, venture-backed technology company building an institutional-grade risk and analytics platform operating at serious scale. They’re looking for a senior engineering leader to own and evolve the core platform, someone equally comfortable setting technical direction, shaping architecture, and leading high-performing engineering teams across backend, data, and platform disciplines. This is a hands-on leadership role with real influence. This role suits someone who enjoys owning complex systems end-to-end, thrives in fast-moving environments, and wants to build technology that sits at the core of critical decision-making.

Job Responsibility

  • The technical roadmap
  • Scaling distributed systems and high-throughput data pipelines
  • Embedding automation and intelligence-driven capabilities into an enterprise-ready product
  • Work closely with product and analytics teams to turn customer and market requirements into resilient, scalable architecture
  • Building and mentoring a strong, globally distributed engineering organisation

Requirements

  • Senior engineering leadership experience in high-growth or enterprise SaaS environments
  • Strong background in distributed, cloud-native systems and data-heavy platforms
  • Experience scaling teams and platforms simultaneously
  • An architectural mindset with a bias toward delivery
  • Comfortable operating in remote-first, product-led organisations

What we offer

  • Equity
  • Fully remote working
  • Genuine ownership and influence over platform and team direction
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