Director of Engineering

Koda Tech; København; On-site; DKK 900,000 - 1,350,000; Full time

Job summary

Koda Tech is seeking an IT Lead to guide a critical Digital Core initiative for a Nordic financial institution. You will partner with senior technology and business leaders to set direction, drive delivery, and ensure stability during a major modernisation agenda.

Lead and mentor senior technical profiles, implement scalable architecture, and maintain regulatory compliance across a large, international environment.

Qualifications

• Experience leading within a complex technology environment, ideally in banking or another regulated setting.
• Experience leading senior technical profiles, or readiness to step into broader technology leadership.
• Strong understanding of modern engineering and architecture, including cloud, APIs, microservices, automation and resilient systems.
• Ability to translate strategic ambition into clear priorities, roadmaps and delivery outcomes.
• Confidence operating across technology, product and business stakeholders in a large international organisation.
• Collaborative leadership style that builds trust, creates clarity and supports effective decision-making.
• Must have managed teams of 100+ in a large enterprise environment.

Responsibilities

• Set the technical direction for Digital Core in partnership with senior technology and business leaders.
• Co-lead the area to align business priorities, technology strategy and delivery.
• Lead and support senior technical profiles, improving engineering quality and developing leadership capability.
• Drive modernisation through simplification, scalable architecture and strong engineering practices.
• Maintain focus on stability, resilience and compliance while progressing change.
• Provide clear visibility of progress, risks, dependencies and overall technical health.
• Build effective collaboration across architecture, engineering, product and business stakeholders.

Job description

We are partnering with a leading Nordic financial institution to appoint an IT Lead for a strategically important technology area at the heart of its core banking platform. Working alongside the senior business lead, you will help set technical direction, drive execution and support a significant modernisation agenda without compromising the stability and resilience of essential financial services.

Key Responsibilities

• Set the technical direction for Digital Core in partnership with senior technology and business leaders.
• Co-lead the area to align business priorities, technology strategy and delivery.
• Lead and support senior technical profiles, improving engineering quality and developing leadership capability.
• Drive modernisation through simplification, scalable architecture and strong engineering practices.
• Maintain focus on stability, resilience and compliance while progressing change.
• Provide clear visibility of progress, risks, dependencies and overall technical health.
• Build effective collaboration across architecture, engineering, product and business stakeholders.

What Will Help You Thrive:

Strong candidates may not meet every point below. If the opportunity is relevant to your background, we encourage you to apply.

• Experience leading within a complex technology environment, ideally in banking or another regulated setting.
• Experience leading senior technical profiles, or readiness to step into broader technology leadership.
• A strong understanding of modern engineering and architecture, including cloud, APIs, microservices, automation and resilient systems.
• The ability to translate strategic ambition into clear priorities, roadmaps and delivery outcomes.
• Confidence operating across technology, product and business stakeholders in a large international organisation.
• A collaborative leadership style that builds trust, creates clarity and supports effective decision-making.

Please note you need to have managed team sizes of 100+ in a large enterprise environment