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Job summary

A leading B Corp-certified FinTech is seeking a Contract Head of Engineering to lead and mature engineering functions. The role involves mentoring senior leaders, driving delivery, and ensuring robust execution through DevOps principles. This opportunity allows for strategic influence in a high-growth environment as the company prepares for Series D and IPO.

Benefits

Fully remote within the UK

Opportunity to influence strategic growth in an IPO-track FinTech

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Director, VP, or Head of Engineering in FinTech.
• Strong technical understanding across cloud, backend systems, APIs, and architecture.
• Experience managing full SDLC and building high-performing engineering culture.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop senior engineering leaders.
• Translate business goals into scalable technical strategy.
• Drive engineering delivery across core lending platforms.

Skills

Leadership

Technical Understanding

Communication

DevOps/SRE Principles

Job description

Job DescriptionContract Role: Head of Engineering
Location: UK Remote
Day Rate: Up to £850 p/d (Outside IR35)
Contract Length: 6 Months (Initial)
Start Date: ASAP
Industry: FinTech
Wedo is exclusively partnered with a B Corp-certified FinTech at Series C stage, recognised for its innovative approach to providing unsecured working capital loans. Using proprietary machine learning to assess affordability and risk, they’ve already disbursed over 5 million loans and positively impacted more than 4 million lives.
As they scale into new markets and gear up for Series D and IPO, they’re seeking an experienced Contract Director of Engineering to lead and mature engineering functions across backend, frontend, mobile, testing, and architecture.
Key Responsibilities:

• Lead, mentor, and develop senior engineering leaders across multiple disciplines




• Translate business goals into scalable technical strategy




• Drive engineering delivery across core lending platforms




• Support the CTO in strategic leadership and deputise where needed




• Ensure robust engineering execution through DevOps/SRE principles




• Set high-performance standards through metric-driven leadership (e.g., DORA)

What We’re Looking For:

• Proven experience as a Director, VP, or Head of Engineering within FinTech or high-growth tech businesses




• Strong technical understanding across cloud, backend systems, APIs, and architecture




• Experience managing full SDLC, scaling teams, and building high-performing engineering culture




• Executive-level communication and leadership capabilities




• Deep understanding of FinTech environments, regulations, and platform scalability

Additional Info:

• Fully remote within the UK




• Outside IR35




• Opportunity to influence strategic growth in an IPO-track FinTech

Interested in leading engineering excellence at one of the UK’s most impactful FinTechs? Apply now or reach out directly for a confidential chat.