Chapter Lead

DCS Recruitment; Hereford; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Two days from home

FTC up to 12 months

Hybrid UK-based role

Job summary

DCS Recruitment is seeking a Chapter Lead – Software Engineering (FTC up to 12 months) to lead a talented engineering chapter within a major fintech transformation programme in a product-led environment.

You will provide hands-on technical leadership while developing engineers, driving secure and scalable platforms that process millions of transactions, and collaborating closely with Product and Architecture teams to deliver high-quality solutions.

Qualifications

• Strong software-engineering background using C# and .NET.
• Experience developing complex, secure and scalable systems.
• Proven experience leading, coaching and mentoring software engineers.
• Strong understanding of Agile, DevOps and product-led delivery environments.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern engineering practices.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to balance people leadership with hands-on technical direction.
• Proactive approach to problem-solving and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Build, lead and develop a high-performing team of software engineers.
• Create a coaching-led, collaborative and inclusive engineering culture.
• Manage the full employee lifecycle, including recruitment, onboarding, development and progression.
• Provide regular feedback, mentoring and technical guidance.
• Promote accountability, innovation and psychological safety.
• Support engineers in achieving their professional and technical development goals.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership across modern software-engineering practices.
• Support the development of secure, scalable and highly available fintech platforms.
• Champion engineering best practices, including DevOps, CI/CD, automated testing and continuous improvement.
• Maintain high standards of software quality, security and reliability.
• Work closely with Product, Architecture and other technical stakeholders.
• Help teams overcome complex technical and delivery challenges.
• Contribute to the organisation’s technical strategy and engineering roadmap.
• Promote effective collaboration across engineering teams and product squads.
• Help ensure the successful delivery of high-quality technical solutions.
• Identify opportunities to improve engineering processes, tooling and ways of working.
• Communicate technical decisions and progress effectively to senior stakeholders.

Skills

C# & .NET

Secure systems

People leadership

Agile delivery

DevOps

CI/CD pipelines

Communication skills

Hands-on direction

Problem solving

Stakeholder management

Job description

Chapter Lead – Software Engineering (FTC up to 12 Months)

Salary: £50,000 – £70,000 per annum
Department: IT
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Location: Hybrid, UK-based – two days working from home per week
Contract: Fixed-term contract for up to 12 months

Shape the Future of Fintech Engineering

Are you ready to lead exceptional people, drive meaningful change and deliver technology that makes a genuine impact?

We are looking for an experienced Chapter Lead to join a major fintech transformation programme. You will work within a product-led environment, helping to build secure and scalable platforms that process millions of financial transactions.

Alongside providing hands‑on technical leadership, you will lead and develop a talented engineering chapter working across several cross‑functional squads. This is an opportunity to make an immediate and visible impact on both the technology and the people delivering it.

Key Responsibilities

People Leadership

• Build, lead and develop a high‑performing team of software engineers.
• Create a coaching‑led, collaborative and inclusive engineering culture.
• Manage the full employee lifecycle, including recruitment, onboarding, development and progression.
• Provide regular feedback, mentoring and technical guidance.
• Promote accountability, innovation and psychological safety.
• Support engineers in achieving their professional and technical development goals.

Technical Leadership

• Provide hands‑on technical leadership across modern software‑engineering practices.
• Support the development of secure, scalable and highly available fintech platforms.
• Champion engineering best practices, including DevOps, CI/CD, automated testing and continuous improvement.
• Maintain high standards of software quality, security and reliability.
• Work closely with Product, Architecture and other technical stakeholders.
• Help teams overcome complex technical and delivery challenges.

Strategy and Delivery

• Contribute to the organisation’s technical strategy and engineering roadmap.
• Support a major fintech transformation programme.
• Promote effective collaboration across engineering teams and product squads.
• Help ensure the successful delivery of high‑quality technical solutions.
• Identify opportunities to improve engineering processes, tooling and ways of working.
• Communicate technical decisions and progress effectively to senior stakeholders.

Skills and Experience

The successful candidate will be a people‑focused technical leader who is passionate about developing engineers and delivering excellent software.

Essential

• Strong software‑engineering background using C# and .NET.
• Experience developing complex, secure and scalable systems.
• Proven experience leading, coaching and mentoring software engineers.
• Strong understanding of Agile, DevOps and product‑led delivery environments.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern engineering practices.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder‑management skills.
• Ability to balance people leadership with hands‑on technical direction.
• Proactive approach to problem‑solving and continuous improvement.

Desirable

• Previous experience within fintech, financial services or another regulated environment.
• Experience supporting large‑scale technology transformation programmes.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms and cloud‑native engineering.
• Experience working across multiple cross‑functional product squads.
• Understanding of security and compliance requirements within financial systems.

What’s on Offer?

• Salary of £50,000 – £70,000, depending on experience.
• Fixed‑term contract for up to 12 months.
• Hybrid working with two days per week working from home.
• Opportunity to work on large‑scale fintech platforms with real‑world impact.
• Key leadership role within a major transformation programme.
• Strong focus on learning, professional development and leadership growth.
• Collaborative and inclusive working environment.
• Opportunity to influence engineering culture, strategy and technical direction.

If you are looking for more than just another leadership position and want the opportunity to build, shape and lead within a fast‑moving fintech environment, we would love to hear from you.

DCS Recruitment and all associated companies are committed to creating a working environment where diversity is celebrated and everyone is treated fairly, regardless of gender, gender identity, disability, ethnic origin, religion or belief, sexual orientation, marital or transgender status, age, or nationality