Director of Engineering

Qurated; Greater London; Hybride; GBP 140 000 - 190 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Qurated is seeking a Director of Engineering in London (Hybrid) to lead a specialist bank's engineering org focused on critical payments and FX infrastructure. You will work hands-on with senior engineers, modernising legacy platforms and driving the shift to an AI-assisted engineering model while scaling the team from 20–30 engineers.

You will partner with architecture to turn design intent into high-volume, resilient systems and unify a hybrid delivery model, balancing in-house, offshore, and

Qualifications

• Hands-on depth in Java/Kotlin, Spring Boot, and event-driven systems on AWS.
• Proven experience scaling an engineering org (~20-30+) in a transformation-heavy environment.
• Experience managing blended delivery - in-house, offshore, vendor - without coordination tax.

Responsabilités

• Lead a ~20–30 person engineering org through transformation and growth.
• Shape and deliver AI-assisted engineering initiatives with senior engineers.
• Unify a hybrid delivery model (in-house, offshore, vendors) under engineering standards.

Connaissances

Java/Kotlin

Spring Boot

Event-driven systems

AWS

Leading teams

Delivery management

Description du poste

Director of Engineering - Financial services-

London (Hybrid)

We're hiring a Head of Engineering for a specialist bank building critical payments and FX infrastructure for institutions worldwide. They're mid-transformation - modernising legacy platforms and moving toward an agentic, AI-assisted engineering model - and need someone who can lead that shift hands-on, not from a slide deck.

This is a rare mix: real technical credibility (you'll be in the weeds with strong, opinionated senior engineers) combined with the scope to shape how a ~20-to-30-person engineering org works, delivers, and grows.

Why this role is interesting

• You'll take AI-assisted engineering from ad-hoc adoption (teams already use Claude and Codex daily) to a measured, industrialised practice - and you own proving its ROI.
• You'll rebalance a top-heavy team, building out a proper senior-to-mid engineering bench as the org scales.
• You'll unify a hybrid delivery model - in-house, offshore, and outsourced vendor teams - under one engineering standard, without killing the pace that got them here.
• You'll partner directly with the Head of Architecture, turning design intent into shipped, resilient, high-volume systems.

What you'll actually need (non-negotiable)

• Hands-on depth in Java/Kotlin, Spring Boot, and event-driven systems on AWS - enough to earn trust in a code review, not just a 1:1.
• Proven experience scaling an engineering org (~20-30+) inside a fast-moving, transformation-heavy environment.
• Experience managing blended delivery - in-house, offshore, vendor - without it becoming a coordination tax.