Director of Software Engineering AI & Platform Modernisation

develop; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

develop is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to lead a 60-80 person engineering organisation across multiple Scrum teams, with hybrid work in Nottingham and London.

You will drive platform modernisation, AI adoption and engineering excellence, reporting to international leadership, and partner with senior stakeholders to deliver across several product portfolios while managing risk and production incidents.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of leading large teams across multiple product areas.
• Strong technical credibility with ability to discuss details.
• Excellent communication and governance with international stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop Engineering Managers, Architects and software engineering teams
• Own delivery across multiple product areas and engineering functions
• Drive engineering strategy, operational excellence and organisational capability
• Support major platform modernisation initiatives
• Expand and scale AI-driven capabilities across products and services
• Manage engineering risk, production incidents and stakeholder escalations
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders across multiple international regions
• Drive continuous improvement across software delivery and engineering practices

Skills

Large-scale software engineering

Leadership

Stakeholder management

AI adoption

Cloud migration

Job description

develop is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to lead a 60-80 person engineering organisation across multiple Scrum teams, with hybrid work in Nottingham and London.

You will drive platform modernisation, AI adoption and engineering excellence, reporting to international leadership, and partner with senior stakeholders to deliver across several product portfolios while managing risk and production incidents.