Engineering Lead - 9fin

OpenTalent; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

9fin is a groundbreaking AI platform powering global debt markets. We are seeking an Engineering Lead to scale our platform, set technical direction, and build a high-performing team that delivers meaningful product experiences.

You will guide engineers through data, product, and infrastructure challenges, shape architecture, and influence other leaders with your craft. This is a hands-on leadership role in a fast-growing, globally oriented company.

Qualifications

• Proven people leadership in an engineering context.
• Experience scaling platforms and leading cross-functional teams.
• Strong background in data, product, and infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Translate ambitious product visions into scalable, production-ready solutions by making sound, data-driven technical and strategic decisions.
• Partner closely with product managers, designers, and data teams to align on priorities, shape roadmaps, and deliver user features and platform capabilities.
• Coach and develop senior engineers, enabling them to take ownership of technical initiatives and expand their influence across the organization.

Skills

Leadership experience

Technical background

Architectural decisions

Job description

9fin is the AI platform powering global debt markets — the world’s largest asset class at over $145 trillion.

Debt markets are vast, global, and mission-critical, yet still run on fragmented data, PDFs, and manual workflows. 9fin replaces this broken infrastructure with a single platform that centralises proprietary credit data, deep analysis, and high-value workflows across global markets.

Today, 9fin powers teams at 300+ blue-chip institutions worldwide, including global banks, asset managers, private equity firms, law firms, and advisors. The business is scaling at exceptional speed, with rapid expansion in the US and best-in-class retention driven by deep workflow adoption.

We’re at a defining inflection point. With proven product-market fit and strong, global market pull, 9fin is accelerating toward becoming the category-defining platform for debt markets worldwide.

THE OPPORTUNITY

We are seeking an Engineering Lead with proven experience to help scale our platform, set technical direction, and build a high-performing team that delivers meaningful product experiences. You will be at the center of how we make complex data accessible, reliable, and impactful, guiding engineers to solve high-value challenges across data, product, and infrastructure.

Our managers do more than oversee projects. They shape critical decisions that influence every part of product development.

We expect our leads to come from a highly technical background, as well as being masters of their craft, able to dive into details, sharpen fundamentals, and continually hone their skills. Cavalry officers must be able to ride horses. You are a skilled engineer with leadership experience, bringing not only a deep love for the engineering craft but also the recognition that your greatest impact comes from enabling others to thrive.

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

Every day is different, but here’s a dose of the kind of things you’ll be doing:

• Build and guide a high-performing, cross-functional engineering team. Foster a culture where engineers feel motivated, empowered, and proud of the impact they create.
• Stay engaged with technical design, code reviews, and architectural decisions, setting a high bar for technical excellence while balancing leadership

responsibilities

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• Translate ambitious product visions into scalable, production-ready solutions by making sound, data-driven technical and strategic decisions.
• Partner closely with product managers, designers, and data teams to align on priorities, shape roadmaps, and deliver user features and platform capabilities.
• Coach and develop senior engineers, enabling them to take ownership of technical initiatives and expand their influence across the organization.