Engineering Lead - Banking, Hybrid in Bristol

Spencer Rose; Gloucester; Hybrid; GBP 111,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

Spencer Rose are urgently seeking an experienced Engineering Lead to drive end-to-end delivery for a banking client on a minimum 6-month contract, with extensions likely. The role is hybrid, requiring 2 days per week in the Bristol office, with a start ASAP and a day rate that is negotiable inside IR35.

The ideal candidate will bring 10+ years of leadership in engineering, hands-on experience across GCP, Spark, SQL, Python and Java, and strong stakeholder management skills.

Qualifications

• 10+ years leading large engineering teams in complex environments.
• 8+ years hands-on experience with modern tech stack (Java, Python, data tooling).
• Experience in banking/financial services projects or domains preferred.
• Strong stakeholder management and leadership capabilities.
• Experience working in Agile/SAFe environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple engineering squads delivering complex banking solutions.
• Define engineering strategy, standards, and best practices.
• Drive engineering excellence, productivity improvements, and technical innovation.
• Establish development standards, code quality metrics, and governance controls.
• Mentor Technical Leads, Architects, and Senior Engineers.
• Own end-to-end technology delivery across programs and releases.
• Ensure commitments are delivered within scope, timeline, and budget.
• Manage dependencies across engineering, testing, DevOps, architecture, and business teams.
• Support release planning, capacity planning, and sprint governance.

Skills

Leadership

Cloud (GCP)

Big data technologies (Spark)

SQL

Python

Java

Agile/SAFe

Stakeholder management

Mentoring

Job description

Spencer Rose are urgently seeking an experienced Engineering Lead to drive end-to-end delivery for a banking client on a minimum 6-month contract, with extensions likely. The role is hybrid, requiring 2 days per week in the Bristol office, with a start ASAP and a day rate that is negotiable inside IR35.

The ideal candidate will bring 10+ years of leadership in engineering, hands-on experience across GCP, Spark, SQL, Python and Java, and strong stakeholder management skills.