Engineering Team Lead

Peregrine; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Ein innovatives Unternehmen sucht einen Engineering Team Lead, der große Ingenieurtransformationen im Versicherungs- und Finanzsektor leitet. Diese Rolle erfordert strategische Führung und die Fähigkeit, multidisziplinäre Teams zu leiten. Der ideale Kandidat hat umfassende Erfahrung in Cloud-Plattformen und DevOps-Tools. Sie werden als vertrauenswürdiger Berater fungieren und kulturelle Veränderungen innerhalb der Engineering-Teams vorantreiben. Arbeiten Sie in einem dynamischen Umfeld, in dem Ihre Fähigkeiten geschätzt werden und Sie einen echten Unterschied machen können.

Benefits

Flexible Arbeitszeiten

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Mitarbeiterrabatte

Gesundheitsleistungen

Diversity- und Inklusionsinitiativen

Qualifications

• Erfahrung in der technischen Führung großer Ingenieurtransformationsprojekte.
• Fähigkeit zur Entwicklung langfristiger Ingenieurstrategien.

Responsibilities

• Leiten der Ingenieurtransformationsstrategie und Zusammenarbeit mit Führungskräften.
• Bereitstellung technischer Aufsicht für Datenpipelines und digitale Plattformen.

Skills

Technische Führung

Cloud-Plattformen (AWS, Azure, GCP)

DevOps & CI/CD-Tools

Technische Schuldenmanagement

Stakeholder-Management

AI & Automatisierung

Tools

GitOps

Kubernetes

Terraform

Jenkins

Datadog

Splunk

Prometheus

New Relic

Pluralsight Flow

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Recruitment Specialist at Peregrine (formerly Capita Resourcing)

Join us as an Engineering Team Lead at Peregrine Resourcing.

At Peregrine, we’re always seeking Specialist Talent with the ideal skills, experience, and attitude to place with our diverse clients. From Business Analysts in large government organizations to Software Developers in the private sector, we are constantly in search of top talent.

How Specialist Talent Works:

We find the best talent for our clients. As a Peregrine employee, with access to standard benefits, you will be deployed across our client portfolio as a specialist consultant, working on complex projects across various industries.

The Role:

We are seeking an experienced Engineering Delivery Lead to drive large-scale engineering transformations for a key client in the insurance and financial services sector. The successful candidate will serve as the main interface between the consultancy and the client’s Head of Engineering, ensuring strategic goals are met while leading multidisciplinary teams across Digital, Data, DevOps, and Cloud Engineering.

The role requires a proven leader capable of driving engineering excellence, reducing technical debt, and streamlining delivery processes. You will oversee a team of over 300 engineers, supported by three Chief Engineers leading specialized teams.

Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership & Transformation

• Lead the engineering transformation strategy, collaborating with the Head of Engineering and consulting leadership.
• Implement incremental transformation strategies to ensure steady improvements in capabilities, culture, and technical health.
• Prioritize and execute technology roadmaps, focusing on reducing time-to-market and optimizing delivery pipelines.
• Own and drive the engineering delivery governance framework, aligning with business objectives.
• Promote engineering best practices such as CI/CD, DevOps, and modern cloud-native architectures.

Technical Excellence & Delivery Oversight

• Provide technical oversight for data pipelines, digital platforms, DevOps practices, and cloud migrations.
• Assess and mitigate technical debt, balancing quick wins with long-term stability.
• Oversee the refactoring and modernization of legacy applications, ensuring observability, performance, and security.
• Work with Chief Engineers and teams to define best practices for ETL, data integration, and cloud adoption.
• Measure engineering maturity using KPIs like code quality, deployment frequency, incident resolution time, and PR review rates.

People & Stakeholder Management

• Act as a trusted advisor to client leadership, bridging business and technology.
• Drive cultural change within engineering teams to align with strategic goals.
• Foster a collaborative environment across engineering, product management, and business units.
• Mentor and guide Chief Engineers and their teams to improve delivery efficiency.
• Balance engineering priorities between business needs and developer experience for an optimal work environment.

Skills & Experience:

• Proven technical leadership in large-scale engineering transformations.
• Experience with cloud & data platforms such as AWS, Azure, GCP, and scalable data architectures.
• Strong knowledge of DevOps & CI/CD tools like GitOps, Kubernetes, Terraform, Jenkins, Airflow.
• Ability to formulate and drive long-term engineering strategies.
• Experience managing technical debt and modernizing architectures.
• Familiarity with observability and performance tools such as Datadog, Splunk, Prometheus, New Relic.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, engaging with senior leadership and teams.
• Metrics-driven decision-making using KPIs and tools like Pluralsight Flow.
• Knowledge of AI & automation, including AI-assisted engineering like Copilot and ML-driven data ingestion.

About us:

At Peregrine, we look beyond the immediate, building lasting partnerships and delivering flexible solutions. We help clients develop their workforce and achieve growth, offering a range of benefits.

Our culture:

We embrace new ideas, value fast learning, and rely on openness and honesty. Our work aims to benefit society, from digital talent development to social mobility initiatives.

Our commitment to diversity:

We champion diversity and inclusion through initiatives that promote social mobility and environmental responsibility. Our teams are culturally diverse, with over 20 nationalities, and we recruit from varied educational and socioeconomic backgrounds. Our partnerships with charities help us improve continuously and reflect our values in client recruitment practices.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Other

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