European Tech Lead - Cloud-Native FinTech Platform

Selby Jennings; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Selby Jennings is looking for a Technical Lead in Greater London to oversee their European Technology team. This high-impact role requires hands-on leadership in platform architecture, mentoring, and modernizing infrastructure. You will drive greenfield projects while ensuring best practices in DevOps and scalable system design. Ideal candidates should have over 5 years' experience in fintech, strong knowledge of AWS, Docker, CI/CD, and excellent stakeholder management skills.

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience working with financial or quantitative datasets.
• Proven experience in a DevOps / platform engineering environment.
• Strong expertise in AWS and cloud-native architecture.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and scale the EMEA technology team.
• Take ownership of platform architecture for scalability and performance.
• Champion DevOps best practices including CI/CD and automation.
• Oversee cloud infrastructure on AWS for security and efficiency.

Skills

Technical leadership

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Terraform

AWS

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Job description

Selby Jennings is looking for a Technical Lead in Greater London to oversee their European Technology team. This high-impact role requires hands-on leadership in platform architecture, mentoring, and modernizing infrastructure. You will drive greenfield projects while ensuring best practices in DevOps and scalable system design. Ideal candidates should have over 5 years' experience in fintech, strong knowledge of AWS, Docker, CI/CD, and excellent stakeholder management skills.