Global Head of Software Engineering

CellPoint Digital; Greater London; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Direct access to CTO

Global scale responsibility

Job summary

CellPoint Digital is seeking a Global Head of Software Engineering to shape and scale an across-the-globe engineering organisation. The role reports to the CTO and focuses on leadership development, operating model design, and driving high-quality software at scale for global brands.

You’ll partner with the CTO and senior leaders to influence technology strategy, build exceptional teams, and deliver secure, resilient, and scalable solutions in a rapidly growing FinTech environment.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in software engineering organisations.
• 5+ years leading Engineering Managers and senior engineering leaders.
• Proven experience scaling and transforming engineering organisations.
• Experience operating within SaaS, FinTech, Payments, or other high-growth technology businesses.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and develop Engineering Managers and senior engineering leaders.
• Build scalable leadership structures to support continued growth.
• Define and evolve our engineering operating model and transformation initiatives.
• Own engineering delivery performance across multiple teams and regions.
• Establish meaningful KPIs and engineering metrics.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Scale engineering organisations

SaaS/FinTech

Cloud-native architecture

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional leadership

AI-enabled development

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

CI/CD tooling

Job description

At CellPoint Digital, we're transforming the way leading airlines, travel companies, and hospitality brands manage payments.

Our payment orchestration platform helps some of the world's biggest brands deliver seamless payment experiences, maximise approval rates, reduce costs, and unlock new revenue opportunities. As we continue our rapid growth, we're looking for an exceptional Global Head of Software Engineering to lead and scale our engineering organisation worldwide.

Reporting directly to the CTO, this is a rare opportunity to shape engineering strategy, develop future leaders, and play a key role in the evolution of a platform that powers payments for global brands.

While CellPoint Digital is an established business, we retain a startup mindset and culture. We move quickly, embrace innovation, and empower our leaders to make a real impact. We're looking for someone who enjoys building, scaling, and driving change in a fast-growing environment where decisions are made quickly and ideas become reality.

The Opportunity

As Global Head of Software Engineering, you'll lead a globally distributed engineering organisation across Europe, North America, and India. This role is about far more than delivery. We're looking for a leader who can build exceptional teams, develop Engineering Managers, improve organisational effectiveness, and create an environment where teams consistently deliver high-quality software at scale.

Working closely with the CTO and senior leadership team, you'll have significant influence over engineering strategy, organisational design, leadership development, and the future direction of our technology organisation.

What You'll Be Doing

Engineering Leadership & Growth

• Lead, mentor and develop Engineering Managers and senior engineering leaders
• Build scalable leadership structures to support continued growth
• Drive talent development, succession planning and leadership capability
• Foster a culture of ownership, accountability and continuous improvement

Engineering Strategy & Transformation

• Define and evolve our engineering operating model
• Drive engineering transformation initiatives that improve productivity and scalability
• Establish best practices across planning, delivery, quality and operational excellence
• Champion modern engineering practices, automation and AI-enabled development

Delivery & Operational Excellence

• Own engineering delivery performance across multiple teams and regions
• Establish meaningful KPIs and engineering metrics
• Improve planning, predictability and execution
• Ensure teams deliver secure, resilient and scalable solutions
• Partner closely with the CTO and senior leadership team
• Align engineering priorities with company strategy and commercial objectives
• Contribute to long-term technology planning and organisational growth
• Support strategic customer engagements where executive-level technical leadership is required

What We're Looking For

• 12+ years of experience within software engineering organisations
• 5+ years leading Engineering Managers and senior engineering leaders
• Proven experience scaling and transforming engineering organisations
• Experience leading globally distributed teams
• Strong understanding of modern software architecture and cloud-native technologies
• Track record of improving engineering effectiveness, quality and delivery performance
• Experience operating within SaaS, FinTech, Payments, or other high-growth technology businesses
• Exceptional stakeholder management, communication and leadership skills
• Strong commercial awareness and the ability to balance strategic and operational priorities

Nice to Have

• Payments or payment orchestration experience
• Experience leading platform modernisation programmes
• AI-enabled engineering initiatives
• High-availability, mission-critical SaaS environments

Why Join CellPoint Digital?

This is a unique opportunity to help shape the future of engineering at one of the fastest-growing companies in the payments industry. You'll have genuine ownership, direct access to executive leadership, and the ability to influence decisions that will impact the future of both our platform and organisation.

What's in it for you?

• Fast-growing FinTech operating at global scale
• Direct access to the CTO and executive leadership team
• Opportunity to shape engineering strategy and organisational design
• Comprehensive medical insurance for you and your dependents
• Collaborative, innovative and inclusive culture