Global Head of Software Engineering: Scale & Strategy

Cellpoint Digital Ltd; 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

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.