Interim Engineering Leader: Platform & Security

Personal Group; Milton Keynes; Hybrid; GBP 86,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Minimum 26 days holiday

Private medical insurance

Travel insurance

Enhanced maternity/paternity leave

Online GP

Job summary

Personal Group is seeking an experienced Interim Head of Engineering in Milton Keynes for a 6-month fixed-term contract. Hybrid work requires 1 day in the office.

You will lead engineering strategy, architecture, quality, and delivery across SaaS and insurance platforms, coordinating internal and outsourced teams under the CTO. You will drive secure, scalable solutions, promote CI/CD, and establish AI-assisted development practices while coaching leaders and building a culture of continuous

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading software engineering and testing functions.
• Strong architecture expertise across SaaS platforms, APIs, integrations, security and resilience.
• Deep practical experience with C#/.NET and modern software engineering practices.
• Experience delivering and governing low-code platforms, ideally OutSystems.
• A track record of managing outsourced and offshore engineering partners.
• Experience establishing automated testing and CI/CD capabilities.
• Knowledge of ISO 27001, ISO 9001 and secure software development practices.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the confidence to challenge, influence and make pragmatic decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the engineering function across multiple platforms and technologies, including OutSystems, .NET, UniVerse/UniBasic and iOS applications.
• Own application and solution architecture, ensuring scalable, secure and maintainable solutions.
• Manage engineering capacity, technical delivery commitments and engineering release readiness.
• Drive quality through robust testing, automation, CI/CD and engineering standards.
• Lead internal and offshore engineering teams and partners, ensuring high performance and accountability.
• Establish and embed effective use of AI-assisted development tools, including GitHub Copilot and Claude Code.
• Own application security, technical debt management, operational resilience and remediation activities.
• Develop team capability, coaching leaders and building a culture of continuous improvement.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Software architecture

C#/.NET

AI-assisted development

Tools

OutSystems

UniVerse/UniBasic

iOS

Azure

AWS

SQL Server

Job description

Personal Group is seeking an experienced Interim Head of Engineering in Milton Keynes for a 6-month fixed-term contract. Hybrid work requires 1 day in the office.

You will lead engineering strategy, architecture, quality, and delivery across SaaS and insurance platforms, coordinating internal and outsourced teams under the CTO. You will drive secure, scalable solutions, promote CI/CD, and establish AI-assisted development practices while coaching leaders and building a culture of continuous