Senior Director of Engineering — AI‑Driven Platforms

Fitch Group, Inc.; Manchester; On-site; GBP 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Fitch Ratings is seeking a Senior Director, Engineering to lead four full‑stack teams serving Corporates, FI, and Sovereigns. You will own technical strategy, drive modernization, and foster a culture of bold innovation while partnering with senior stakeholders.

This leader will champion AI/ML enabled platforms and scalable delivery, balancing production reliability with audacious, high‑impact projects across Fitch’s global analytical workflows.

Qualifications

• 18+ years in software engineering with senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Challenge the conventional and set a bolder technical vision
• Build, develop, and inspire exceptional people
• Reimagine and modernize critical platforms
• Drive greenfield innovation without apology
• Push the frontier of AI, ML, and intelligent systems
• Influence across a complex stakeholder landscape

Skills

Multi-team leadership

Full-stack engineering

Cloud-native architecture

React / Java / Python

Executive communication

AI/ML experience

Education

Bachelor's / Master’s / PhD in CS or related

Tools

AWS

Azure

Kubernetes

Job description

Fitch Ratings is seeking a Senior Director, Engineering to lead four full‑stack teams serving Corporates, FI, and Sovereigns. You will own technical strategy, drive modernization, and foster a culture of bold innovation while partnering with senior stakeholders.

This leader will champion AI/ML enabled platforms and scalable delivery, balancing production reliability with audacious, high‑impact projects across Fitch’s global analytical workflows.