Moneybox
FinTech
HeadofEngineering
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“Head of Engineering at Moneybox. Skills: Technical leadership, Payments systems, Money movement systems, Engineering standards. Own technical direction for backend systems. Own technical direction for product features”
What You'll Achieve.
Scale engineering capability; Improve long-term engineering velocity
Industry & Context.
Pragmatic decision-making; Root cause analysis
Based within UK
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Hands-on engineering leadership, Technical depth, Execution, Pragmatic decision-making, Comfortable designing complex functionality, Comfortable building complex functionality, Operate confidently in regulated financial services, Help teams move quickly, Senior technical leadership across payments, Senior technical leadership across money movement, Senior technical leadership across interest systems, Senior technical leadership across fees systems, Shape long-term technical roadmap, Champion simple, pragmatic architecture, Create engineering standards, Maintain engineering standards, Lead small team of squad leads, Develop small team of squad leads
Nice to Have
Experience with our exact stack
What You'll Do.
Own technical direction for backend systems
Own technical direction for product features
Own technical direction for engineering initiatives
Contribute to design decisions
Help teams build complex functionality
Set high bar for software quality
Set high bar for reliability
Set high bar for maintainability
Set high bar for operational excellence
Review engineering work
Shape engineering work
Unblock engineering work
Stay close to systems
Stay close to delivery detail
Challenge weak designs
Help teams make technical decisions
Drive get stuff done culture
Move from ambiguity to action
Make sensible trade-offs
Keep teams focused on delivering software
Provide senior technical leadership for payments
Provide senior technical leadership for money movement
Provide senior technical leadership for interest
Provide senior technical leadership for fees
Ensure systems remain correct
Ensure systems remain resilient
Ensure systems remain scalable
Ensure systems remain auditable
Ensure systems remain easy to evolve
Shape long-term technical roadmap for payments
Shape long-term technical roadmap for money movement
Shape long-term technical roadmap for interest
Shape long-term technical roadmap for fees
Champion simple architecture
Champion pragmatic architecture
Favor designs as simple as possible
Create engineering standards
Maintain engineering standards
Lead small team of squad leads
Develop small team of squad leads
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Squad leads; Teams of engineers
Process & Methodology
Delivery, Roadmap planning
Full Job Description
## Description About Moneybox At Moneybox, our mission is to give everyone the means to get more out of life. We're guided by our belief that wealth isn't about the money, it's about the means to more - more freedom, opportunities, possibilities, and peace of mind. Moneybox is an award-winning wealth management platform, helping over one and a half million people build wealth throughout their lives, whether they’re saving and investing, buying their first home, or planning for retirement. Job Brief We are looking for a Head of Engineering to help us scale our engineering capability without compromising product quality, service reliability or regulatory standards. This is a senior, hands-on engineering leadership role. We are looking for someone who can lead through technical depth, strong execution and pragmatic decision-making. The ideal candidate is comfortable designing and helping build complex, high-risk functionality where the margin for error is small. They should be able to operate confidently in a regulated financial services environment and help teams move quickly without creating unnecessary complexity. A major focus of this role will be technical leadership across Moneybox’s payments, money movement, interest and fee systems. These systems underpin how customer money moves through the platform, how interest is calculated and paid and how fees are collected. Their correctness, reliability and auditability are critical to customer trust, regulatory compliance, revenue assurance and operational resilience. You will lead a small team of squad leads, each of whom leads a small team of engineers whilst remaining hands-on in delivery. Direct line management is deliberately limited so this role can stay close to the technical detail, with a clear focus on technical leadership, delivery, engineering standards and building systems that improve long-term engineering velocity. ## Our Tech Stack You do not need experience with our exact stack, but you should be able
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