**Key Responsibilities** ***Technical Leadership and AI-Assisted Development**** Lead technical direction for your delivery team, championing AI-assisted development workflows and spec-driven approaches to accelerate delivery* Guide engineers in effectively leveraging AI coding assistants (such as GitHub Copilot, Amazon Q Developer, Cursor, or similar tools) to enhance productivity and code quality* Establish standards and best practices for AI-native development, including prompt engineering, code generation review, and quality assurance* Keep up with industry best practices in fintech and AI-assisted development, understanding the impact of technology choices on the team* Provide hands-on technical contribution whilst balancing leadership responsibilities* Ensure proposed solutions are feasible within technical constraints and align with overall architectural vision* Line manage 4-5 engineers, providing regular 1:1s, performance feedback, and career development support* Actively mentor engineers using coaching techniques to help them arrive at solutions, identifying areas for focus and improvement* Read team morale and respond proactively to engineer needs, working to improve team engagement and satisfaction* Ensure your team has the right expertise and skills to deliver on squad goals* Foster a culture of learning and experimentation, providing resources and support for continuous professional development* Explain the impact of your pod's work to non-technical stakeholders in clear, engaging terms* Communicate team goals to engineers in ways that connect their work to company success and business value* Work with Product Managers to define feasible metrics and success criteria, helping shape pod goals to deliver business value* Regularly run project/epic kick-off meetings and facilitate collaborative sessions with stakeholders* Proactively inform the triumvirate and stakeholders on progress, blockers, and delivery estimates* Estimate delivery of work across the delivery team with accuracy, managing deliverables toensure prioritised work is valuable* Conduct technical feasibility studies for proposed requirements* Delegate effectively to focus on unblocking engineers and actively removing impediments* Feed proposals to the technical roadmap to keep the platform evolving* Ensure delivery of quality software that meets business and customer needs whilst maintaining focus on technical debt reduction and customer satisfactions* Proven experience as a Technical Lead or Senior Software Engineer with leadership responsibilities* Strong hands-on technical skills across multiple systems and technologies relevant to fintech/banking software* Demonstrated experience with AI coding assistants (GitHub Copilot, Amazon Q Developer, Cursor, or similar) in production development* Track record of implementing spec-driven development and AI-assisted workflows to accelerate delivery* Experience successfully mentoring and developing engineers* Experience working in agile/scrum delivery teams with Product Owners and stakeholders* Excellent communication skills with ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences* Experience estimating and delivering work in iterative cycles* Strong problem-solving abilities and architectural thinking* Experience with Oracle databases, Java/C#, or modern web technologies* Background in financial services or regulated industries* Familiarity with CI/CD, DevOps practices, and modern development tooling* Experience implementing or transitioning to pod-based delivery models* Track record of driving adoption of AI-assisted development practices or new technologies within teams* Knowledge of agentic AI frameworks (Lang Chain, Lang Graph, Auto Gen) or prompt engineering techniques* Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure) and modern application architectures* **Leadership:*** Able to support and lead technical direction in an agile team; actively mentors engineers and uses coaching techniques; manages team morale and responds to needs* **Domain Expertise:*** Keeps up with industry best practices; understands impact of technology choices; can identify problems and drive improvements* **Interpersonal Skills & Communication:*** Explains impact to non-technical stakeholders; engages team with goals; facilitates collaborative sessions; works to make engineers understand company objectives* **Initiative & Innovation:*** Identifies problems with delivery team and process; sets strategic direction for AI-assisted development adoption; encourages culture of learning and experimentation with modern development tools* **Execution:*** Estimates delivery across team; manages deliverables effectively; ensures prioritised work is valuable; actively removes blockers* **Customer-centric:*** Facilitates workshops with stakeholders; demonstrates how solutions meet needs; addresses customer preferences with technical alternatives* **Business Acumen:*** Understands and communicates goals across teams; helps shape team goals to deliver business value whilst balancing technical debt reduction and customer retention priorities* Competitive base salary* Bonus Scheme* Annual leave (36 days incl your birthday off)* Training & Development (Internal & External)* Market leading workplace pension (15% matched)* Private Healthcare Scheme - AXA, UK* Enhanced maternity leave* Remote/Hybrid Working* Flexible start / finish times* Family related benefits* Excellent Health & Wellbeing Initiatives
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