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Director of Engineering

21074
  • 125000
  • Belfast, United Kingdom
  • Permanent

Director of Engineering

Are you ready to take the lead in shaping a high-performing Engineering organisation from the ground up? This is a rare opportunity to scale a growing team, influence technical direction, and drive outcomes that will have a lasting impact on both our business and the broader industry. We’re building the next generation of technology to power a merchant-first ecosystem, and we’re looking for a Director of Software Engineering who is passionate about meaningful innovation, team development, and delivering real value. If you’re energised by the idea of leading with purpose, simplifying complexity, and making a measurable difference

What you will get

  • Salary up to £125,000
  • Great bonus package
  • World class benefits package
  • Remote first
  • Flexible holidays
  • Healthcare and insurances
  • Cost cover on wifi and electric
  • Money to set up a home office

What you will do

  • Hire, Metor and develop a world class Engineering team.
  • Be inspired by industry best practices across and drive innovation through Engineering, Architecture, DevOps and Data engineering teams.
  • Build a collaborative, transparent culture of trust where team members are empowered and inspired to do their best work and drive learning and employee advancement.
  • Work closely with cross functional teams and leaders to deliver great products.
  • Improve agile processes with your teams and enable new Development techniques to reduce complexity, improve quality increase the velocity within the teams.
  • Assist engineers grow their careers and give them the tools to learn new techniques and technologies.

What you will need

  • 5 plus years in a Software management role
  • Managed a minimum of 15 plus engineers
  • comfortable leading cross-functional teams
  • Willingness to backtrack, seek multiple solutions, and experiment to validate approaches.
  • A strong background in object-oriented programming in a language such as Java, C# or C++.
  • Creative, Investigative, Innovative, Insightful, and able to make technical leaps, finding novel solutions.

Find out more

If you would like to have a confidential conversation and find out more about this opportunity, then get in touch with Johnathan Potts at Search 5.0 - 07880850450 or click on the apply button below.

Jonathan Potts Co-Founder & Head of Software Engineering Recruitment

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