Software Engineering Lead

Job Title: Software Engineering Lead
Location: Bristol
Hours: Full-time

Working Pattern: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week currently, or 40% of our time, at our London Office

About this opportunity

A fantastic opportunity has emerged for a Data/Software Engineering leader to collaborate with multi-functional teams within the Personalised Experiences and Communications Platform! As a head of data your responsibilities will be delivering the highest quality data capability, drawing upon your engineering expertise, whilst being open minded to the opportunities the cloud provides!

What you'll do

• Lead the software engineering squads in delivering high-quality software applications and systems that leverage AI and machine learning to provide personalised experiences for our twenty-six million customers and users.

• Work with the head of engineering, product managers, architects, and other partners to define and implement the software engineering squads’ roadmap, scope, and tasks.

• Mentor and coach, the software engineering squad, developing their skills and career growth.

• Fix, debug, and resolve technical issues and challenges that arise during the software development lifecycle.

• Deliver technical solutions that can be employed across multiple entities within the group.

• Define consumption and integration patterns and data models and contracts.

• Create automation tools for data reconciliation and curation.

• Drive the culture of delivering highly secured and high-quality software.

• Identify and eliminate recurring issues by automating processes.

• Help in adopting best engineering practices like Test Driven Development, code reviews, Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery.

About us

We are on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we are shaping finance for good. We are focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a wonderful place for everyone. Including you.

What you'll need

We understand no one can be an expert in every aspect of data/software Engineering. However, if you have coding or scripting knowledge / experience with a data engineering background, we would like to hear from you.

• Experience in both leadership and engineering

• Proven experience of delivering systems design, software development, testing and operational stability.

• Knowledge of automation and CI/CD

• Advanced knowledge of agile methodologies.

• Proficiency in relevant programming languages, frameworks, and technologies, such as Python, Java, Rust, JavaScript, React, Angular, TensorFlow, PyTorch.

• Experience in working with large-scale data sets, data pipelines, and cloud platforms, such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.

• Experience in using distributed systems and event driven architecture.

• Practical experience of Cloud native solutions

• Advanced knowledge of containers (Docker, Kubernetes) and experience with cloud platforms such as GCP, Azure or AWS.

• Strong experience working with Kafka technologies.

• Computer science fundamentals: a clear understanding of data structures, algorithms, software design, design patterns and core programming concepts.

• Good understating of cloud storage, networking, and resource provisioning

It would be great if you had…

• Certification in GCP “Cloud Architect”, “Cloud Developer”, “Professional Data Engineer”

• Certification in Apache Kafka (CCDAK)

• Strong experience in data analysis

• Proficiency across the data lifecycle

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.

We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.

And it’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.

We’re disability confident. So, if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%

• An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance

• Share schemes including free shares

• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping

• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top

• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Want to do amazing work, that’s interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey.