Head of Engineering

2 months ago

Cardiff, United Kingdom LDMS Full time

About Us:

Founded in 2018 LDMS is part of the LC Financial Holdings group, a 4 pillar organisation that has over 2,000 employees across Europe. Together, we have an impressive track record of providing world-class credit expertise that spans over 20 years.

We are a Fintech company focused on digital lending software, a market growing around 18% per year and set to be worth $27 billion by 2028. Given our expertise within the company and across the group we aim to be the leader in the space, and in order to do that we need a team of people who can not just write quality code but can think, create and challenge others to come up with the best solutions for our customers. We are an ambitious team with a pretty big ‘to-do list’ including improving existing products, building new ones and delivering to new markets.

The Role

As a Head of Engineering you will be a member of the Product Engineering Leadership team, you will be responsible for all aspects of architecture, engineering best practice and quality across multiple products.

You will ensure that architecture, best practice and quality are at a high standard and compliment our ability to deliver frequent value to our customers and stakeholders. You will manage a team of technical leads across multiple disciplines. You enjoy and embrace agile ways of working and use your experience to know when it is appropriate to take a pragmatic solution and when to hold firm to more strategic implementations.

It is primarily a strategic technical role, however from time to time it will be necessary to get involved at the coal face, to support your team and wider department. You will be passionate about code craftsmanship and look to set high standards, coach others and put systems & tools in place in order to ensure your standards are met. You will instil the DevOps paradigm in your teams, encouraging that engineers own the work they produce from cradle to grave.

You are comfortable in taking a blank sheet of paper or adapting / extending an existing system, through to a working design and plan of implementation. You understand the metrics and KPIs to track and work towards, setting clear goals and objectives for your teams inline with the wider business vision. You are comfortable, communicating complex technical strategies and solutions at all levels of the business.

Key Responsibilities

From time to time the key responsibilities may change or be adapted to the needs of the business, however the below gives an overview of the key areas of focus

Day to Day

  • Single point of contact for the Head of Product Engineering and the wider business for all queries relating to our products’ strategies.
  • Essentially a strategic role but you must feel comfortable rolling your sleeves up and getting stuck in should the need arise.
  • Ensure all functions under your wing have refined and prioritised backlogs to draw work from.
  • Work with Product and Delivery to ensure our engineering solutions fit hand in glove with our business objectives.
  • Set clear goals and objectives for your direct reports that can ideally trickle down to the wider functions.
  • Ensure that the right level of documentation is created and kept up to date regarding architecture, engineering decisions and processes

Requirements

Essential

  • Java / Spring Boot
  • Postgres
  • AWS / Docker
  • Single Page Applications
  • React / TypeScript
  • CI/CD
  • Solutions and Technical Architecture
  • Quality best practice and automation

Desirable

  • Oracle PL/SQL - Highly Desirable but not essential

What’s important to us?

It’s safe to say our passion is tech but we recognise that it’s the people that we hire and bring together who are at the heart of the organisation. Over the years we have acquired and recruited a pretty eclectic bunch with hobbies ranging from gaming to ultra marathon running, snowboarding to chess and hiking and climbing, however, what we do have in common are our values:

  • Teamwork
  • Merit
  • Develop
  • Honest
  • Impactful
  • Integrity

They may just look like corporate jargon but they mean something to us, and if you can relate to the above, get in touch as it there’s a good chance that you’d be a great addition to the team.

Benefits

  • Discretionary Bonus (Up-to 20%)
  • 25 days Annual leave (plus bank holidays)
  • 1 day Birthday Leave
  • 1 day Charity Leave
  • Death In Service
  • Private Health Insurance - AXA VIP comprehensive cover - optional
  • EAP
  • Pension (Salary Sacrifice 3%/5% contribution)
  • Salary sacrifice bike and electric car scheme
  • Monthly Socials
  • Charity Events 

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