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Lead the Engineering Revolution in Fintech at Funding Circle
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London, United Kingdom - Hybrid
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Organisation summary: Join Funding Circle, a leading fintech company on a mission to revolutionize small business financing. With a decade of innovation, we provide rapid funding solutions, leveraging advanced data and technology to offer small businesses seamless loan experiences. Our platform is a testament to engineering excellence, offering instant loan decisions and transforming the SME lending space. It's an exciting time to be at the forefront of fintech, driving change and impacting the future of finance.
- Role Summary:
- Lead the Core Services engineering team to drive our core product capabilities.
- Oversee technology deliverables, architecture, and engineering excellence.
- Execute the prioritised product roadmap to achieve business objectives and advance our architecture.
- Role Requirements:
- Proven experience in engineering management and technical leadership.
- Success in delivering high-value, mission-critical products and services.
- Proficiency with Agile Methodologies and engineering metrics.
- Capability to build and lead high-performing teams in a dynamic environment.
- Benefits:
- Hybrid working model with 2-3 days in the office.
- Health benefits including private insurance, dental, therapy sessions, and fertility support.
- Wealth benefits including financial coaching and retail discounts.
- Professional development opportunities with learning allowances.
- Lifestyle perks such as a gym pass and electric car scheme.
The role The Head of Engineering heads up the Core Services engineering team. The team are the drivers behind our core product agnostic capabilities – brilliant people working together to create, code, and build the next game changers.
Who are we? Our mission is to build the place where small businesses get the funding they need to win. We do this by uniting cutting-edge data and technology to deliver an unbeatable customer experience. With a decade of expertise under our belt, we've built a game-changer of a platform that's reshaping the landscape of SME lending. Say goodbye to lengthy loan applications and hello to lightning-fast decisions!
Engineering at Funding Circle At the heart of our platform's success lies our extraordinary engineering & data teams. They are the architects and the driving force solving the technical challenges that grant 75% of our borrowers an instant decision. Technology is not just integral; it's pivotal to our mission, ensuring that our multi product platform continues to be the leader in cutting edge fintech products and reshaping the SME lending landscape, one small business at a time.
What will you be doing? You will be accountable for achieving the technology deliverables for your group across technology & architecture, engineering excellence and talent & ways of working. You will also be accountable for the successful execution of the prioritised product roadmap to progress towards target state architecture and deliver business objectives.
Job requirements Experienced in engineering management and technical leadership Experienced in delivering mission-critical, high-value products, and services Experienced with Agile Methodologies, engineering metrics, and building high-performing teams Experienced in working in a fast-paced and rapidly growing environment
Benefits Our Circler proposition is designed to support employees both in and out of work, and it is anchored around four pillars: Health, Wealth, Development & Lifestyle. We offer hybrid working, with 2-3 days per week based in the office. When you’re in the office you can take advantage of our free barista and subsidised lunches through JustEat and we will help support your home working set-up. We support flexible working arrangements. Health: Private Medical Insurance through Aviva, Dental Insurance through Bupa, MediCash, free access to online therapy sessions and exclusive discounts with Hertility for reproductive health support. Wealth: Octopus Money Coach, free mortgage advisor partnership and discounts across numerous retailers through Perks at Work. Development: Learning allowance and full access to internal Learning platform. Lifestyle: Gympass, Electric Car Scheme and more!
