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Director of Software Engineering - Northern Ireland
£100,000 - 100,000
Hayward Hawk
Great Victoria Street 2-4, Northern Ireland
£100,000 - 100,000
Requirements
Must:
- 5 years of engineering leadership experience, with at least 1 year at Director level or equivalent.
- Strong background in full-stack engineering, with fluency in object-oriented languages (e.g., Java, C#, C++).
- Proven success in scaling engineering teams and building high-impact, customer-facing products.
- Experience in the payments space or in a regulated financial environment.
- Strong grasp of agile methodologies, lean delivery, and modern DevOps tooling.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence at all levels and collaborate across disciplines.
- A servant-leader mindset with a passion for developing people and teams.
- Confidence working in fast-paced, ambiguous environments with multiple stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Recruit, lead, and develop a high-performing engineering team focused on delivering payments and platform innovation.
- Guide teams across the full stack to deliver secure, scalable, and user-friendly products.
- Partner with Product and Compliance to design solutions that balance customer experience with risk and regulatory requirements.
- Foster a culture of ownership, transparency, and continuous improvement across all squads.
- Drive modern engineering practices including CI/CD, automated testing, and cloud-native development.
- Lead by example with hands-on technical oversight and sound architectural thinking.
- Support agile delivery processes that increase development velocity while maintaining stability.
- Champion a learning culture with mentoring, coaching, and regular feedback loops.
- Encourage a pragmatic approach to solving complex challenges around real-time processing, data integrity, and system reliability.
- Collaborate cross-functionally to coordinate large-scale feature development and product delivery.
Description
We are a fast-growing fintech scale-up that is redefining digital payments and shaping the future of merchant services. Our innovative company delivers next-generation solutions empowering businesses across the UK, Europe, and beyond with seamless payment processing, real-time insights, and secure, scalable infrastructure. We prioritize building technology around real-world business needs, fostering autonomy and trust within small teams, and leveraging modern tools to drive efficiency, security, and resilience. As the Director of Software Engineering, you will lead a growing team of engineers responsible for building core payment products, merchant tools, and platform services. This is an exciting opportunity to impact how money moves and to simplify the experience for thousands of merchants. We offer a supportive, forward-thinking culture with flexible and hybrid working options. Join us in this meaningful journey!
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