Head of Engineering

Head of Development / Engineering – Wealth Management – £150,000+

Orbis are partnered with a Wealth Management firm in London who offer a variety of services for high net-worth individuals and institutions, with a focus on helping them achieve their long-term financial goals through innovative solutions.

This is a new, key hire for the company as they expand with recent high performance and looking to bring in a Head of Development to lead an engineering team consisting of 8 high performing engineers.

You will play a key role in the growth of the team, with the aim to be at 16 by 2025. This will be around 20% hands-on, so some coding will be required.

You’ll also be responsible for:

• Day to day management and leadership of the team, reporting directly into the CTO
• Identify any technical inefficiencies in existing systems and provide solutions for improvement
• Drive implementation of automated testing and CI/CD principles to improve efficiency and performance
• Step in and deputise for the CTO when required
• Create development and progression plans for the development team to upskill and scale the team

What you need:

• Proven experience successfully managing and leading engineering teams
• Previous experience as a software engineer
• High proficiency with Python, Django and any front end framework (ideally React)
• Excellent communication skills
• This is a small, dynamic company, so experience working within a fast paced start-up environment would be ideal

If this aligns with your experience and would like to find out more, please apply and I will reach out if applicable.