Lead Engineer

Overview

As Lead Engineer in the CRI Engineering team, you will shape reliable, scalable systems that power lending and investor relations. You’ll drive complex initiatives across teams, balancing technical excellence with business outcomes. This role combines hands-on delivery with architectural leadership in a mission to support thousands of UK small businesses. Expect to influence engineering standards, champion AI-enabled improvements, and partner with product to align tech strategy with commercial goals. Join a high-performing, collaborative culture that values ownership and impact.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible benefit allowance
• private medical and dental
• life assurance and share schemes
• annual learning allowance
• electric car and cycle-to-work schemes
• parential leave policies

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver large, complex initiatives across team boundaries
• Broker cross-team solution ideation and ensure team accountability for outcomes
• Own engineering performance metrics with the Engineering Manager to drive continuous improvement
• Champion engineering-led improvements and establish cross-team standards incorporating AI
• Solve technical problems within your domain and act as a technical authority
• Drive technical strategy aligned with commercial outcomes and customer needs
• Collaborate with Engineering Manager and Product Manager to set technical and product vision
• Make durable, scalable, and secure architectural decisions and own outcomes
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels, adapting style as needed
• Navigate contentious conversations and manage trade-offs with product partners

Key requirements

• Technical leadership with a track record of owning complex delivery across teams
• Mentoring and coaching mindset with emphasis on feedback
• Strong ability to spot cross-team friction and resolve misalignment
• Experience in at least one major programming language (Python, Ruby, Clojure)
• Recognised technical authority within domain with peer trust
• Proven ability to leverage AI tooling to improve team delivery
• Ability to connect technical work to end-to-end customer needs and business outcomes
• Stakeholder management and ability to communicate with non-technical audiences

• mentoring and coaching
• stakeholder management
• cross-team collaboration
• Python
• Ruby
• Clojure

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