Head of Engineering

Contract Role: Head of Engineering
Location: UK Remote
Day Rate: Up to £850 p/d (Outside IR35)
Contract Length: 6 Months (Initial)
Start Date: ASAP
Industry: FinTech
Wedo is exclusively partnered with a B Corp-certified FinTech at Series C stage, recognised for its innovative approach to providing unsecured working capital loans. Using proprietary machine learning to assess affordability and risk, they've already disbursed over 5 million loans and positively impacted more than 4 million lives.
As they scale into new markets and gear up for Series D and IPO, they're seeking an experienced Contract Director of Engineering to lead and mature engineering functions across backend, frontend, mobile, testing, and architecture.
Key Responsibilities:

• Lead, mentor, and develop senior engineering leaders across multiple disciplines
• Translate business goals into scalable technical strategy
• Drive engineering delivery across core lending platforms
• Support the CTO in strategic leadership and deputise where needed
• Ensure robust engineering execution through DevOps/SRE principles
• Set high-performance standards through metric-driven leadership (e.g., DORA)

What We're Looking For:

• Proven experience as a Director, VP, or Head of Engineering within FinTech or high-growth tech businesses
• Strong technical understanding across cloud, backend systems, APIs, and architecture
• Experience managing full SDLC, scaling teams, and building high-performing engineering culture
• Executive-level communication and leadership capabilities
• Deep understanding of FinTech environments, regulations, and platform scalability

Additional Info:

• Fully remote within the UK
• Outside IR35
• Opportunity to influence strategic growth in an IPO-track FinTech

Interested in leading engineering excellence at one of the UK's most impactful FinTechs? Apply now or reach out directly for a confidential chat.