Staff Software Engineer

Funding Circle UK

Staff Engineer providing technical leadership for the core platforms enabling product teams. Responsible for driving innovation and transforming engineering processes with Generative AI.

Posted 7/13/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomLeadWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in high-level solution design and engineering performance, with a strong focus on leveraging Generative AI technologies to drive innovation. Proven ability to lead technical teams, manage stakeholder relationships, and translate complex technical concepts into actionable strategies.

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Generative AI ImplementationTechnical LeadershipStakeholder ManagementPlatform Domain ExpertiseProgramming Language Proficiency

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Hard Skills

Solution DesignEngineering PerformanceTechnical Problem SolvingProgramming Language (Python, Ruby, Java)Data Architecture

Soft Skills

CoachingMentoringInfluencingCollaboration

Industry Keywords

SaaSCommercial AcumenEmerging TechnologiesAI NativeStakeholder Engagement

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

JavaPythonRuby

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

You take accountability for high-level solution design, standards, engineering performance, and technology decisions within your Group.
You will have sound commercial acumen and a solid understanding of how tech drives the top and bottom line. You understand and can articulate how our platform drives customer and commercial outcomes.
You proactively identify and leverage the latest Generative AI tools and techniques to drive innovation and transform our engineering processes, helping the organisation become fully "AI Native."
You understand collaboration with customer facing product teams is vital for a successful platform. Building an informed roadmap and shaping the technical direction to deliver on it. You translate this into a target system and data architecture with clear milestones to iterate towards it.
You are able to perform deep-dives and troubleshoot issues in a hands-on capacity, but you seek to enable the teams rather than becoming a dependency for future issues.
You have excellent stakeholder-management skills and can present technology solutions, risks and tradeoffs to any audience across Funding Circle, demonstrating the ability to influence without requiring reporting authority to do so.
You represent Funding Circle externally at events, leveraging your network to share industry trends and insight, as well as attracting talent to Funding Circle.

Requirements

What you’ll need

An engineering leader who can lead on solving high-level problems, whilst also deep-diving into technical challenges in a hands-on capacity.
Experience operating as the technical lead for a platform domain, either as a staff equivalent or a SaaS founding/lead engineer.
Understanding of the importance and limitations of internal platforms, experienced with deciding when to invest in centralisation vs bespoke, and in driving adoption.
Experience in at least one major Programming language (e.g. Python, Ruby, Java).
True advocate for an empowered engineering team over 10x engineers, with a passion for coaching, mentoring, and sponsoring.
A strong passion for critically assessing and applying emerging technologies to solve complex engineering challenges. Driving transformational change across an organisation.
A strong passion for and proven experience in adopting and applying emerging technologies, particularly Generative AI, to solve complex engineering challenges and drive transformational change across an organisation.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexibility: We provide a benefit allowance you can tailor to your own life and family.
Health: This includes private medical and dental, health assessments, and access to a digital GP.
Wealth: We offer life assurance, share schemes, and financial coaching.
Development: You get a dedicated annual learning allowance to help you level up.
Lifestyle: We have electric car and cycle-to-work schemes, plus season ticket loans.
Award-winning parental leave policies.