VP of Engineering
Ravelin Technology
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: London • United Kingdom
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About the role
- Cultivate a collaborative and inclusive team environment, empowering engineers to thrive. Encourage and demonstrate open communication, and foster a culture of mutual respect and support, ensuring an engaged and high-performing team.
- Review and implement appropriate and scalable processes for objective setting, performance reviews, and career development to support the team’s growth.
- Design and evolve the organisational structure of the team.
- Lead headcount planning and hiring strategies to proactively identify and close critical skills gaps.
- Balance the cadence of feature releases against platform stability and technical debt to ensure the team meets business goals without compromising quality or uptime.
- Collaborate with Product, Operations, Detection, Sales, and other teams to ensure alignment and transparency across the company.
- Oversee vendor and partner relationships, ensuring effective use of external resources and cost-efficiency.
- Evaluate and implement partners, tools, frameworks and processes that improve engineering efficiency.
- Maintain oversight of compliance and audit progress, acting as an escalation point to resolve blockers and any cross-team friction.
Requirements
- Proven experience in a senior engineering leadership role, managing large distributed teams (10+ people), covering the full lifecycle of people management from coaching and development to managing underperformance
- A strong technical background with expertise in software development and delivery, with a focus on:
- - Deep understanding of cloud-native environments (GCP desirable)
- - Proven ability in architectural decision-making and technical trade-offs
- - Expertise in modern software tooling and CI/CD delivery processes
- Experience in SaaS or complex technology environments is essential; background in FinTech or Payments is a plus
- Experience managing compliance, audit and security best practices
- Skilled in organisational leadership, with the ability to balance technical strategy, people development and business priorities
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, able to engage effectively across multiple functions in technical and non-technical areas.
Benefits
- Flexible Working Hours & Remote-First Environment — Work when and where you’re most productive, with flexibility and support.
- Comprehensive BUPA Health Insurance — Stay covered with top-tier medical care for your peace of mind.
- £1,000 Annual Wellness and Learning Budget — Prioritise your health, well-being and learning needs with funds for fitness, mental health, and more.
- Monthly Wellbeing and Learning Day — Take every last Friday of the month off to recharge or learn something new, up to you.
- 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays + 1 Extra Cultural Day — Enjoy generous time off to rest, travel, or celebrate what matters to you.
- Mental Health Support via Spill — Access professional mental health services when you need them.
- Aviva Pension Scheme — Plan for the future with our pension program.
- Ravelin Gives Back — Join monthly charitable donations and volunteer opportunities to make a positive impact.
- Fortnightly Randomised Team Lunches — Connect with teammates from across the company over in person or remote lunches every other week on us!
- Cycle-to-Work Scheme — Save on commuting costs while staying active.
- BorrowMyDoggy Access — Love dogs? Spend time with a furry friend through this unique perk.
- Weekly Board Game Nights & Social Budget — Unwind with weekly board games or plan your own socials, supported by a company budget.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
cloud-native environmentsarchitectural decision-makingtechnical trade-offsmodern software toolingCI/CD delivery processesSaaScomplianceauditsecurity best practices
Soft skills
collaborative team environmentopen communicationmutual respectcoaching and developmentmanaging underperformanceorganisational leadershipstakeholder managementengagement across functions