About Pockit + Monese

Pockit and Monese are the all-in-one money apps that make it easy for people to access and manage the financial tools that put them in control of their money. We provide vital financial services, from e-money accounts through to income advance products to over three million customers across the UK and Europe. In October 2024, Pockit acquired Monese, creating the leading fintech for anyone who is budgeting, saving, or just trying to stay on top of their finances. Both firms are regulated by the FCA.

Following the acquisition of Monese, the business is on a trajectory of growth as the two organisations harmonise and integrate in both the UK and across Europe.

The Role

We’re looking for a Head of Engineering to help shape the culture and technical direction of our engineering organisation as we consolidate the Monese and Pockit platforms. As a Head of Engineering, you’ll play a hands-on technical leadership role across different teams. You’ll drive the technical and integration strategy for Backend and QA. You’ll facilitate the architectural decisions and ensure we build things in a consistent and scalable way.

What you will be doing

• Working across teams to drive the integration of Monese and Pockit cloud-native platforms, ensuring consistency, scalability and architectural alignment.
• Helping define standards for service architecture, QA and integration patterns.
• Championing engineering best practices across the group, from CI/CD, finOps and testing to performance and observability.
• Working closely with engineering, data and security leads to define the technical roadmap.
• Supporting Engineers and QAs with coaching, pairing and technical guidance.
• Focusing on enabling others to thrive but getting hands-on with code (Java, Terraform, scripting) when needed.

What we are looking for

• You have driven technical initiatives spanning across multiple teams and different domains
• You are a strong Java/Spring Boot developer with production experience in distributed services on a modern stack (AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Kafka, Redis, PostgreSQL, or equivalent).
• You are able to take charge of your time and prioritise in a fast-paced environment.
• You have a product-focused engineering mindset.
• You love connecting subject-matter-experts, working across boundaries and aligning teams and roadmaps.
• Test-driven development practices.
• You value working in a DevOps engineering culture.
• You are excited about building something truly meaningful in the financial sector.

What we consider a plus

• Have previous Fintech experience, especially in regulated environments.
• Advanced hands-on experience with AWS architectures and best practices, e.g. Well-Architected Framework.
• Database management skills: scaling, performance management or capacity planning on PostgreSQL.

What benefits we offer

• Learning and development support scheme.
• Flexible working hours and working from home.
• Enhanced sick days, voluntary day, days off for a wedding and more.
• Private medical insurance.
• Working abroad flexibility.
• Ample opportunity for personal growth at one of the leading Fintech startups in Europe.
• Flat structure with open communication where everyone has a voice
• High degree of autonomy in a motivated and talented international team
• Monese VIP account