Head of Engineering

Job Description

Hello. We’re Goji.

We provide market-leading platform technology to the alternative investment industry. 

Access to private markets is increasing but 20th century technology cannot support or scale to meet these market demands and opportunities. Trillions of pounds of new inflows from institutional and individual investors are expected in the coming years, and the industry needs to adapt. 

At Goji we are driving the transformation of the industry. From frictionless investor onboarding, to aggregating subscriptions and making any private fund accessible, we are solving the challenges that will unlock growth for all participants in our network. 

Goji was acquired by Euroclear Group in 2022. Our shared vision is to enhance Euroclear's infrastructure with digitised private fund capabilities, creating a global network that seamlessly connects participants and catalyses their growth.

Our clients include asset managers who want to access and onboard more private fund investors, fund administrators who want to offer a private fund service that drives growth, and distributors who want low-friction access to private funds of their choice. 

We are headquartered in the UK and FCA-regulated.

The Role

Goji is looking for a Head of Engineering to join our Engineering team to lead and enhance software delivery, team culture, and collaboration.

Our engineering organisation is at an exciting point of growth, and we are looking for a manager of managers who can support and empower our teams. This role will focus on fostering an inclusive and high-performing environment, ensuring product development aligns with business needs while balancing new features with long-term technical sustainability. The ideal candidate is passionate about great software delivered well and is deeply invested in the engineer experience.

How you’ll contribute

• Support and guide four engineering squads, fostering collaboration, inclusivity, and technical excellence.
• Shape an engineering culture that prioritises long-term sustainability alongside innovation.
• Partner with product teams to co-create a roadmap that balances business needs and technical improvements.
• Oversee team processes, ensuring a positive and efficient working environment.
• Work closely with the CTO, staff engineers, principal engineers, and engineering managers to support and drive the engineering vision.
• Mentor and develop engineering managers, helping them grow in their roles and enhancing their leadership capabilities.
• Inspire cultural transformation by encouraging open communication and continuous learning.
• Be excited by working in a metric-led environment, taking accountability for improving performance against key metrics such as cycle time, deployment frequency, change failure rate, staff engagement, and feature delivery rate, while also refining measurement approaches and methodologies.
• Comfortable working remotely, with demonstrable experience leading remote or offshore teams effectively. This requires adapting leadership strategies beyond traditional agile playbooks to suit distributed teams.

Requirements

What you’ll bring

• Experience leading engineering teams of varying sizes, preferably in B2B fintech or high-growth technology settings.
• A leadership style that empowers, nurtures, and motivates teams.
• Proven ability to balance feature delivery with technical sustainability, creating space for long-term improvements.
• Experience scaling teams and fostering an inclusive culture.
• A collaborative mindset, working across teams to align technology with business goals.
• Familiarity with AWS, continuous delivery, and Lambda microservices is beneficial but not required.
• A supportive leadership approach, focusing on people development, team well-being, and operational excellence.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, engaging with senior and junior engineers, managers, leads, and other internal team stakeholders to ensure alignment and effective collaboration.

Benefits

We’re proud to be able to offer a market-leading benefits package:

• Competitive salary
• Opt-in pension with 5% Goji contribution (3% minimum employee contribution)
• 25 days of holiday, plus 1 day for each year of service, up to 30 days
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Private medical, including dental, optical and audiological from Vitality
• Life insurance, critical illness cover and income protection
• Cycle to work scheme
• Laptop delivered to your home
• Allowances for additional work from home equipment
• Supplementary support available for those with additional needs
• Stylish London-based office

The successful candidate will need to complete background checks and provide references prior to their start date.

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