Engineering Lead

Investec is a distinctive Specialist Bank serving clients principally in the UK and South Africa. Our culture gives us our edge: we work hard to find colleagues who'll think out of the ordinary and we put them in environments where they'll flourish. We combine a flat structure with a focus on internal mobility. If you can bring an entrepreneurial spirit and a desire to learn and collaborate to your work, this could be the boost your career deserves.

Description of role and key responsibilities :

The Engineering Lead will be responsible for embedding a strong software delivery culture within IGSI, ensuring high-quality software development and fostering a culture of excellence. This role involves supporting the business aligned engineering leads, embedding sound engineering practices within the geography and driving technical initiatives that support the group engineering objectives. This includes exploring new technologies, enhancing engineering practices and supporting the engineers working out of the geography.

Key responsibilities:

• Drive Modern Software Delivery Practices

• Drive and embed up-to-date engineering methods, tools, and mindsets across the group.

• Establish non-negotiable engineering standards that align with the group's strategic objectives.

Elevate Developer Experience and Efficiency

• Continuously refine processes and environments to help teams deliver high-quality software faster.

• Identify and remove impediments that slow down or hinder software delivery teams.

Foster a Learning Culture and Mentor Talent

• Provide guidance, coaching, and technical leadership to engineers at all levels.

• Encourage knowledge sharing within and across business units, ensuring best practices circulate freely.

Own Business Outcomes Through Technology

• Align engineering efforts with business objectives so that technical innovation has a clear, measurable impact.

• Collaborate with CIOs, architects, GRC, InfoSec, analysts, product owners, and other stakeholders to ensure group-wide cohesion.

Promote Security, Risk Management, and Compliance

• Integrate security and risk awareness into all stages of software delivery.

• Ensure teams follow robust governance practices and meet regulatory requirements.

Demonstrate Continuous Improvement

• Continuously assess and refine engineering processes, tools, and metrics.

• Champion a culture where experimentation, feedback loops, and iterative enhancements are the norm.

Experience required :

Technical Experience Required:

• Proven engineering expertise

• Familiarity with modern engineering practices and data store design

· Experience with Continuous Delivery, CI/CD pipelines, Azure, and Azure DevOps · In-depth knowledge of Azure, containerisation, and container orchestration (like Kubernetes)

As part of our collaborative & agile culture, our working week is 4 days in the office and one day remote.

Investec offers a range of wellbeing benefits to make our people feel healthier, balanced and more fulfilled in their lives inside and outside of work.

Embedded in our culture is a sense of belonging and inclusion. This creates an environment in which everyone is free to be themselves which helps to drive innovation, creativity and ultimately business performance. At Investec we want everyone to find it easy to be themselves, and to feel they belong. It's a responsibility we all share and is integral to our purpose and values as an organisation.

Research shows that some candidates can be reluctant to apply to a role unless they meet all the criteria. We pride ourselves on our entrepreneurial spirit here and welcome you to do the same – if the role excites you, please don't let our person specification hold you back. Get in touch

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