Lead Engineer Full Time

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About You.

• Have you led engineering in a cloud-native environment?
• Do you have a background in hands-on software, data, or platform engineering?
• Does the idea of joining a business investing in technology as a strategic enabler appeal?

About the Role.

We’re in the middle of something genuinely exciting. We’re moving from a predominantly on-premises setup to a cloud-native architecture on Google Cloud Platform, integrating best-in-class SaaS providers across the full loan lifecycle from origination through to final settlement. That means enhancing our infrastructure, data, and engineering, with the support of our leadership team who are committed to doing it properly.

We work with GCP, Python, Terraform, and GitHub, using automation, Infrastructure as Code, and modern delivery practices to move fast while maintaining quality and control.

We’re now expanding our permanent team and are seeking a T-shaped Lead Engineer to bring deep technical expertise along with a collaborative mindset. You’ll work across data, platform, and software domains, taking ownership from design through to production, applying modern cloud and engineering principles. You’ll lead a small, high-trust team of engineers and work closely with the Senior Technology Manager to shape the direction of our technology platform not just help deliver it.

What You’ll Do.

• Own and evolve our engineering practices, setting the bar on DevSecOps, reliability, and cloud-native development
• Shape our technology strategy, with genuine influence over direction, not just execution
• Lead architectural decision-making and technical assessments, drive automation, and own our Infrastructure as Code approach end-to-end
• Design, develop, deploy, and set the standard for how we manage cloud resources
• Contribute directly to delivery and balance hands-on technical contribution with leadership – you’ll need to know when to do and when to delegate
• Lead and develop a small team of engineers, with a coaching style that builds genuine capability and cross-skilling rather than dependency
• Build trusted relationships across technical and operational teams to translate real business needs into well-scoped, fit-for-purpose solutions

Your Working Style and Experience

You’re at home in a cloud-native world – if you know your way around GCP, even better. You’ll be the bridge between technical design and delivery, so you should be comfortable being hands on with our codebase, holding your own in code reviews, and owning the lifecycle of our platforms. Because we operate in financial services, experience in a regulated industry is a huge plus, but don’t worry if you haven’t done motor finance specifically. What matters most is your approach to SRE, DevSecOps, and building for scale without breaking things.

As a natural collaborator and owner, you’ll lead with a proactive mindset, balancing quality, speed, innovation, and risk.

If you’re an engineering leader who thrives on quality, reliability, and taking projects from inception to production, we’d love to hear from you.

About Billing Finance

We are a privately-run family-owned vehicle financing Company based on the outskirts of Northampton. We focus on customers with non-standard credit profiles that may not fit the automated underwriting processes of other lenders. Our mission is to help get all our people, including customers and staff “where they need to be” by “putting them at the heart of everything we do”. We are entering an exciting phase of transformation and as a small company, this role will offer the successful candidate the opportunity to work across the whole customer journey cycle, and to directly see the impacts that they made.

Our values are:

• We are responsible – We are conscious of our impact on people and planet
• We care about you – We are kind and compassionate with our customers and with each other
• We work with you – We support financial wellbeing for our customers and the wider community

The successful candidate will not only have a successful and fulfilling career with us but will also receive a fantastic range of benefits:

• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Electric Vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Pension salary sacrifice scheme
• Private Medical
• Income Protection
• Hybrid working
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Annual £200 personal growth fund
• Ongoing learning support
• Paid volunteering days

Don’t meet every single requirement?

Studies have shown that women and ethnic minorities are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Billing Finance we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align fully with the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate.

The Recruitment Process and How We Will Use Your Data

The recruitment process will involve obtaining information and/or exchanging it with the following organisations to assist with our pre-employment checks prior to interview.

• Credit Reference Agencies – to complete a soft credit check to understand your financial history
• CIFAS – to check both National and Internal databases for fraudulent activity. The personal information we have collected from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected, you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found here https://www.cifas.org.uk/fpn.

To complete these checks, you will be asked to provide your address history for the past six years, along with your full name and date of birth.

The successful candidate will be required to undergo a Basic DBS check to comply with our FCA compliance framework. A satisfactory Basic Disclosure showing no unspent convictions is a prerequisite for this position.

We may also ask for proof of your right to work status or evidence of any qualification or experience prior to being offered employment. Further information on how we collect and use your data during the recruitment process can be found in our Recruitment Privacy Policy here https://billingfinance.co.uk/privacy-policy/

Billing Finance is an equal opportunities employer, and we understand that for some candidates to perform their best they may need some reasonable adjustments. If we can make your application journey with us more suitable for you, please do let us know and we will endeavour to help.