Director of Engineering

Director of Engineering

The Director of Engineering is a vital role within the Blenheim Chalcot portfolio and Modulr. We are seeking a highly experienced and motivated Director of Engineering (DoE) to lead a high energy product engineering team and drive the development of our payment platform solutions. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in building and managing high-performing engineering teams, expertise in modern technologies including AWS, and fair understanding of payment schemes. They must be well versed with designing high throughput low latency systems. This is a critical leadership role that will span teams across multiple locations, and the candidate must have experience in driving geographically dispersed teams. You will gain hands-on experience in a fast-paced and progressive environment, where you will support us in building our next generation of GenAI enabled tech businesses.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Leadership and Strategy:
• Lead and inspire a team of engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, velocity and self-governing teams.
• Develop and execute the engineering department's strategic roadmap, aligning with overall company goals and objectives.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define product requirements and ensure successful delivery of projects on time and within budget.
• Working with leaders upwards and sideways to ensure that products are delivered successfully
• Technical Expertise:
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to the engineering team, ensuring the adoption of best practices and industry standards.
• Stay abreast of emerging technologies and trends, identifying opportunities to leverage them for competitive advantage.
• Maintain a deep understanding of payment schemes, security protocols, and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure the development and maintenance of high-performance, scalable, and secure systems that can handle high volumes of transactions with low latency.
• Operational Excellence:
• Oversee the full software development lifecycle, from design and development to testing and deployment.
• Implement robust quality assurance processes to ensure the reliability and stability of our systems.
• Monitor system performance and identify areas for optimization.
• Manage the engineering budget and resource allocation.

About you

The ideal candidate will have a track-record in delivering results in a fast-moving business and hence be comfortable with change and uncertainty. Excellent stakeholder management experience is essential to being successful in this role.

Qualifications, technical and or professional experience required to be successful in the role

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field (Master's degree preferred).
• 15+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 5 years in a leadership role.
• Proven experience in building and managing high-performing engineering teams.
• Strong technical background in modern technologies, including AWS, cloud computing, microservices architecture, and containerization.
• Experience in designing and developing high throughput low latency systems.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience of working with payment companies and/or fintech
• Deep understanding of payment schemes, security protocols, and regulatory requirements.

About Blenheim Chalcot

Blenheim Chalcot is one of the leading venture builders in the world. We have been building exciting and disruptive businesses for over 26 years across sectors including FinTech, EdTech, GovTech, Media, Sport, Charity and more. These companies are all GenAI enabled and are some of the most innovative companies in the UK and increasingly around the world. The BC team in India has been instrumental to the growth and success of Blenheim Chalcot. Established in 2014, Blenheim Chalcot India serves as a pivotal launchpad for those aiming to make a difference in the realm of innovation and entrepreneurship. Blenheim Chalcot India is driven by a mission to empower visionaries to lead, innovate, and build disruptive solutions. We support our diverse portfolio of ventures and create impactful solutions that shape global trends. We provide a range of services to help new business get off the ground, including technology, growth (marketing and sales), talent, HR, finance, legal and tax, plus so much more! One of our FinTech ventures, Modulr, is scaling fast and we’re looking to hire high energy, motivated and curious talent to support them on that journey!

About Modulr

At Modulr our mission is to move money efficiently to power business productivity. We are building a new digital payments service to make money flow more efficiently through businesses and the economy. This is a new type of payments account that is built for businesses that need faster, easier and more reliable ways to move money. Our flexible platform and innovate approach allow our customers to utilize our payments account instead of a traditional bank account. Our accounts come with a sort code and account number, access to payment systems (eg Faster Payments and Visa) and everything our customers need from a payments account. They can instantly open as many accounts as they need, automate how they make and receive payments as well as the reconciliation processes these create. All in real time, 24/7 through their own systems utilising our API that integrates into any platform. Our founding team has a wealth of experience in the payments industry and growing successful businesses. Modulr is backed by payments giants PayPal Ventures and FIS Ventures, as well as startup and scale up specialists Blenheim Chalcot, General Atlantic, Frog and Highland Europe which enables us to leverage their resources and expertise to drive our growth initiatives. These partnerships provide us with the necessary provisions to propel our business to new heights.

Modulr values

• Building the extraordinary and going that extra mile
• Owning the opportunity, be passionate and proud of the time you invest
• Move at pace, reach your goals faster with us supporting you each step of the way
• Achieve it together, working as a team and being Modulite

What we can offer you

• Be part of the World’s Leading Digital Venture Builder
• Have the opportunity to be a part of and learn from the incredibly diverse talent in BC
• Be exposed to the right mix of challenges, within a culture that promotes continuous learning and development and opportunity to work with Gen AI
• A fun and open, if a little cricket obsessed, atmosphere – we own the Rajasthan Royals IPL team!
• 24 days of annual leave &10 public holiday days
• Private Medical for you and your immediate family & Life Insurance for yourself

Important

At Blenheim Chalcot, we strive to create an environment where differences are not only accepted but greatly valued, where everyone can make the most of their capabilities and potential. We promote meritocracy, competence and the sharing of ideas and opinions. We are driven by data and believe the diversity, agility, generosity, and curiosity of our people is what sets us apart as an organization. Our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion is evident through our constant focus on recruiting, developing and advancing individuals based on their skills and talent.