Software Engineering Lead

Ready to shape engineering at scale? As our Engineering Lead, you'll drive the platforms and tooling that help teams deliver faster, safer, and smarter.

Here at Cushon by WTW, we like to do things a bit differently... our mission is to help as many people as possible to get comfortable with their finances. Our vision is to bring tech revolution to the financial services industry. We will do this by building simple, convenient, and delightful financial experiences centred on the individual. We offer workplace savings products & pensions to customers, either directly, or through employee benefit programs at some of the largest corporates in the UK. We're a technology-led organisation who believe we can offer great value to customers by building a user-friendly, smart, and cost-effective investment platform that automates many of the processes that would otherwise require large operations teams to manage. So, to support us in this mission, we are looking for an Engineering Lead to provide technical leadership for one of our teams. You will help set direction for shared infrastructure and engineering operations - the production hosting, security perimeter, release pipelines, observability, and developer tooling that every engineering squad depends on to ship safely. This is a role that includes Line Management responsibility for your team of 5-7 Engineers with the assistance of an assigned Engineering Manager.

The Role

Technical Leadership

Lead the evolution of backend architecture across PHP, Go, and API platforms, balancing speed with long-term scalability Define API and domain design standards, ensuring clear service boundaries and reliable integrations Drive event-driven architectures and integration patterns that enable teams to deliver independently Champion automated testing, observability, and production readiness across backend services Oversee database design, migrations, data integrity, and performance in partnership with platform teams Lead incident response, post-incident reviews, and continuous operational improvements Mentor engineers in PHP, Go, security, performance, and backend best practices Support high-risk releases, rollouts, and cross-team dependencies across modern and legacy systems

Delivery Leadership

Lead delivery of complex, multi-team initiatives by managing dependencies, resources, and blockers Define and drive technical strategy, improving engineering practices and delivery processes Build strong partnerships across product, engineering, security, and business teams Keep teams focused on priorities while balancing technical debt and operational needs Drive collaboration across teams and lead cross-engineering initiatives with fellow Engineering Leads.