Birmingham, England, United Kingdom Hybrid Full-time

Love Finance is hiring a Head/Director of Engineering

About the Role

Love Finance is hiring a Head/Director of Engineering to guide high-performing squads, own technical delivery, and be hands-on with code. You will balance strategy and execution to build scalable, secure systems for our business-finance and consumer products.

What You'll Do

  • Lead the engineering effort across the Lovey App and Platform Squads, mentoring midweight and junior engineers.
  • Design and build scalable, maintainable systems using Flutter.
  • Architect solutions that serve both consumer-facing and B2B finance products.
  • Deploy and maintain services on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
  • Collaborate closely with Product Owners and Designers to define, prioritise, and deliver impactful work.
  • Champion clean, modern engineering, CI/CD, testing, code reviews, and continuous improvement.
  • Drive technical direction and contribute to long-term architectural planning.
  • Foster a lean, autonomous culture with clear process where needed.
  • Ensure strong data flows between Lovey’s ecosystem: Provenir, LTi, HubSpot, ThoughtSpot, and BigQuery.

What We're Looking For

  • 8+ years’ experience in full-stack development.
  • Recent leadership or mentoring responsibility.
  • Deep knowledge of Flutter (Dart), Node.JS and a wider development stack.
  • Strong experience with Flutter for cross-platform mobile development (iOS & Android).
  • Proven ability to design, deploy, and maintain services on Google Cloud Platform.
  • Proficiency with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and modern development workflows.
  • A pragmatic approach, valuing clarity, collaboration, and simplicity.
  • A passion for building products that solve real problems.

Nice to Have

  • Experience with native iOS/Android development.
  • Experience with Python, REST, GraphQL, Hubspot, BigQuery or other Cloud Platforms.

Technical Stack

  • Languages & Frameworks: Flutter (Dart), Node.js, Javascript, Python
  • APIs & Data: SQL, JSON, REST, GraphQL
  • Cloud & Infrastructure: Google Cloud Platform, GitHub Actions, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, Stackdriver, Grafana, Prometheus
  • Tools & Services: GitHub, HubSpot, BigQuery, ThoughtSpot, Provenir, LTi, Creditsafe, Experian, Wiserfunding, Hometrack, Infosys or TCS BaNCS
  • Security: OAuth2, SSO, IAM

Team & Environment

You will guide high-performing squads, reporting to the Chief Technology Officer. The team consists of full-stack developers across the Platform Squad and Lovey App Squad.

Benefits & Compensation

  • Be a key player in building products that reshape how people and businesses manage money.
  • Small, focused squads where your work is visible and impactful.
  • Lean, agile ways of working, no bloated processes, just smart collaboration.
  • Hybrid and flexible working arrangements.
  • Competitive salary.
  • A culture where collaboration and innovation is encouraged.

Work Mode

This is a hybrid role, working from our Birmingham office.

Love Finance is an equal opportunity employer.

Required Skills
FlutterDartNode.jsJavascriptSQLPythonRESTGraphQLHubspotBigQueryCloud PlatformsEngineering ManagementTeam LeadershipTechnical StrategySoftware Architecture
Scaling your freelance income?

Invoice multiple clients effortlessly

Managing 3+ international clients? Glopay streamlines everything. One EU company, unlimited invoices, automatic compliance. You just send and get paid.

Unlimited clients & invoices
Multi-currency support
Automated tax compliance
Client portal for easy payments
Scale with Glopay
Trusted by 10,000+ freelancers
About company
Love Finance

FCA-authorised fintech broker/lender, Times Top 100, ranked #23 in Fastest Growing Founder-Led companies, with 4.9-star Trustpilot rating

Visit website
Job Details
Category management
Posted 4 months ago