The Role: Head of Software Engineer
Location: Sheffield, UK
Position Type: Contract Inside IR35
Implementation Partner – TCS/HSBC
Remote work option Available: Hybrid – 2 Days Onsite
Job Description:
* Lead the identification of SL bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and friction points across teams, and drive practical improvement initiatives to address them.
* Partner with Engineering, Platform, and Risk and Control stakeholders to improve delivery flow, change quality, stability, resiliency, and operational effectiveness.
* Define and drive the adoption of DORA, SPACE, and broader engineering metrics to create visibility, support prioritization, and improve performance outcomes.
* Establish and maintain automated reporting to provide clear views of current performance, root-cause analysis, trends, and recommended actions.
* Lead engineering and operational automation initiatives across areas such as testing, deployment, patching, recovery, and health checks.
* Create and maintain a central engineering knowledge space and operating cadence to support governance. transparency, and continuous improvement.
* Influence stakeholders across a matrix environment to align on priorities, remove blockers, and sustain delivery momentum