Head of Software Engineering - Peterborough

Head of Software Engineering with and excellent background in engineering (ideally .NET), DevOps, (including DevSecOps ideally) and cloud is required by a leading company in Peterborough. It is technical leadership role focused on Software Engineering, DevOps and end-to-end technology estate. With a team of 10+, you will be turning architectural concepts into implementation reality, so very much a delivery role, being part of the senior leadership team., Duties include:

• Own and define engineering standards, platform strategy, DevSecOps maturity, and production resilience across the organisation.
• Leading a team of 10 people across Engineering & DevOps
• Design and implement the operating model that enables rapid experimentation while ensuring robust, secure, and reliable operational systems.
• Influence and guide architectural direction, organisational structure, and long-term capability development.
• Strengthen governance around code quality, engineering practices, and technical discipline across teams.
• Drive automation, CI/CD maturity, and release processes to increase deployment confidence and reduce manual effort.
• Improve system resilience and reduce operational fragility through structural, strategic improvements rather than reactive firefighting.
• Lead the evolution of cloud foundations, observability, security, and recovery capabilities to support a modern, scalable technology estate.

• Been in a lead, manager or head of role
• Microservices and medallion architecture knowledge
• DevSecOps / DevOps capabilities
• Security compliance critical due to data-heavy operations
• Cloud hybrid journey experience
• Data platform appreciation

You shall have Cross-platform responsibility (software and data), while having an open leadership style required you must embody company values of integrity, innovation & respect. This person will have a very strong technical gravitas to hold their own with stakeholders and senior people in the business.