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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Engineering Team Lead - Payment Systems Digital & IT London, UK Support Office View Role - **Company:** Soho House - **Location:** London, UK - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Software Quality, Software Debugging, Payment Systems, Ruby, Software Engineering, Backend, Front End Software Development - **Published:** October 1, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.apply4u.co.uk/jobs/engineering-team-lead-payment-systems-digital-it-london-uk-support-office-view-role/49530603 ## About the Role We're looking for a pragmatic, results-driven senior engineering professional with a strong backend focus. Internally, this role will be titled "House Pay Tech Lead". You'll design and implement practical solutions, lead by example in championing code quality and engineering standards, and collaborate with both technical teams and business stakeholders across varying levels of technical understanding.Ruby experience is a plus. Much of our existing platform is built in Ruby, so you should be comfortable working in and contributing to it, even if it's not your primary language. We also welcome polyglot engineers with a background in any mainstream language. We're particularly interested in engineers who are quick to pick up new languages, tools, and paradigms as needed, and who stay effective as the technology landscape evolves. You'll thrive here if you're comfortable with autonomy, navigate ambiguity well, and are focused on delivering value quickly.Key Responsibilities..Managing the engineering team in the House Pay area, as well as collaborating closely with technology leadership such as heads and principals when alignments and sign-offs are requiredLeading the team in designing technical solutions to meet product requirements and business needs.Lead the team effort across the entire software development life cycleParticipating in team ceremonies, taking the lead where requiredIdentifying and owning architectural and other technical risks.Lead by example, championing agreed technical standards and processes to raise the engineering standards of the whole teamHelping to build and maintain technical roadmaps, looking ahead for future opportunities or blockers and ensuring that the development team aligns with the strategy.Helping to develop solutions by contributing to code, testing technologies and producing rapid prototypes.Providing advice to the development teams regarding the technical implications of current user stories as well as those in the backlog.Key Requirements..You have prior experience in an engineering leadership role, working closely with cross functional tech teams in a small to medium sized companyYou possess solid expertise in software engineering and architecture designYou have strong knowledge of various operating systems and databasesYou will have had experience in addressing security and performance concerns effectively.Good communication skills and the ability to effectively manage various stakeholdersExperience of the full range of services in a B2C service environment. Infrastructure, backend, frontend (web and mobile).Bias towards backend experience.Comfortable with using AI tools for coding and other day to day tasksYou will have had experience with global payment providers, cross-border payments, wallet services and familiarity with network tokens.You possess good analytical and debugging skills, and, understand the intricacies and pitfalls of payment systems, including not limited to numbers and transactional ## Related Videos - [Migrating half a million users to a new payment service provider](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/730-migrating-half-a-million-users-to-a-new-payment-service-provider) - [Developing the Backend with Stefan Lingler, CTO at Shpock](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100360-developing-the-backend-with-stefan-lingler-cto-at-shpock) - [Coffee with Developers: David Heinemeier Hansson](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/875-coffee-with-developers-david-heinemeier-hansson) - [Navigating Growth, Scaling Challenges, and Office Expansions with David Singleton, CTO at Stripe](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100362-navigating-growth-scaling-challenges-and-office-expansions-with-david-singleton-cto-at-stripe) - [Coroutine explained yet again 60 years later](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/690-coroutine-explained-yet-again-60-years-later) - [Nest.js - TypeScript in the backend can also be clean](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1033-nest-js-typescript-in-the-backend-can-also-be-clean) ## Related Articles - [Software Engineer Salary London](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/252-software-engineer-salary-london) - [Data Engineer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/253-data-engineer-salary-uk) - [Software Engineer Salary in The UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/231-software-engineer-salary-in-the-uk) - [Fullstack Developer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/251-fullstack-developer-salary-uk) - [Top-Paying Tech Jobs (with Salaries)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/372-top-paying-tech-jobs-with-salaries) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs)