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# Director of Engineering (AI Transformation)

- **Company:** La Fosse
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Contract:** Temporary to permanent
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Backend, Front End Software Development
- **Published:** May 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://find.jobs/jobs-near-me/director-of-engineering-ai-transformation-city-of-london-london/2773394283-2/

## About the Role

* Proven Director / Head of Engineering experience within a scaling environment (fintech or similarly regulated sectors like health care helpful but not essential)
 * Strong track record leading full-stack teams (backend + frontend/mobile)
 * Experience navigating ambiguity and leading through transformation
 * Real commercial experience with AI tooling and agentic workflows > practical implementation over theory
 * Ability to operate at both strategic and hands-on levels
 * Comfortable working closely with senior stakeholders and influencing direction

## Description

We're partnering with an investor-backed fintech undergoing a significant evolution in how it builds and scales its technology and product capabilities.

This is a hands-on leadership position for someone who can take ownership of engineering across (backend, frontend, testing) while helping shape the next phase of the platform including the further evolution of AI-led workflows and automation moving towards agentic workflows.

The Opportunity

You'll report into the C-Suite and take responsibility for engineering delivery across a growing platform, with a mandate to:

 * Lead and scale backend and frontend engineering (including mobile)
 * Drive modern engineering practices across delivery, testing, and architecture
 * Partner closely with product as the organisation evolves toward a more product-led structure
 * Introduce and embed AI use cases from early-stage copilots through to more advanced, agentic workflows
 * Help define where AI delivers real value (customer, operations, analytics) vs noise
 * Bring clarity, structure, and pace to a function in transition

This is a business investing heavily in technology and AI as a core strategic priority. They have already moved beyond simple use cases and are now seeing tangible ROI and now moving into the next phase of agentic workflows.


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