Job Specifications
Love Finance: Head/Director of Engineering - Permanent - Birmingham Office (Predominantly Remote) - Highly Competitive Salary (Discussed Individually with Candidates)
Love Finance: Head/Director of Engineering (Full-Stack)
Permanent: Full-Time - Remote (UK-based)
Full Permanent Right to Work in the UK Essential
Salary: Highly competitive to be discussed with candidates
Reporting to: Chief Technology Officer
About Love Finance
Love Finance is a leading online finance broker and lender, dedicated to empowering UK businesses and families through smarter financial technology. Since 2016, we've helped thousands of companies access funding through innovative digital platforms. Ranked in the Top 15 fastest-growing finance companies, certified as a Great Place to Work, and rated 4.9 on TrustPilot, we're scaling fast and building products that make money simple, accessible, and stress-free.
We're now looking for a Head/Director of Engineering to help drive the next stage of our journey, shaping both our business-finance platform and our newest consumer product, the Lovey App, designed to be the "Bank of Mum and Dad."
The Role of Head/Director of Engineering:
As Head/Director of Engineering, you'll guide a high-performing team of full-stack developers across both our Platform Squad and Lovey App Squad. You'll own technical delivery, architectural decisions, and best practices, while still being hands-on with the code.
You'll balance strategy and execution, ensuring our systems are scalable, secure, and elegant, and that the team feels empowered to deliver fast, reliable, high-impact work.
Tech Stack Essential: Flutter (Dart), Node.js, Javascript, SQL, JSON
Tech Stack Desirable: Python, REST, GraphQL, Hubspot, BigQuery or other Cloud Platforms
Business Wider Tech: GitHub, GitHub Actions, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, Stackdriver, Grafana, Prometheus, ThoughtSpot, Provenir, LTi, HubSpot, Creditsafe, Experian, Wiserfunding, Hometrack, Infosys or TCS BaNCS, OAuth2, SSO, IAM, ISO27001 alignment, penetration testing
What You'll Do As Head/Director of Engineering
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 work that truly moves the needle
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, clear process where needed, freedom where it matters
Ensure strong data flows between Lovey's ecosystem: Provenir, LTi, HubSpot, ThoughtSpot, and BigQuery
Requirements
What We're Looking For From The Head/Director of Engineering
8+ years' experience in full-stack development, with 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).
Bonus: experience with native 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, you value clarity, collaboration, and simplicity over bureaucracy
A passion for building products that solve real problems and make a genuine difference
Benefits
Why Join Love Finance
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
Ready to Build Something Meaningful?
We're not looking for someone who just wants another job, we're looking for a builder, a problem-solver, and a technical leader who wants to create something that lasts.
If that sounds like you, we'd love to meet.