Job description
Head of Engineering
Company Overview
FE fundinfo is a leading financial data provider, connecting the investment industry across the UK, Europe, and Asia-Pacific through an integrated platform. Our skilled team empowers clients with data-driven insights, making the industry Navigate Complexity with Confidence! You will join a collaborative, resilient, and transparent engineering culture that values ownership, clarity, and pragmatic decision-making. FE fundinfo supports hybrid working, encourages continuous learning, and fosters close collaboration across technology, product, and business teams. You will work in an environment where quality, documentation, and shared responsibility are valued, and where engineers are trusted to make meaningful decisions with real business impact making. FE fundinfo is a leading financial data company connecting the investment industry in the UK, Europe and Asia Pacific – all on one integrated platform.Through our integrated data and intelligence solutions, we support the investment management industry in driving asset growth, operational efficiency, and regulatory compliance across global markets.
Job Summary
Take full technical ownership of a mission-critical, highly regulated financial data platform and shape its future at scale as Head of Engineering for DERICON.This role offers a rare opportunity to combine deep technical ownership with strategic influence in a regulated financial environment. You will lead the evolution of a complex platform ecosystem, guide multidisciplinary teams, and directly influence how technology supports regulatory compliance and commercial success. With exposure to senior stakeholders, large multiphase projects, and future-focused initiatives such as platform modernisation and AI-driven capabilities, this role provides both technical depth and long-term growth into broader technology leadership.
Key Responsibilities
- Owning the end-to-end system architecture of the DERICON platform, including microservices, data flows, dependencies, and failure modes across the full ecosystem.
- Ensuring regulatory readiness as a deliverable, translating BAIT/DORA/BaFin expectations into technical controls, evidence/documentation, audit support, and measurable security & resilience outcomes while evolving the module-by-feature architecture.
- Leading and developing a multidisciplinary technology organisation, providing clear direction, prioritisation, and technical guidance.
- Hiring and onboarding key engineers, shaping role profiles, running interviews, and ensuring sustainable knowledge transfer.
- Owning production operations end-to-end, including incident & problem management, monitoring/alerting, on call/escalations, post-mortems, and continuous reliability improvements across AWS and CI/CD.
- Owning release & change management, including rollout/rollback strategy, production readiness checks, and controlled change in a regulated environment.
- Providing crisp decision proposals (risk, cost, timeline, compliance impact) to business/compliance stakeholders, and leading technical escalations with senior leadership and auditors when required.
- Steering complex, multiphase projects while balancing risk, regulatory obligations, cost, and delivery timelines.
Requirements / Qualifications
- You bring proven experience designing and owning end-to-end system architectures within complex microservice environments.
- Proven experience running systems in production (not just building them): incident leadership, reliability improvements, and operational ownership in a microservice ecosystem.
- You have strong hands-on expertise in AWS-based cloud infrastructure, including security, service provisioning, and CI/CD and DevOps tooling.
- You have led multidisciplinary engineering teams, combining technical leadership with coaching, prioritisation, and roadmap alignment.
- You are experienced in working within regulated environments and designing technically sound solutions aligned with frameworks such as BaFin, BAIT, or DORA.
- You communicate complex technical topics clearly and confidently to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including senior leadership and auditors.
Location
Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany, Remote: False
Employment Type
Full Time (Versatile/hybrid working)
Salary & Benefits
- Enjoy 30 days of annual leave plus half-days on December 24th and 31st.
- Access leave for special occasions, including weddings, bereavements, moving, and family emergencies.
- Benefit from summer, marriage, and Christmas bonuses along with an anniversary bonus.
- Secure peace of mind with group accident insurance.
- Take advantage of versatile/hybrid working and extra leave for professional development (Bildungsurlaub), along with a sabbatical option.
- Utilize full access to Cashcalc and FE Analytics, and access LinkedIn Learning.
- Participate in our Community Day initiative.
Equal Opportunity Statement
Diversity, equity, and inclusion Diversity is not just a word for us; it's a cornerstone of our culture. We foster an inclusive environment where every employee feels valued and empowered to bring their authentic selves to work. We know that “We’re powered by our differences” and believe that diverse teams drive innovation.
