Director of Engineering (London)

About Atominvest: At Atominvest, we’re redefining how the world’s top investment firms operate. Our software powers leading private equity, venture capital, infrastructure, and credit firms—helping them streamline investing, fundraising, operations, and sustainability efforts. You’ll be joining a team that’s building the future infrastructure that powers the private investments industry. We’re growing fast, and while the road ahead will be challenging, it’s also packed with opportunity. We’re past the early stages—and now we’re scaling from ten to one hundred.

This is a rare opportunity to build and lead a world-class product and engineering organization at a company primed for significant growth. You’ll work closely with our CTO, Head of Product, and cross-functional leaders to shape the technical vision, drive execution, and scale our engineering team and capabilities.

We’re looking for a seasoned engineering leader—someone who’s transitioned from being a strong developer to an inspiring, strategic leader. Ideally, you bring experience from the fintech space, have worked with asset managers or financial institutions, and understand the nuances of building and scaling enterprise SaaS platforms. You’ll help define and foster the engineering culture we aspire to: fast-moving, product-oriented, high-performing, and craftsmanship-driven.

What you’ll be doing:

• Lead & Scale: Manage and grow a high-performing engineering and product team with a strong culture of delivery.
• Strategic Planning: Collaborate with the CTO, Head of Product, and executive team to plan and prioritize tech initiatives.
• Technical Leadership: Drive key product and technical decisions across our suite of offerings.
• Process Optimization: Establish and refine engineering processes to improve efficiency, collaboration, and code quality.
• Talent Development: Hire, mentor, and retain top engineering talent.
• Client Focus: Develop a deep understanding of customer use cases to deliver impactful and innovative solutions.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with product, infrastructure, devops, and security teams to ensure smooth execution.

If this sounds like what you’d love to be doing, we can’t wait to hear from you!

Your skills:

• 5–8+ years of experience in software engineering and/or engineering leadership.
• Background in software development and/or a degree in a STEM field.
• Proven success in shipping high-quality, enterprise-grade SaaS products.
• Strong experience working across product, engineering, devops, and security functions.
• A structured yet flexible approach to team building, process design, and quality assurance.
• A passion for mentoring, coaching, and developing engineers.
• Strong leadership, communication, and analytical skills.
• A solution-oriented mindset with the ability to balance speed and scalability.
• Natural curiosity and drive to explore problems, iterate on product ideas, and innovate under constraints.

What we offer:

• Competitive compensation (base salary + performance-based incentives).
• 20 days of holiday per year + bank holidays + a week off at Christmas.
• Hybrid working model (minimum 3 days/week in office).
• High-trust, high-ownership culture.
• Work alongside a talented, driven, and collaborative team.
• Regular socials and team events.
• Significant personal and professional growth opportunities.