Technical Lead in London

hackajob is collaborating with Monument to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role.

Location: London (Oxford Circus) Hybrid 2 days per week in the office

About Monument: We’re a challenger bank with a bold ambition: to transform the financial experience of the mass affluent - an incredibly valuable community that has been underserved for far too long. We’re inviting the mass affluent to join a growing mindset that believes there’s more to wealth than money. And we are dedicated to providing a service experience that leaves clients in no doubt that we treat their wealth with the same care, dedication, and thoughtfulness as if it were our own.

THE ROLE: As a Tech Lead at Monument, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering our digital banking capabilities. Reporting into the Chief Technology Officer, you’ll lead a team of talented engineers to design, build, and scale our platform — ensuring it remains robust, compliant, and at the forefront of innovation. This role is central to Monument’s mission of creating a bank that combines technological excellence with human intelligence.

How You'll Make An Impact:

• Guide and mentor a cross-functional engineering team to deliver software solutions that are elegant, secure, and efficient.
• Take ownership of key components of Monument’s technical architecture, ensuring scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
• Oversee the full software development lifecycle, from design and coding through to testing and release, ensuring best practices and compliance are consistently met.
• Collaborate closely with the CTO, Product, and Operations teams to align technology delivery with business strategy and objectives.
• Embed modern software engineering principles, agile delivery, DevSecOps, and CI/CD pipelines into everyday development practices.
• Identify opportunities to optimise processes, automate workflows, and introduce innovations that enhance developer productivity and system performance.
• Stay ahead of emerging technologies, including advancements in AI, cloud computing, and digital banking, and apply them to strengthen Monument’s technical roadmap.
• Ensure Monument’s systems meet the highest standards of cyber security, data protection, and operational resilience.

We're Looking For Someone Who Is:

• A proven technical leader with hands‑on experience leading engineering teams and delivering complex digital or financial platforms.
• Deeply skilled in software design and architecture, ideally across cloud‑native environments (AWS preferred).
• Proficient in modern development frameworks, such as Java, Python, or Node.js, and familiar with microservices, APIs, and event-driven architectures.
• Experienced in cloud and infrastructure‑as‑code technologies, such as Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, and AWS services (Lambda, EC2, RDS, etc.).
• Comfortable working with data‑rich systems, integrating APIs, and ensuring platform performance at scale.
• Passionate about engineering quality, from testing and automation to observability and continuous improvement.
• Strong communicator that can simplify complexity, influence senior stakeholders, and guide teams toward the right technical choices.
• Focused on delivery: balancing pragmatism with technical excellence to achieve meaningful outcomes for the business and clients.

Desirable Experience:

• Experience in financial services, banking, or fintech environments.
• Exposure to regulated technology landscapes and security frameworks.
• Familiarity with DevSecOps and compliance-driven delivery in cloud-native contexts.
• Interest or experience in AI/ML application in digital financial services.

VALUES: Our culture and values align with our mission to truly understand and offer exceptional service to our clients. The Monument team are all here because we are passionate about building so much more than a bank. We want to be renowned for giving people a service experience that leaves them in no doubt that we appreciate what their time and lives are worth. We will be known for our integrity, attentiveness, sense of community and innovation. We build strong relationships through trust and a keen eye for detail. Our commitment and collaboration delivers an attentive and outstanding service offering. All combined with our community, both internal and external, our approach to diversity and our pursuit for innovation, we will help our clients and colleagues to do more and be more.