VP of Engineering, Ravelin
Technology to prevent payments fraud
Be an early applicant
Technology to prevent payments fraud
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
101-200 employees
Company mission
Ravelin's mission is to predict risk with unmatched accuracy and speed, to enable its clients to prevent fraud and accept payments with confidence.
Role
Who you are
- Proven experience in a senior engineering leadership role, managing large distributed teams (10+ people), covering the full lifecycle of people management from coaching and development to managing underperformance
- A strong technical background with expertise in software development and delivery, with a focus on:
- Deep understanding of cloud-native environments (GCP desirable)
- Proven ability in architectural decision-making and technical trade-offs
- Expertise in modern software tooling and CI/CD delivery processes
- Experience in SaaS or complex technology environments is essential; background in FinTech or Payments is a plus
- Experience managing compliance, audit and security best practices
- Skilled in organisational leadership, with the ability to balance technical strategy, people development and business priorities
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, able to engage effectively across multiple functions in technical and non-technical areas
What the job involves
- We are looking for a VP of Engineering to join Ravelin. You will be reporting to the CTO and will be responsible for the delivery and performance of the team
- As the bridge between technical vision and operational execution, you will take ownership of the 'Who' and the 'How' of the delivery of our technical products
- You will manage and mentor our technical and managerial leads to ensure engineering excellence, leading by example to coach and inspire the efficient delivery of high-quality products
- Cultivate a collaborative and inclusive team environment, empowering engineers to thrive. Encourage and demonstrate open communication, and foster a culture of mutual respect and support, ensuring an engaged and high-performing team
- Review and implement appropriate and scalable processes for objective setting, performance reviews, and career development to support the team’s growth
- Design and evolve the organisational structure of the team
- Lead headcount planning and hiring strategies to proactively identify and close critical skills gaps
- Balance the cadence of feature releases against platform stability and technical debt to ensure the team meets business goals without compromising quality or uptime
- Collaborate with Product, Operations, Detection, Sales, and other teams to ensure alignment and transparency across the company
- Oversee vendor and partner relationships, ensuring effective use of external resources and cost-efficiency
- Evaluate and implement partners, tools, frameworks and processes that improve engineering efficiency
- Maintain oversight of compliance and audit progress, acting as an escalation point to resolve blockers and any cross-team friction
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Ravelin has developed machine learning-based technology that helps online merchants and their payment service providers reduce losses to fraud, and improve acceptance rates of orders.
The company is aiming to give merchants more confidence in accepting customers and transactions, while tackling organised fraud rings - a problem Ravelin says is a multi-billion dollar problem for the ecommerce industry.
Tackling this problem means there is significant value in Ravelin's offering, and it has already signed up significant enterprise customers like Just Eat and Quiqup. In 2022, the company partnered with Mastercard to enhance its platform, and help more merchants strengthen their fraud detection capabilities.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jul 2020
$22.1m
SERIES C
Sep 2018
$10.8m
SERIES B
Total funding: $38.6m
Company benefits
- Remote first - it’s up to you whether you come in to the office or work from home, and we also support Ravelinos who work internationally, on a temporary or permanent basis, through our partner Omnipresent
- Mental health support - we’ve partnered with Spill to provide round the clock access to therapists, we offer a 24/7 employee assistance programme through AXA, and we also book wellbeing days into everyone’s calendar each quarter
- Charity - we make monthly donations to various causes, and our Ravelinos are able to nominate charities through our Ravelin Gives Back initiative
- Volunteering - we organise in-person volunteering opportunities throughout the year
- Flexible hours
- Employer-contributed pension scheme
- Equity scheme
- Lunches twice a month and the office kitchen cupboards are stocked with treats and goodies on a weekly basis
- Home office budget
- One day each quarter dedicated to learning and personal development
- Individual yearly learning budget of £1000, and access to company wide training
- Comprehensive medical cover through AXA or US equivalents, including dental and optical cash back
- Remote fitness - virtual yoga twice a week, team HIIT sessions, and online Pilates class
- Socials - we do our best to include everyone in our social activities, whether you work remotely or you’re always in the office, and anyone at Ravelin can organise a social!
Company HQ
Old Street, London, UK
Leadership
Martin
(CEO)Founding engineer at Hailo, and lead developer at Hub Culture.
Leonard
(CTO)Technical Lead at Hailo. Founded a web development company specialising in ecommerce.
Mairtin
(CIO)Head of Fraud at Hailo. 10 years experience working as a crime intelligence analyst for organisations such as the Metropolitan Police
Nick
(CFO)Finance Director at Hailo. Previously Finance Director for Canonical (technology to deliver open source software).
Share this job
View 3 more jobs at Ravelin