Technical Lead, Financial Conduct Authority
£74.9-115k
Salary dependent on location
Financial regulation service
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Financial regulation service
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
£74.9-115k
Salary dependent on location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To enable a fair and thriving financial services market for the good of consumers and the economy.
Role
Who you are
- Practical and current active technical experience of the following: Kotlin/Java, JavaScript/Typescript, Angular, AWS
- Demonstrable evidence of leading and mentoring teams, combined with effective stakeholder management and an ability to communicate effectively at all levels within an organisation
- Ability to establish a series of engineering best practices and implementing them across multiple teams
- Graduate level education (or equivalent experience) in Computing, Computer Science, or equivalent subject
- Adept at leveraging automation to improve development processes and optimise software delivery
- Solid problem-solving abilities and structured thinking, capable of handling complex technical challenges
- Deep understanding of software architecture, design patterns and best practices, with a focus on creating scalable, maintainable, and efficient systems
What the job involves
- We regulate financial services firms in the UK, to keep financial markets fair, thriving and effective. By joining us, you’ll play a key part in protecting consumers, driving economic growth, and shaping the future of UK finance services
- The Data, Technology and Innovation (DTI) division enables the FCA to be a digital-first, data-led smart regulator by delivering a secure, agile, and cost-effective technology and data ecosystem that drives better decisions, transparency, and operational efficiency
- Sitting within DTI, the Digital Delivery Hub digitally transforms the FCA's regulatory services to efficiently meet the needs of all stakeholders
- Lead by example in a working technical role, shaping the direction of the team while developing high-quality digital products using Java and Angular
- Help deliver innovative features and solutions by working closely with Product Owners and Architects to turn business requirements into impactful outcomes
- Promote engineering excellence by establishing and promoting best practices, ensuring consistency, quality and continuous improvement across the development lifecycle
- Play a key role in maintaining reliable services, identifying, investigating and resolving issues to support business-critical platforms during office hours
- Develop future skills through mentoring and coaching junior colleagues, helping to improve team capability and create a culture of learning and growth
- Bring initiative and creativity to complex technical challenges, encouraging collaborative problem-solving and encouraging a mindset of continuous improvement
- Accelerate your leadership career in a technology-driven environment, gaining valuable experience in team leadership, stakeholder engagement and technical decision-making
- Contribute to important work on wider society while working alongside a diverse and highly skilled team, gaining exposure to modern technologies, software delivery practices, recognition for your contributions and opportunities for career progression based on performance and leadership potential
Application process
- Advert Closing: 22/07/26
- CV Review/Shortlist: 28/07/26
- First Stage Interviews (In person) W/C: 03/08/26
- Second Stage Interviews W/C: 10/08/26
- Your Recruiter will discuss the process in detail with you during screening for the role, therefore, please make them aware if you are going to be unavailable for any date during this time
Our take
Developed on the back of the Financial Services Act of 2012, the Financial Conduct Authority is a regulatory body that acts as a regulator for financial firms, ensuring the integrity of the financial markets in the UK. Broadly focused on financial companies that provide consumer services, it’s governed by the Bank of England and therefore acts independently of the government.
The FCA is responsible for regulatory innovations, such as stronger customer authentication requirements, including biometric and code requirements for payments, that have clamped down on fraud and improved security for national consumers. The FCA also introduced the Anti-Money Laundering Supervision in 2017.
The organisation’s independence from government ensures its impartiality as a regulator. In the late 2010s, it set up the cryptoasset registration, a department responsible for ensuring the legality of crypto payments. This has become an important aspect of national counter terrorism measures, and exemplifies the complex and vital work that the organisation carries out.
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Company benefits
- 25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays
- Hybrid working (work from home up to 60% of your time)
- Private healthcare with Bupa
- A non-contributory Pension of at least 8%
- Life assurance
- Income protection
Company HQ
Stratford Cross, London, UK
Leadership
Nikhil Rathi
(CEO)Previously the Private Secretary to UK Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown and was the Chief of Staff and Director of International Development at the London Stock Exchange. Studied at St Anne's College Oxford.
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