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Engineering Director (ID&F) - Java, .NET, AWS

🗓️ Posted 2026-07-26 London, gb Full-time Hybrid ICT

Company shared salary

NA

Market rate

10,000 GBP–15,000 GBP/mo (120,000 GBP–180,000 GBP/yr)

Based on similar roles (title + domain + location).

About the Company

Experian is a global data and technology company that powers opportunities for people and businesses around the world. It operates across various markets, including financial services, healthcare, automotive, agribusiness, and insurance. Experian invests in people and advanced technologies to leverage the power of data, employing 25,200 people in 32 countries. Experian Software Solutions (ESS) is the global product and engineering function responsible for delivering world-class software solutions through the Ascend Platform. ESS is structured around core business areas: Analytics, Decisioning, Identity & Fraud (ID&F), and Solutions, comprising approximately 1,100 people across 14 countries, with nearly 80% being engineers. This specific role is within the Fraud & Identity Engineering team in ESS, focused on building, maintaining, and deploying Identity & Fraud related products for over 500 B2B clients globally.

Responsibilities

  • ● Provide strategic engineering leadership across a global organisation, combining people leadership, technology modernisation, and delivery accountability.
  • ● Act as a senior partner to business and technology stakeholders, shaping how engineering teams operate, innovate, and deliver at scale.
  • ● Build and lead high-performing teams, setting clear direction, priorities, and accountability for results across multiple geographies.
  • ● Drive delivery excellence by translating strategic objectives into executable plans, measurable outcomes, and sustainable operating rhythms.
  • ● Champion an AI-native mindset by embedding AI, automation, and data-driven decision-making into engineering practices, delivery models, and team problem-solving.
  • ● Act as an agent of technology change by leading modernisation, simplifying legacy approaches, and accelerating adoption of new platforms, tools, and ways of working.
  • ● Serve as a solution provider for complex business and technology challenges, bringing structured thinking, sound judgment, and pragmatic decision-making.
  • ● Partner closely with product, engineering, operations, and business stakeholders to align priorities, remove blockers, and deliver scalable solutions.
  • ● Lead with flexibility and adaptability in a global matrix environment, working effectively across time zones, cultures, functions, and leadership levels.
  • ● Build collaborative relationships across regions to enable consistency, knowledge sharing, and effective execution in a globally distributed organisation.
  • ● Ensure decisions and execution reflect appropriate governance, security, compliance, and enterprise risk standards.
  • ● Own workforce planning and talent strategy for the engineering organisation, including succession planning, capability building, and diverse talent pipelines.
  • ● Set and manage budgets, vendor relationships, and resourcing decisions to ensure sustainable delivery capacity.
  • ● Represent engineering in senior leadership forums, providing visibility on risks, dependencies, and progress against strategic commitments.
  • ● Coach and develop people managers within the organisation, strengthening leadership capability at the next level down.

Requirements

  • ● Proficient in Java full stack, .NET, AWS, EKS, Claude, Cursor based engineering and deployment practices.
  • ● Strong people leadership experience, including coaching and developing global engineering teams.
  • ● Expertise in building strong relationships with teams and leaders globally and influencing decision-making using a data-driven approach.
  • ● Ability to foster a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and learning, encouraging teams to challenge the status quo and adopt better ways of working.
  • ● Experience using AI tools and driving their adoption across the team.
  • ● Demonstrate a strategic mindset while staying close to execution and driving delivery of solutions.
  • ● Solve problems with a business-first and technology-informed mindset.
  • ● Adapt quickly.