Lead Software Engineer - PHP/Laravel - Remote - £100k+ Equity

Lead Software Engineer - PHP/Laravel - Remote - £100k+ Equity We are seeking an exceptional Engineering Lead to take ownership of the technical direction and delivery for our financial services platform. This fully remote permanent opportunity offers the chance to shape the architecture and APIs of a market-leading multi-currency financial management system used by captains, crew, owners, management companies and family offices across the yachting and multi-asset sectors. As the Lead Back-end Engineer for our financial services team you will set the strategic technical vision while remaining hands-on enough to ensure every line of code meets the highest standards of performance, security and maintainability. You will guide a distributed team of back-end engineers, mentoring them through complex challenges and fostering an environment where technical excellence and continuous improvement are the daily norm. Your work will sit at the heart of a platform that handles instant global transactions, real-time reporting, treasury operations and multi-asset visibility for some of the most demanding clients in the world. Day to day you will oversee the implementation of system architecture and product APIs, define and uphold rigorous engineering practices, and write clean, reusable and thoroughly tested code yourself. You will collaborate across product, design and other engineering teams to break ambitious roadmaps into clear, deliverable increments. You will evaluate emerging tools and technologies, integrating those that genuinely raise the quality and efficiency of our stack, which centres on PHP Laravel, Docker and AWS, supported by the Atlassian suite. The ideal candidate brings eight to ten years of engineering leadership experience, including proven success leading fully remote teams. You combine deep technical authority with the soft skills needed to communicate complex ideas clearly, coach others effectively and align engineering effort with broader product and business goals. You thrive on ownership, take pride in code that is both elegant and robust, and understand that true leadership means elevating the entire team while still contributing high-impact work yourself. This is a rare opportunity to influence the technical future of a fast-growing fintech organisation that is expanding rapidly through organic development and strategic acquisition. You will inherit a platform already trusted by more than sixteen hundred yachts and family offices, yet still full of unexplored potential as we extend capabilities into payroll, crew management and multi-asset reporting. The role reports directly to the Group CTO and has the autonomy and visibility that come from leading a critical engineering function. If you are an engineering leader who wants to leave a lasting architectural imprint on a sophisticated, high-stakes financial platform while mentoring a talented remote team, we would be delighted to hear from you. Apply now and help us continue building the single source of financial truth for the world’s most exclusive assets.