Head of AI Enablement & Engineering

Over the next 12 months, the company wants to triple its ability to build great products for customers and become an AI-first business. The CEO is personally sponsoring this as a company priority. As Head of AI Engineering & Enablement, you'll own how Capital on Tap uses AI to design, build, test and ship software. You'll set AI strategy across Product and Engineering, lead a small AI Enablement team, and work with every product team to change how they work. You'll report to the CTO and work closely with the CEO.

Responsibilities

Set the plan: baseline how fast and how well the company builds today, then set out a 12-month plan to triple it with clear measures the leadership team tracks; Rebuild how we ship: redesign the software delivery lifecycle around agentic AI, from spec through code, review, testing and release, and make it the default in every product team; Own the AI engineering stack: lead decisions on AI developer tooling, model access, AI gateway and evaluation, balancing capability, cost and vendor independence; Move fast, safely: partner with InfoSec, Data Protection, Risk and Compliance to set guardrails in an FCA-regulated business; Run the team: lead the AI Enablement team to change how the company builds

Requirements

You've led an AI-driven transformation in how a product and engineering organisation builds software, with measurable results to show for it; Deep, hands-on experience with agentic coding tools and LLM-based workflows; You still build platforms and systems, and you have strong opinions on where these tools work and where they don't; You've built and led high-performing engineering teams on strong technical foundations; Commercial judgement to think in cost, ROI and customer outcomes; Experience in a regulated environment designing controls that enable rather than block

Nice to have

C#/.NET and Azure experience; Experience with introducing agentic AI into infrastructure, observability and data pipelines

Benefits

Private Healthcare including dental and opticians services through Vitality; Worldwide travel insurance through Vitality; Anniversary Rewards (£250, £500, £750, 4-week fully paid sabbatical); Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme up to 7% match; Octopus EV Salary Sacrifice Scheme; 28 days holiday (plus bank holidays); Annual Learning and Wellbeing Budget; Enhanced Parental Leave; Cycle to Work Scheme; Season Ticket Loan; 6 free therapy sessions per year; Dog Friendly Offices; Free drinks and snacks in offices; Competitive Salary + Bonus Scheme