Lead Software Engineer

The role

We're looking for a hands-on Lead Software Engineer to lead technology delivery for Abound Spain. This role will be responsible for adapting, deploying and operating Abound’s lending platform in Spain, ensuring it meets local business, operational and regulatory requirements while remaining aligned with our global technology strategy.

This role combines hands-on software engineering, solution architecture, technical leadership and team management, reporting to the Spain Director and to the Chief Product Officer. While remaining actively involved in software development, you will act as the technology owner for Spain, ensuring Abound’s global platform is successfully localised, integrated and operated within the Spanish market.

What you will do

What you will be doing

Leading and managing a small engineering team, supporting their growth through coaching, mentoring and regular feedback.
Remaining hands-on by contributing directly to the codebase and leading engineering best practices.
Acting as the technology owner for Spain, ensuring successful implementation and evolution of Abound’s platform within the local market.
Defining solution architectures that leverage Abound’s global platform while addressing Spain-specific business, operational and regulatory requirements.
Leading technical implementation of new capabilities required for the Spanish business.
Coordinating internal engineering teams and third-party technology providers to deliver reliable, scalable solutions.
Evaluating, integrating and managing third-party providers supporting the lending ecosystem, including payments, Open Banking, customer communications, fraud prevention and collections.
Working closely with Product, Risk, Operations and Compliance teams to ensure technology solutions support business growth and operational excellence.
Supporting engineers through code reviews, pairing and technical guidance.
Participating throughout the full software development lifecycle, from design and implementation through testing, deployment, monitoring and production support.
Helpinf structure engineering delivery, including sprint planning, estimation and retrospectives.
Contributing to Business Continuity Planning, Disaster Recovery and operational resilience.
Providing second-line production support during business hours, troubleshooting issues affecting business operations and customers.
Continuously identifying opportunities to simplify architecture, improve platform scalability and increase operational efficiency.

What success looks like

Successfully delivering the technology capabilities required to launch and scale Abound’s lending business in Spain.
Building strong working relationships across Engineering, Product, Risk, Operations and Compliance.
Establishing a robust local technology operating model fully aligned with Abound’s global platform.
Delivering successful integrations with key third-party technology providers.
Improving platform resilience, operational readiness and engineering quality.
Building a high-performing engineering culture that combines technical excellence with pragmatic execution.
Collaborating successfully across Risk, Operations, Technology and Compliance functions.

This position is based in Madrid with a hybrid work arrangement requiring 3 days per week on-site in our office in Las Rozas, Madrid.

Lead Software Engineer

The role

Lead Software Engineer

The role

What you will do

What you will be doing

What success looks like

What you need

Our technology stack

Highly desirable

About Abound

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