Senior Engineering Team Lead

Dojo · London

This is a live UK-based role at Dojo, a UK Skilled Worker sponsor tracked by Sponsorly AI against the Home Office register. Posted 30 September 2026. Listed as open until 30 October 2026.

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We’re reinventing payments. In less than four years, Dojo disrupted the market to become the largest and most loved acquirer in the UK. Our payments infrastructure, purpose-built for in-person commerce, is game changing. Now, over 150,000 customers across four countries choose to transact billions with us every year. But we’re just getting started. Our people are the driving force behind our success. They are our greatest investment and our ultimate competitive advantage. We hire exceptional people and give them the autonomy, trust, and ownership to thrive. The results take care of themselves. The Role AI Labs is a place for innovation, impact and opportunity. You’ll be creating new products & utilising tooling across the generative AI space, working with a team of talented graduates to ideate, co-create and operate full-stack solutions across a broad range of domain areas, both internal and external. Each service and API should be well orchestrated, instrumented and supported allowing them to become part of the wider Dojo ecosystem, ultimately enabling the rest of Dojo to seamlessly integrate these solutions into their work in a safe and understandable way. We are looking for an Engineering Team Lead to own a number of individual workstreams within the MicroPOS project, and provide support & mentorship to the people in their team. They will produce high-quality software that solves real-world problems in secure, innovative and supportable ways. The environment will be dynamic and often exploratory, so a desire to drive results in periods of uncertainty will be required. The role is focused around leading teams of early career individuals, so mentorship, support and guidance will be key attributes in ensuring the success of both the role and the team, with a view to build them into the leaders of tomorrow. Who we are looking for... We are looking for someone who takes pride & ownership in what they build, being able to voice their opinion and share their expertise, but also listen and make the correct decision. They shouldn’t be afraid to celebrate their successes, admit their mistakes and turn to others for help, maintaining a sense of honesty and humility. They should be looking to improve each day, caring about the tech, architecture, and people they interact with, understanding both the small details and the big picture in everything we do. Finally, they should be able to coach, mentor, and inspire those around them, embedding excellence, a sense of safety, and a desire to succeed in their teams, ensuring these values are adhered to at all levels. What you will do... Lead system architecture and design, ensuring solutions are robust, maintainable, and built to scale effectively. Own the software delivery lifecycle, championing engineering best practices, thorough code reviews, and automated CI/CD pipelines. Mentor, support, and develop engineers within your team, fostering an inclusive environment where future leaders thrive. …

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