Senior Engineering Leader in pioneering product companies.
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📍 Peterborough, UK
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[email protected]
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+44 7780 505574
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People and product-centric technical leader of 15 years
Background in CompSci and full-stack software engineering (JS, React, Node, AWS).
Experienced manager of managers and senior ICs, leading orgs of 20 to 50+.
Scales high performing remote and hybrid teams 10→250, Series A→E
Led Whereby through Series A scaling of org design and architecture. Drove transition from hybrid to global remote, and culture of intensity, trust, and accountability.
Helped grow Monzo from 50 to 200 engineers: led hiring strategy, developed the progression framework and coached Staff+ leaders.
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CV Joel Overton 2025-09
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Delivers impactful product and technical strategies
Drove product and tech transformation at Whereby. Rearchitected core components for scale and developed an Embedded solution that became the company’s core product.
✨ Values belonging, trust and focus
- Help everyone belong, because diverse teams build better futures.
- Lead with trust. There’s no need to abandon transparency or autonomy to succeed at scale.
- Radical focus. Great product teams are single-minded in their pursuit of customer value.
Employment History 📚
Cleo — AI personal financial assistant
Engineering Director / Nov 2025 – Present
Remote — Global HR platform
(Senior) Engineering Manager / Mar 2024 – Oct 2025
Managed team leads (hands-on managers) and a staff engineer. Led product and technical initiatives across the Platform & Ecosystem group (mobile app, product fundamentals, integrations, and partnerships) and, later, Payroll product ecosystem.
- Accountable for a portfolio of programs to improve the efficiency and global availability of payroll processing to Remote’s client base. Partnered with Group PM and Design Director.
- Hiring Manager for senior backend engineers. Team lead and ‘bar raiser’ interviewer.
- Led a department-wide performance calibration for the engineering org (about 250 people).
Zoa — Consumer platform for energy companies
Senior Engineering Manager / Jun – Dec 2023
Zoa span out from Bulb to deliver CX tech for energy, becoming a startup in search of product market fit.
- Collaborated with product, design and sales leaders to sign Zoa’s first customer. Drove the delivery of two wedge products across three engineering verticals.
- Defined org structure and ways of working for new customer operations product group.
- Codified expectations of the Eng Manager and PM roles. Coached and developed individuals.
- Implemented cultural and policy changes while retaining key engineering talent.