Jordan Cooper
Head of Engineering · Engineering Leader · Fintech, Payments & Data
London Area, UK · Open to Remote & Hybrid
Engineering leader with 10+ years of experience building products, platforms and teams across fintech, payments and data. Currently Head of Engineering at Zumi, where I joined as employee #1 and built the engineering organisation from the ground up. Previously progressed through Software Engineer, Tech Lead, Engineering Manager and Solutions Architect roles at Moneyhub, delivering Open Banking APIs and payment products used by more than 1.2 million consumers.
- Built and led engineering organisation from scratch, scaling Zumi from employee #1 to an 8-person engineering team while establishing hiring, delivery, security and technical standards.
- Hired across engineering, product and design functions, helping build the company's multidisciplinary product organisation.
- Delivered Open Banking & payment products used by over 1.2 million consumers.
- Led development of one of the UK's first Open Banking payment widgets.
- Built engineering organisations, teams and technical platforms spanning startup, scale-up and regulated fintech environments.
- Partnered directly with founders, investors and enterprise customers on product strategy, technology direction and company growth.
- Joined as employee #1 and established the company's engineering function, platform architecture and technical operating model from zero.
- Built and led the engineering organisation from scratch, growing the team to 8 engineers while establishing hiring processes, delivery practices, security controls and engineering standards.
- Responsible for hiring, coaching, performance management and day-to-day leadership of engineers across multiple product initiatives, helping shape team structure, career development and delivery effectiveness.
- Worked directly with founders on company strategy and product direction, navigating multiple company pivots across hospitality, payments, AI and data products while remaining hands-on in technical delivery.
- Designed and built a multi-tenant SaaS platform on TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Terraform and GCP integrating payments, CRM, loyalty, reservations, PMS and POS systems.
- Established engineering operating practices covering planning, delivery, incident management and technical decision making.
- Partnered with founders, investors, product leaders and enterprise customers on company strategy, fundraising, roadmap prioritisation and technology direction.
Moneyhub Feb 2020 – Apr 2024
Promoted through four roles during a period of rapid company growth.
- Led engineering teams responsible for payments, mobile applications and Open Banking capabilities supporting more than 1.2 million consumers.
- Progressed from Software Engineer to Solutions Architect, taking on increasing responsibility for team leadership, technical strategy and product delivery.
- Managed engineers across multiple teams, supporting hiring, delivery, technical direction, coaching and team development.
- Built one of the UK's first Open Banking payment widgets for major financial institutions.
- Designed financial data and Open Banking solutions that supported customer onboarding, product adoption and enterprise delivery.
- Partnered with product, compliance, commercial and executive stakeholders to deliver regulated financial products while balancing customer outcomes, regulatory requirements and technical strategy.
Engineering Leadership · People Management · Hiring & Coaching · Organisation Design · Technical Strategy · Delivery Management · Distributed Systems · Multi-Tenant SaaS · Event-Driven Architecture · Open Banking · Payments · TypeScript · Node.js · PostgreSQL · GCP · Terraform · Serverless · Docker