Luke Briscoe

Energizer
DISC Type : I

Engineering Director, Platform & Data at Monzo Bank

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Overview

Luke is the Engineering Director for Platform at Monzo Bank, where he leads the teams responsible for the core banking platform, data, and developer experience. He has scaled his organization from under 10 to over 80 engineers, focusing on resilient distributed systems and operational efficiency. He holds a BA in Business Management from Nottingham Business School.

Outside of work, Luke is a football fan and a supporter of West Bromwich Albion, often writing about the parallels between sports and engineering leadership. He also engages in personal tech projects, having recently built a mobile-first web app to track his fitness and nutrition goals, sharing the process on his personal blog.

Unique fact: Luke developed a fitness tracking web app, "mydeficit. app", as a personal side project to better manage his health goals.

Personality Overview

Big Picture Person

Relationship Oriented

Imaginative

They are always positive and upbeat, so take their promises with a pinch of salt.  They are really good at seeing what the long-term impacts of their decisions could be. They are not always early adopters but can be pursuaded by leveraging strong relationships.

Topics They Care About

Platform Engineering
He leads the platform engineering division at Monzo, focusing on building resilient, cost-efficient banking platforms and improving the developer experience.
Scaling Engineering Teams
He has a proven track record of scaling his platform engineering organization at Monzo from fewer than 10 to over 80 people.
FinOps & Cloud Costs
He speaks on transforming cloud cost management from an isolated problem to a collaborative, company-wide responsibility.

Media Appearances

This is my architecture at AWS re:Invent – Monzo Bank (Luke Briscoe). Featured in LukeBriscoe.com

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Work History

5-2024
Engineering Director, Platform & Data at Monzo Bank
10-2019 - 5-2024
Senior Engineering Manager, Platform at Monzo Bank
2-2019 - 10-2019
Engineering Manager at Monzo Bank
7-2017 - 2-2019
Senior Production Engineering Manager at OVO Energy
6-2016 - 7-2017
Production Engineering Manager at OVO Energy

Education

2008 - 2011
BA Business Management (In Company) from Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University

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Exp : 16 Location : Bristol, England, United Kingdom Job Level : Mid-senior Designation : Engineering Director, Platform & Data at Monzo Bank
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Insights For Selling To Luke

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Use phrases like ‘people will love’, ‘massive impact’ etc.
  • Be friendly and entertaining in your conversation
  • Talk anecdotally about the customer experience that your product offers

DONT's

  • Avoid overloading them with too much detail
  • Don’t be excessively objective, be a storyteller
  • Don’t push them to make a decision too fast, let them get comfortable first

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Luke is

  • Relationship and rapport can play an important role, sometimes more than the other factors.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Luke

  • They will probably never say no directly, you have to make that decision yourself.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Luke move?

  • They are not the quickest decision makers, their friendly attitude could be misleading.
  • Can Luke take some risk or not?

  • They can accept limited risks, ones that they think will not impact them personally.

You And Luke

Personality Compatibility


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