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Luke Briscoe

Energizer · DISC type I
Engineering Director, Platform & Data at Monzo Bank
📍 Bristol, England, United Kingdom

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.

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Experience
16 Years
Current Role
Engineering Director, Platform & Data
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Personality Overview

How Luke shows up

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.

Priorities

Topics Luke cares 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.
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Career

Work history

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

Media appearances

This is my architecture at AWS re:Invent – Monzo Bank (Luke Briscoe). Featured in LukeBriscoe.com
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Education
2008 - 2011
BA Business Management (In Company)
Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Influence (I)

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