Scott Brady
Head of Engineering, web security consultant, and Pluralsight author.
- Bristol, UK
- [email protected]
I am a Head of Engineering with a focus on innovation, delivery, and engineering culture. I specialise in turning around struggling engineering areas and building teams that deliver at scale in heavily regulated environments.
As an individual contributor, I specialised in all things authentication, identity, OAuth, and OpenID Connect. While I am currently taking a break from the world of identity & web security to focus on leadership roles, I still find myself helping with the world of web security and PSD2 initiatives in those roles. I also keep my hand in by offering consultancy services.
Senior leadership experience
Head of Engineering, The Openwork Partnership
July 2026 – Present | Swindon | Hybrid
I’m leading Openwork’s newly combined Engineering & Quality functions through a period of significant change. Reporting to the CTO, I’m rolling out modern engineering practices and agentic engineering, rebuilding an engineering culture, and shifting to a DevOps mentality where teams own what they build.
Director of Engineering, Cera
October 2025 – February 2026 | London | Remote
Responsible for Cera’s Engineering organisation, reporting to the CTO. Engineering at Cera delivers products that enable digital-first home healthcare, moving services out of hospitals and into people’s homes.
Director of Engineering, ClearBank
September 2023 – October 2025 | London | Remote
Responsible for ClearBank’s self-implemented UK and EU payment rails, Open Banking integrations, and API security. Reporting to the VP of Engineering, I led modern engineering teams within a heavily regulated, risk-averse environment, which required me to balance the needs of engineering with those of the business, risk, and regulators while still moving fast enough to innovate.
Articles
While I am no longer actively blogging since moving away from individual contributor roles, this website includes an archive of material for those looking to learn OAuth and web security.
Latest articles
Training
Check out my online training material on Pluralsight.
