Head of Engineering: AI-Driven SaaS Leader

Costello Medical; Town of Cambridge; Hybrid; AUD 175,000 - 214,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit share bonuses

Hybrid and flexible working

Private medical insurance

Generous holiday allowance

Travel between Cambridge and London

Job summary

Costello Medical is entering an exciting new chapter as we launch our first SaaS product. We are looking for an experienced engineering leader to guide our eight-strong in-house team, shape architectural strategy, and own the post-launch roadmap, with AI features integrated into our platforms.

You will collaborate with business leaders to drive technical strategy, ensure security by design, and manage our supplier relationships while nurturing an innovative engineering culture across Cambridge

Qualifications

• 8+ years software engineering experience with 3+ years in technical leadership
• Proven ownership of a software product in production, ideally SaaS
• Experience building scalable, secure systems and leading architectural decisions
• Experience working with non technical stakeholders to shape requirements

Responsibilities

• Lead the Engineering team with accountability for growth and performance
• Define team structure, hiring plans and culture
• Define and embed development standards, review and release processes
• Own the engineering roadmap from launch through growth and scaling
• Sign off on scalable, secure solution designs with product owners
• Align engineering strategies with company priorities and decide build/buy options
• Shape AI roadmap and deliver AI features across products
• Maintain monitoring, incident response and security by design
• Manage technology suppliers and vendor relationships

Skills

Engineering leadership

Team leadership

Software architecture

AI integration

Cloud tech

Product strategy

Tools

Go

NestJS/Express.js

Python/FastAPI

PostgreSQL

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Terraform

Job description

Costello Medical is entering an exciting new chapter as we launch our first SaaS product. We are looking for an experienced engineering leader to guide our eight-strong in-house team, shape architectural strategy, and own the post-launch roadmap, with AI features integrated into our platforms.

You will collaborate with business leaders to drive technical strategy, ensure security by design, and manage our supplier relationships while nurturing an innovative engineering culture across Cambridge