AI-Driven Head of Engineering — Own the Tech, Report to CEO

Ocho People Ltd.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 77,000 - 94,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free food & drinks onsite

Gym membership

Bike to work

Flexible/condensed working patterns

Job summary

Ocho People Ltd. is seeking a Head of Engineering in the UK to own the engineering function end-to-end. You will lead the team, define processes and tooling, and manage AWS spend while aligning technical delivery with business goals.

You will hire and develop engineers, translate business intent to technical roadmaps, and set the tone for an AI-first engineering culture. This role reports to the CEO and anchors the technical voice of the organisation.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated AI fluency in engineering work and AI adoption experience.
• Track record of directly managing engineers, hiring and performance development.
• Experience reporting to non-technical executive leadership.
• Hands-on background in modern web and cloud stack.
• Able to lead as the sole senior engineering leader in a fast-moving environment.

Responsibilities

• Own the engineering function, team, processes, tooling and AWS spend.
• Hire, develop and performance-manage engineers.
• Translate between engineering reality and business intent at CEO level.
• Push back on scope and negotiate without damaging relationships.
• Be the go-to senior technical voice for the company.

Skills

AI fluency

Team leadership

Hiring engineers

Executive communication

Hands-on engineering

Stakeholder management

Tools

TypeScript

AWS

AWS CDK

CI/CD

Job description

Ocho People Ltd. is seeking a Head of Engineering in the UK to own the engineering function end-to-end. You will lead the team, define processes and tooling, and manage AWS spend while aligning technical delivery with business goals.

You will hire and develop engineers, translate business intent to technical roadmaps, and set the tone for an AI-first engineering culture. This role reports to the CEO and anchors the technical voice of the organisation.