Chief Engineering & Platform Architect

Shaw Daniels Solutions; England; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible, hybrid working model

Job summary

Shaw Daniels Solutions is seeking a Head of Engineering to steer architectural direction, delivery performance, and operational excellence across software, hardware, and AI platforms. You will own how technology is designed, built, and scaled, ensuring pace, predictability, and quality as the company grows.

As part of the senior leadership team, you will lead ~25 engineers across mobile, web, backend, hardware integration, and AI, shaping a high‑performing engineering culture and delivering at

Qualifications

• Senior engineering leadership experience within a SaaS, platform, or technology-driven environment.
• Proven experience leading and scaling multidisciplinary teams of 20+ engineers.
• Deep understanding of modern data architectures, including event-driven systems, data platforms, analytics, and AI/ML integration.
• Strong experience designing and evolving large-scale distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end architecture across mobile, web, backend, hardware integrations, data platforms, and AI systems.
• Define long-term technical vision, engineering standards, and architectural principles.
• Ensure systems are built for scalability, security, performance, and strong data foundations.
• Act as the senior technical authority for critical architectural decisions.
• Lead execution of the technology roadmap across software, hardware, data, and AI.
• Drive predictable, high-quality delivery aligned to business priorities and revenue goals.
• Implement strong engineering processes, governance, and quality standards.
• Optimise engineering efficiency and performance metrics across the function.
• Provide clear leadership, accountability, and direction for a team of ~25 engineers.
• Develop hiring strategy, succession planning, and capability building across disciplines.
• Foster a high-performance culture built on ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Coach and mentor senior engineers and managers to strengthen technical depth and leadership capability.
• Partner with Product leadership on feasibility, sequencing, resourcing, and roadmap planning.
• Collaborate closely with Operations and Commercial teams to ensure technology drives customer success, retention, and growth.
• Maintain strong governance around engineering, data, and AI to ensure compliance, security, and operational excellence.

Skills

Leadership

Software architecture

Strategic thinking

Data platforms

AI integration

Stakeholder communication

Job description

Shaw Daniels Solutions is seeking a Head of Engineering to steer architectural direction, delivery performance, and operational excellence across software, hardware, and AI platforms. You will own how technology is designed, built, and scaled, ensuring pace, predictability, and quality as the company grows.

As part of the senior leadership team, you will lead ~25 engineers across mobile, web, backend, hardware integration, and AI, shaping a high‑performing engineering culture and delivering at