Director of Engineering - AI-Driven Cloud Platform Lead

Collinson Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Collinson Group seeks a Head of Engineering to drive technical delivery for go-to-market products like Priority Pass and related APIs, while shaping architecture and engineering culture. You will lead Principal and Lead Engineers across multiple squads, embedding AI and automation into the SDLC and ensuring observable, resilient services that scale for clients and partners.

You will partner with Product and Delivery early, balance delivery pace with long-term quality, and build sustainable

Qualifications

• Led engineering teams as Head of Engineering or equivalent.
• Delivered business-critical, client-facing software at scale.
• Built quality, observability and operational readiness into delivery.
• Experienced with AWS cloud-native architecture and modern data stores.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical delivery of go-to-market products including client-facing APIs and integrations.
• Set technical direction and architecture while managing multiple squads.
• Embed AI and automation into the SDLC to improve throughput.
• Oversee incident response, observability and resilience for production services.
• Communicate delivery risk and trade-offs to senior stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership

Delivery leadership

Cloud-native

AWS

TypeScript

Node.js

React

Kubernetes

Serverless

Observability

AI in SDLC

Stakeholder engagement

Incident response

Architectural judgement

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

GraphQL

Kafka

React

Node.js

TypeScript

Job description

Collinson Group seeks a Head of Engineering to drive technical delivery for go-to-market products like Priority Pass and related APIs, while shaping architecture and engineering culture. You will lead Principal and Lead Engineers across multiple squads, embedding AI and automation into the SDLC and ensuring observable, resilient services that scale for clients and partners.

You will partner with Product and Delivery early, balance delivery pace with long-term quality, and build sustainable