Director of Software Engineering

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Director of Software Engineering, United Kingdom

Client: talego

Location: United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Views: 4

Posted: 26.04.2025

Expiry Date: 10.06.2025

Job Description:

A fantastic opportunity to work with a Global HealthTech leader (Series B | £40m investment) currently looking for a Director of Engineering.

Day-to-day responsibilities include:

• Leading and scaling the R&D and engineering team (Software Engineers, Quality Engineers, and Architects) within a complex environment.
• Collaborating with executive peers (Product, Growth, Sales & Finance) to develop and implement the overall product roadmap for key business capabilities and goals.
• Driving engineering excellence and best practices for continuous integration, continuous delivery (CI/CD), automation, security, and infrastructure as code.
• Influencing and contributing to the overall technical architecture of the company’s core platform used by industry-leading companies.
• Providing strategic leadership to the engineering teams (100 staff), including coaching, mentoring, and skills development.
• Fostering a collaborative and innovative team culture, encouraging continuous learning and professional growth.

What are we looking for?

We seek a highly experienced Engineering leader with a proven track record of attracting, leading, and scaling teams in high-growth companies.

• Demonstrated success in managing platforms at scale, prioritizing security and availability globally.
• Experience in leading and developing large software engineering teams with a focus on high performance.
• Ability to evaluate technology options quickly and recommend effective solutions.
• Extensive technical expertise in areas such as AWS, .NET, TypeScript, Node.js, Terraform, CI/CD, TDD.
• Ability to solve complex challenges across people, processes, and technology, with high intellectual curiosity and comfort with ambiguity.

Passionate about modern engineering principles, operational excellence, and performance management. The right candidate will significantly influence the company's growth and future trajectory.

*Please note*, this role requires a minimum of 2 days per week based in Manchester.

Next steps: Apply now, and we will be in touch.