Engineering Lead

Burns Sheehan; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 135,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Burns Sheehan is seeking an Engineering Lead for an AI-native SaaS platform. The role is remote-first in the UK with a hybrid London office option, offering up to £150,000 per year plus equity.

You will lead small squads (up to 4 engineers) and stay hands-on (~70% time) while guiding architecture, UI and backend work using React, Node.js/TypeScript and cloud platforms (GCP/AWS).

Join a high-growth scale-up shaping an AI-driven product with real-time infrastructure and a modern frontend.

Qualifications

• Leads small squads of engineers (up to 4) while remaining hands-on
• Experience delivering scalable AI-native SaaS platforms
• Strong architecture and engineering practices across frontend and backend

Responsibilities

• Lead a small technical team while staying deeply hands-on in code
• Contribute across the stack (React, Node.js/TypeScript, GCP)
• Shape and deliver features that scale to thousands of customers
• Advocate for engineering best practices and raise technical standards

Skills

Technical leadership

React

Node.js/TypeScript

GCP

AWS

Frontend experience

Backend experience

Tools

React

Node.js/TypeScript

GCP

AWS

Job description

Engineering Lead – AI-SaaS Platform | Tripled ARR in 12 months

Remote-first (UK) with hybrid London office option

Up to £150,000 per annum plus equity

Typescript/Node, React, GCP/AWS - Your tech background is less important than how you lead Engineers solving complex technical challenges

Engineering Lead - We’re working with an amazing scale-up who raised a very impressive Series B round earlier in 2025. They are building an AI-native SaaS platform that’s redefining sector and have experienced explosive growth over the past year tripling their ARR. They are scaling their Engineering team to match the ambition of their product and customers.

The Engineering Lead

We’re hiring Engineering Leads to guide small, focused squads (up to 4 Engineers) while remaining hands-on in the codebase. This isn’t a “people manager only” role — around 70% of your time will be technical, leading the design and build of AI-native solutions with real-time infrastructure and a seamless frontend experience. The remainder will be spent coaching, mentoring, and supporting your team’s growth.

For the first three months, you’ll contribute as an individual contributor, embedding yourself in the product and tech stack before taking on leadership responsibilities.

What you’ll do

• Lead a small team of Engineers while staying deeply technical
• Contribute across the stack (React, Node.js/Typescript, GCP) with backend experience highly valued
• Shape and deliver high-quality features that scale with thousands of customers
• Advocate for engineering best practices and help raise the technical bar The rest "..."