Engineering Leader: Scale an Enterprise AI Platform (London)

Kernel; Greater London; Vor Ort; GBP 130.000 - 170.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Equity in the company

Top-spec equipment

Central London office

Pension plan

Team events & dinners

Zusammenfassung

Kernel is hiring an engineering leader in London to own delivery for a high-performing team. You will balance hands-on coding (about 20%) with building and guiding a strong engineering culture, architecture, and product alignment.

The role focuses on scalable, enterprise-grade systems and fast-paced decision-making. You will work with data-centric product goals, mentor engineers, and drive velocity while maintaining quality, collaboration with Product, and strategic technical direction in a

Qualifikationen

• 8+ years software engineering experience.
• Proven track record hiring and developing strong engineers.
• Strong production systems background with scalable systems.
• Distributed systems experience.
• Autonomous operating in small, fast-moving startups.
• Experience with data/ML collaboration is a plus.

Aufgaben

• Build, hire, and develop a high-performing engineering team.
• Help set technical direction and architecture decisions.
• Tackle the most difficult engineering problems with the team.
• Own engineering delivery with emphasis on velocity.
• Collaborate closely with Product on roadmap and prioritisation.
• Write code when needed to stay close to the product.

Kenntnisse

8+ years software engineering

Hiring & engineering leadership

Production systems

Distributed systems

Autonomous in high-velocity env

Data-focused / ML collaboration

Tools

NodeJS

Postgres

TypeScript

Kubernetes

AWS

Clickhouse

NextJS

Tailwind

Jobbeschreibung

Kernel is hiring an engineering leader in London to own delivery for a high-performing team. You will balance hands-on coding (about 20%) with building and guiding a strong engineering culture, architecture, and product alignment.

The role focuses on scalable, enterprise-grade systems and fast-paced decision-making. You will work with data-centric product goals, mentor engineers, and drive velocity while maintaining quality, collaboration with Product, and strategic technical direction in a