Engineering Leader: Scale, Security & AI Delivery

Boxxe Group; Hemel Hempstead; On-site; GBP 105,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Boxxe Group in Hemel Hempstead is seeking a Head of Engineering to lead a high-performing engineering organisation, translate strategy into a clear technical vision, and drive delivery of secure, reliable, and innovative products that create value for customers and the business.

You will partner with Product and Executive leadership, own the technical roadmap, champion DevOps and cloud adoption, develop engineering leaders, and balance delivery with architectural excellence and resilience.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading and scaling engineering teams within a product-led organisation.
• Experience building high-performing engineering functions and developing engineering leaders.
• Strong software engineering background with expertise in architecture, software delivery and engineering best practice.

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver the engineering strategy that supports business growth and product innovation.
• Lead, inspire and grow a high-performing engineering organisation.
• Foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement.
• Partner with Product and senior stakeholders to align technology delivery with business priorities.
• Develop engineering leaders and create clear career pathways for teams.
• Drive delivery excellence across software engineering, platform engineering and cloud technologies.
• Own the technical roadmap and guide key architecture and technology decisions.
• Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, resilient and commercially effective.
• Lead cloud, platform and engineering transformation initiatives.
• Champion modern engineering practices, DevOps, automation and AI adoption.
• Establish engineering standards, governance and technical best practice.
• Drive operational excellence through observability, reliability engineering and continuous improvement.
• Balance technology investment, technical debt and long-term platform evolution.
• Support strategic customer opportunities with technical leadership and expertise.
• Build strong relationships across Product, Security, Operations and Executive Leadership teams.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Software architecture

Cloud platforms

DevOps

CI/CD

Platform engineering

SaaS delivery

Stakeholder management

AI adoption

Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

Job description

Boxxe Group in Hemel Hempstead is seeking a Head of Engineering to lead a high-performing engineering organisation, translate strategy into a clear technical vision, and drive delivery of secure, reliable, and innovative products that create value for customers and the business.

You will partner with Product and Executive leadership, own the technical roadmap, champion DevOps and cloud adoption, develop engineering leaders, and balance delivery with architectural excellence and resilience.