Global Head of Applications — Security SaaS Leader

Xact Placements Limited; City Of London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cybersecurity scale-up is seeking a Head of Engineering to lead their global Application Technology team. This role involves shaping engineering culture and driving technical excellence while managing distributed teams across the UK, Singapore, and the US. Ideal candidates should have 10+ years of experience in SaaS and cybersecurity, demonstrating strong leadership capabilities and technical depth in modern technologies.

Benefits

Competitive compensation & benefits

Endless career progression

Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience building and managing distributed engineering teams.
• Proven leader in scaling high-performing teams.
• Experience in delivering enterprise-grade SaaS applications.

Responsibilities

• Lead a global application engineering team spanning multiple regions.
• Build critical SaaS capabilities for enterprise clients.
• Drive a high-performance engineering culture.

Skills

Distributed engineering leadership

SaaS application development

Technical depth in AWS

Strong Agile methodologies

Node.js

React.js

Tools

AWS

MySQL

Kafka

Kubernetes

Serverless

Job description

A leading cybersecurity scale-up is seeking a Head of Engineering to lead their global Application Technology team. This role involves shaping engineering culture and driving technical excellence while managing distributed teams across the UK, Singapore, and the US. Ideal candidates should have 10+ years of experience in SaaS and cybersecurity, demonstrating strong leadership capabilities and technical depth in modern technologies.