Head of Engineering

La Fosse; Greater London; Sur place; GBP 140 000 - 150 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Private medical insurance

Annual bonus

Résumé du poste

La Fosse is partnering with a high-growth SaaS business to appoint a Head of Engineering. You will report to the CTO and lead delivery, strategy, and organisational effectiveness while driving AI adoption across a multi-site product-focused tech team.

With ~22 engineers across three squads, you will shape an AI-native engineering culture, hire leaders, and scale the organisation as the company transitions to a stronger product-led model.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading engineering teams in SaaS.
• Experience delivering AI-native engineering practices.
• Ability to scale engineering in a product-led organisation.

Responsabilités

• Lead the engineering function end-to-end, including delivery and strategy.
• Develop and coach the leadership team to high performance.
• Drive AI-native development practices across the lifecycle.
• Partner with Product and Commercial leadership to shift to product-led growth.
• Establish and track engineering metrics to improve predictability.
• Build capabilities across the organisation, addressing gaps.
• Ensure delivery health, reliability and cloud operations.
• Advise executives with clear, evidence-based decisions.
• Support growth objectives by scaling the engineering organisation.

Connaissances

Leadership

Engineering management

AI adoption

Strategic thinking

Outils

AWS

C#/.NET

Python

Description du poste

La Fosse are partnering with an innovative, high-growth SaaS business to appoint a Head of Engineering.

Reporting directly to the CTO, this is a business-critical leadership role with responsibility for driving engineering delivery, operational excellence, team performance and AI adoption across a growing technology organisation.

The business operates within the enterprise software space, delivering mission-critical products used by large, multi-site organisations. With ambitious growth targets and significant investment behind the technology platform, this role offers the opportunity to shape the future of engineering within a company entering a transformational phase of growth.

The engineering function currently consists of around 22 engineers organised across three product-focused squads, supported by an established leadership layer.

This is not an architecture-led role. Instead, you'll focus on delivery, strategy, organisational effectiveness, hiring and leadership, working closely with senior technical stakeholders to ensure the business can scale effectively while continuing its transition towards a more product-led operating model.

They're looking for an ambitious engineering leader who thrives in fast-paced environments, can balance commercial priorities with long-term product thinking, and is excited by the opportunity to build a truly AI-native engineering organisation.

What you'll do:

• Lead the engineering function end-to-end, covering delivery, operational performance, hiring, team development and engineering strategy.
• Manage and develop an established leadership team, creating a culture of accountability, ownership and high performance.
• Drive the adoption of AI-native development practices, embedding modern AI tooling throughout the software development lifecycle and measuring its impact on engineering effectiveness.
• Partner closely with Product and Commercial leadership to help accelerate the company's transition from a sales-led to a more product-led organisation.
• Establish meaningful engineering metrics and reporting frameworks, improving predictability, quality and delivery performance.
• Build capability across the organisation, identifying strengths, addressing gaps and ensuring teams are set up for long-term success.
• Own operational health across engineering, including delivery performance, support effectiveness, reliability and cloud operations.
• Act as a trusted advisor to executive stakeholders, providing clear leadership and evidence-based decision making.
• Help scale the engineering organisation to support ambitious growth objectives over the coming years.

Tech Environment:

C# / .NET

AWS

Python

What's on offer:

Base salary of £140,000-£150,000.

10% annual bonus.

Private medical insurance.

This opportunity would suit:

A high-performing Head of Engineering or ambitious senior engineering leader looking to make a tangible impact, build a modern AI-first engineering culture and play a key role in the growth of a scaling SaaS business.