Head of Engineering

JR United Kingdom; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A cutting-edge startup is seeking a Head of Engineering to lead the development of AI-powered platforms and manage a diverse technology stack. In this pivotal role, you'll drive both engineering efforts and strategy while building and guiding a high-performing team. The position offers a unique opportunity to shape the technical direction and implementation of advanced workflows in a rapidly growing company.

Benefits

Share Options Package

Flexible working arrangements

Learning and development budget

Health and wellness benefits

Qualifications

• 7+ years in engineering; 3+ years in leadership.
• Strong background in web and AI systems.
• Proficient in Laravel, PHP, Vue.js, and Python.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of AI orchestration and full-stack platform.
• Oversee multi-technology stack and cloud infrastructure.
• Manage team across application development and deployment.

Skills

Leadership

Web Development

AI/ML Systems

Cloud Infrastructure Management

Job description

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Who we are: BuildPrompt is a cutting-edge startup working with some of the most well-known names across the built environment. We're revolutionising how industries interact with their data through AI-powered interfaces and intelligent workflows. Our clients range from international airports to mega rail projects and global real estate portfolios, using our platform to extract instant insights from a range of complex data including delivering Europes largest infrastructure project.

Role Summary: As Head of Engineering at BuildPrompt, you'll lead both our AI orchestration layer and full-stack platform development. You'll oversee the technical evolution of our document Q&A system, manage our multi-technology stack spanning Laravel backend, Nuxt frontend, and Python AI services, while driving the scalability of our cloud-native infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead development of our Python-based AI orchestration application deployed via containerised services with python engineers and your seld
• Manage our multi-modal LLM strategy including Amazon Bedrock integration and self-hosted model deployment
• Optimise vector indexing, retrieval systems, and embedding pipelines for document processing
• Implement advanced prompt engineering, token management, and model evaluation frameworks
• Drive improvements to our document processing and context-aware response generation
• Evaluate and integrate both cloud-hosted and on-premise LLM solutions based on client requirements
• Oversee our Laravel v10 backend architecture with relational databases and distributed queue systems
• Guide development of our Nuxt (Vue 3) frontend with TypeScript and modern CSS frameworks
• Manage our React Native mobile app development and cross-platform API integration
• Ensure seamless integration between frontend, backend, and AI orchestration layers
• Lead our serverless and containerised deployment strategies across cloud providers
• Architect scalable compute solutions for both web applications and AI workloads
• Manage multi-database architecture across relational and document stores
• Design fault-tolerant systems with automatic scaling and recovery capabilities
• Oversee CI/CD pipelines and comprehensive monitoring across all services

Technical Leadership:

• Build and lead a team across full-stack development and AI engineering
• Establish best practices for cloud-native, multi-technology development environments
• Drive architectural decisions spanning web technologies, AI/ML systems, and cloud services
• Implement robust testing, deployment, and monitoring practices across distributed systems
• Evaluate emerging technologies and cloud services for platform enhancement

Required Experience & Skills:

• 7+ years engineering experience with 3+ years in leadership roles
• Strong background in both traditional web development and AI/ML systems
• Experience with our core technologies: Laravel/PHP, Vue.js/Nuxt, Python
• Proven track record with cloud platforms (AWS preferred, but multi-cloud experience valued)
• Experience with LLM deployment strategies - both managed services (Bedrock, OpenAI) and self-hosted solutions
• Understanding of vector databases, embedding systems, and retrieval architectures

Technical Expertise:

• Containerisation (Docker) and orchestration platforms (Kubernetes, ECS, or equivalent)
• Database design across SQL and NoSQL systems
• API design, microservices architecture, and distributed systems
• Cloud infrastructure management and infrastructure-as-code
• AI/ML model deployment, monitoring, and scaling strategies
• Experience with both cloud-managed AI services and on-premise model hosting

Leadership Skills:

• Track record of building and scaling engineering teams
• Strong communication skills for technical and business stakeholders
• Ability to balance technical debt with feature development
• Experience with vendor evaluation and technology strategy decisions

Package:

• Share Options Package
• Flexible working arrangements
• Learning and development budget
• Health and wellness benefits

Why BuildPrompt? Join us in transforming how enterprises interact with their data through AI. You'll work with a modern, cloud-native tech stack, solve complex integration challenges, and have the opportunity to shape both our technical architecture and LLM strategy. We're backed by leading investors and growing rapidly across multiple industries.

Ready to lead our technical evolution? If you're passionate about building scalable AI-powered platforms and want to work at the intersection of cloud infrastructure, full-stack development, and cutting-edge AI deployment strategies, we want to hear from you.