Head of Engineering - AI SaaS, Hybrid London, Lead Tech & Growth

Switch Tech Talent Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

SwitchTT in London is seeking a Head of Engineering to own technology direction, team growth, and the product roadmap. You will lead a high-scale SaaS platform used by global customers, shaping architecture and engineering culture while partnering with product and sales to drive value.

The role is hybrid (London hub) with two days per week in the office and an opportunity to influence the business direction as the team expands from 10+ engineers to 15–20.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering in high-scale product-led environments
• Evidence of leading technology architecture and strategy from the front
• Proven track record in improving engineering culture
• Experience implementing and delivering career frameworks
• Led teams of 10+ engineers and scaled to 15–20
• Experience with cloud-native technologies at scale, ideally AWS

Responsibilities

• Own technology direction, architecture, and roadmap for the product
• Lead and scale engineering teams from 10+ to 15–20 engineers
• Drive engineering culture and implement career frameworks
• Collaborate with product and business stakeholders to influence strategy
• Manage cloud-native deployment at scale, with AWS preferred

Skills

Leadership

Team scaling

Architecture

Engineering culture

Career frameworks

AWS

Tools

AWS

Job description

SwitchTT in London is seeking a Head of Engineering to own technology direction, team growth, and the product roadmap. You will lead a high-scale SaaS platform used by global customers, shaping architecture and engineering culture while partnering with product and sales to drive value.

The role is hybrid (London hub) with two days per week in the office and an opportunity to influence the business direction as the team expands from 10+ engineers to 15–20.