Head of Engineering - Global Tech

Client Server; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 126,000 - 154,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Bonus

Private medical insurance

Pension and Life Assurance

Well-being benefits

Flexible working

Team and company socials

Job summary

A global tech company is looking for a Head of Engineering to drive their engineering efforts. This leadership role involves managing engineering teams, aligning engineering with business goals, and optimising processes. Candidates should have strong experience in engineering leadership, DevOps, and modern development methodologies. The position offers a competitive salary of up to £140k, bonuses, flexible working, and comprehensive benefits, making it an excellent opportunity for visionary leaders.

Qualifications

• Deep technical understanding of DevOps, QA, and modern development methodologies.
• Advanced strategic thinking and operational execution skills.
• Expertise in engineering metrics and performance frameworks.
• Ability to foster a culture of engineering excellence and innovation.
• Strong stakeholder management skills.
• Confident communicator who develops others.

Responsibilities

• Align engineering with business goals and product transformation plans.
• Manage three engineering teams of 40-45 staff.
• Oversee engineering operations, budgets, and performance metrics.
• Optimise development processes and delivery pipelines.
• Promote adoption of emerging technologies and AI-powered tools.

Skills

Engineering leadership

DevOps understanding

QA methodologies

Modern development methodologies

Stakeholder management

Strong communication

Operational execution

Tools

C# .Net

React

Azure

Snowflake

GitHub

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Overview

Head of Engineering London / WFH to £140k

Are you a visionary technology leader looking for your next opportunity? You could be progressing your career in an impactful Head of Engineering position at a global tech company that provide data centric software solutions to major blue-chip and government organisations to enable them to discover and analyse data and customer feedback.

As the Head of Engineering you'll collaborate with the CTO, Head of Product and Heads of Operations to align engineering with business goals and product transformation plans. You'll manage three engineering teams, with about 40-45 staff in total across technology (7 direct reports), operations and QA: overseeing engineering operations, budgets and performance metrics.

You'll optimise development processes and delivery pipelines, foster a culture of technical excellence, efficiency and continuous improvement and promote adoption of emerging technologies and AI powered tools.

Location / Working pattern

You can work from home most of the time, meeting up with colleagues in the London office twice a week.

About you

• You have strong experience in engineering leadership with a deep technical understanding of DevOps, QA and modern development methodologies (the tech stack is based on C# .Net, React, Azure, Snowflake, GitHub and modern CI/CD pipelines)
• You have advanced strategic thinking and operational execution skills with a product mindset and appreciation of SaaS
• You have expertise in implementing engineering metrics, performance frameworks and resource / capacity planning
• You're able to foster a culture of engineering excellence and innovation
• You bring out the best in others, have no ego and enjoy developing people
• You have strong stakeholder management skills and are a confident communicator

What’s in it for you

As a Head of Engineering you'll earn a competitive package:

• Salary to £140k
• Bonus
• Flexible working (x2 days a week in London)
• Private medical insurance as well as well-being benefits
• Pension and Life Assurance
• Committees for wellness, charity and volunteering, DE&I
• Team and company socials

Equal opportunity

At Client Server we believe in a diverse workplace that allows people to play to their strengths and continually learn. We\'re an equal opportunities employer whose people come from all walks of life and will never discriminate based on race, colour, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. The clients we work with share our values.