Head of Engineering & Platform Transformation

boxxe; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

boxxe is seeking a Head of Engineering to lead and scale a high-performing engineering organisation that delivers secure, reliable and innovative products. You will translate company strategy into an engineering vision, align technology with business priorities and foster a culture of continuous improvement.

You will build and develop engineering leaders, drive delivery excellence across software, platform, and cloud technologies, and lead strategic cloud, platform and engineering transformation

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading and scaling engineering teams within a product-led organisation.
• Experience building high-performing engineering functions and developing engineering leaders.
• Strong software engineering background with architecture, software delivery and best practice.
• Experience delivering complex customer-facing products, platforms or SaaS solutions.

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver the engineering strategy that supports growth and product innovation.
• Lead, inspire and grow a high-performing engineering organisation.
• Foster ownership, collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement.
• Partner with Product and senior stakeholders to align technology with business priorities.
• Develop engineering leaders and clear career pathways.
• Drive delivery excellence across software, platform and cloud technologies.
• Own the technical roadmap and guide architecture and key decisions.
• Ensure scalable, secure and resilient solutions with commercial focus.
• Lead cloud, platform and engineering transformation initiatives.
• Champion modern engineering practices, DevOps, automation and AI adoption.
• Establish engineering standards, governance and best practice.
• Drive observability, reliability engineering and continuous improvement.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Scale organization

Cloud platforms

DevOps & CI/CD

IaC & automation

Communication to exec

Job description

boxxe is seeking a Head of Engineering to lead and scale a high-performing engineering organisation that delivers secure, reliable and innovative products. You will translate company strategy into an engineering vision, align technology with business priorities and foster a culture of continuous improvement.

You will build and develop engineering leaders, drive delivery excellence across software, platform, and cloud technologies, and lead strategic cloud, platform and engineering transformation