Head of Engineering - Scale a Mature Platform with AI

Nobul Resourcing Solutions; England; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

None

Job summary

Nobul Resourcing Solutions is seeking a senior engineering leader to shape and scale an established B2B SaaS platform in the UK. You will coach squads, drive planning, and elevate delivery confidence while modernising architecture alongside AI integration.

You will partner with Product and Data leadership, balance speed with stability, and reduce founder dependency by building a self-sustaining team. This role requires practical technical judgment and a track record of shipping real customer

Qualifications

• A track record leading Engineering in a strong B2B SaaS environment, with shipped customer value as the headline rather than process metrics.
• Experience in modernising mature or legacy systems while maintaining delivery momentum. You can defend technical decisions commercially.
• A history of coaching engineers and leads to stronger operators. You can name specific people and what changed in them.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the engineering organisation across squads and QA, with a focus on planning, estimation, prioritisation and release confidence.
• Build engineering management rhythms, ownership models and performance standards. Mentor leads and senior engineers in execution discipline and modern engineering practice.
• Increase the pace of delivering customer value through smaller, smarter releases. Break ambitious initiatives into bite-sized increments that ship.
• Lead the ongoing evolution of a mature platform toward modern architecture, balancing modernisation with continuous delivery and customer stability.
• Define and execute the engineering side of the AI roadmap, and introduce AI tooling that increases developer productivity, where it earns its place.
• Partner closely with Product and Data & Intelligence leadership to translate strategy into delivered value.
• Reduce founder dependency in delivery escalations by building a self-sustaining engineering leadership model.

Skills

Engineering leadership

B2B SaaS

Delivery excellence

Coaching engineers

Strategic planning

Job description

Nobul Resourcing Solutions is seeking a senior engineering leader to shape and scale an established B2B SaaS platform in the UK. You will coach squads, drive planning, and elevate delivery confidence while modernising architecture alongside AI integration.

You will partner with Product and Data leadership, balance speed with stability, and reduce founder dependency by building a self-sustaining team. This role requires practical technical judgment and a track record of shipping real customer