Head of Software Engineering: Platform & DevOps

Ubisense Limited; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Ubisense Limited is seeking a Head of Software Engineering to lead a high-performing engineering organisation, owning strategy, architecture, and end-to-end delivery. The role emphasizes DevOps, CI/CD maturity, secure coding practices, and scalability across platforms, with a hands-on leadership style to mentor architects, developers, and testers.

You will shape the engineering operating model, drive quarterly roadmaps and OKRs, manage release governance, and collaborate with cross-functional

Qualifications

• Track record of leading engineering at Head of Engineering level.
• Experience with DevOps/CI/CD (Git, pipelines, IaC, automation).
• Proficient in IaC (Terraform/Bicep) and cloud platforms (Azure/AWS).
• Strong software architecture knowledge (DDD, microservices).
• Proven quality leadership: test automation, reliability, SLOs.
• Security leadership within engineering: secure coding, SBOMs, threat modelling.

Responsibilities

• Define engineering operating model aligned to product goals.
• Translate business objectives into technical roadmaps and OKRs.
• Own engineering delivery, sprint planning, release readiness and governance.
• Set standards for architecture, APIs, data, and cloud infra; ADRs.
• Evolve SDLC, DevOps toolchain, IaC, test automation and security scanning.
• Lead quality: testing strategies, coverage targets, defect reduction.
• Provide day-to-day people management, coaching, career development.
• Collaborate with Product/Support/IT to ensure feasible roadmaps.
• Manage budgets, cloud costs, and vendor relationships.
• Ensure documentation is current and runbooks are updated.

Skills

DevOps/CI/CD

IaC

Containers/Kubernetes

Cloud platforms

Software architecture

Quality leadership

Security leadership

Agile delivery

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering/Math or related field

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

Docker

Kubernetes

Azure

AWS

Job description

Ubisense Limited is seeking a Head of Software Engineering to lead a high-performing engineering organisation, owning strategy, architecture, and end-to-end delivery. The role emphasizes DevOps, CI/CD maturity, secure coding practices, and scalability across platforms, with a hands-on leadership style to mentor architects, developers, and testers.

You will shape the engineering operating model, drive quarterly roadmaps and OKRs, manage release governance, and collaborate with cross-functional