Head of Software Engineering - Scale High-Traffic Platforms

Peaple Talent; Northam; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday + bank holidays + your birthday off

Generous staff discounts on products and services

Volunteer day to support a cause

Life assurance and wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

A leading technology recruitment firm in the UK is seeking a Head of Software Engineering to lead their engineering team. This mid-senior level role involves setting strategic direction, driving best practices in a hybrid work environment, and collaborating closely with product and design teams. Candidates must have significant experience in distributed systems and a strong background in leading technical teams.

Qualifications

• Experience working with high-traffic platforms, ideally e-commerce or booking systems.
• Proven leadership experience managing senior engineers and technical teams.
• Strong advocate for Agile, Lean, and DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead the engineering function and shape the future of the platform.
• Drive best practices, ensure scalability and security.
• Work closely with product, design, and delivery teams.

Skills

Distributed systems

Microservices

Cloud-native architecture

CI/CD pipelines

Containerisation (Docker/Kubernetes)

AWS/Azure/GCP

Agile practices

Lean practices

DevOps practices

Excellent communication

Job description

A leading technology recruitment firm in the UK is seeking a Head of Software Engineering to lead their engineering team. This mid-senior level role involves setting strategic direction, driving best practices in a hybrid work environment, and collaborating closely with product and design teams. Candidates must have significant experience in distributed systems and a strong background in leading technical teams.