Head of Software (ML & Web)

Talent Search PRO; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology-focused company in the UK is seeking a senior software development leader to oversee architecture and delivery of software components, including web applications and ML infrastructure. The ideal candidate has over 7 years of software development experience and a passion for leading multidisciplinary teams. This role offers an opportunity to shape software integration with hardware systems and foster a high-performance engineering culture.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software development experience, with at least 3 in a leadership role.
• Proven expertise in web application development (frontend + backend).
• Hands-on experience with machine learning workflows and/or data-heavy systems.
• Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure and DevOps practices.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional hardware or science-focused teams.
• Exceptional communication and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the architecture, development, and delivery of all software components.
• Be a key partner to hardware, design, and science heads.
• Define, implement, and scale the software architecture.
• Maintain strong engineering standards for code quality.
• Lead key technical initiatives and contribute code reviews.
• Drive integration of software with hardware systems.
• Build, lead, and mentor a multidisciplinary engineering team.
• Establish effective workflows for development and QA.
• Foster a high-performance engineering culture.
• Partner with HR in hiring and scaling the team.
• Ensure end-to-end product integration.
• Translate business and research needs into software solutions.
• Balance speed of delivery with long-term maintainability.
• Support leadership in communicating technical vision.

Skills

Software development

Leadership

Web application development

Machine learning workflows

Cloud infrastructure

DevOps practices

Communication

Job description

What you will be doing:

• Oversee thearchitecture, development, and delivery of all software components, spanning web applications, backend systems, and Machine Learning (ML) infrastructure.
• Be a key partner to the heads of Hardware, Design Engineering, and Animal Science,ensuring software is seamlessly integrated with physical systems, user experience, and domain expertise.
• Define, implement, and scale thesoftware architecture across web, backend, and ML systems.
• Maintain strong engineering standards for code quality, security, testing, and deployment.
• Lead key technical initiatives, contributing code and architecture reviews.
• Drive integration of software with hardware systems pipelines.
• Build, lead, and mentora multidisciplinary engineering team.
• Establish effective workflows for development, QA, deployment, and iteration.
• Foster a collaborative, innovative, and high-performance engineering culture.
• Partner with People/HR in hiring and scaling the team.
• Collaborate closely with the heads of Hardware, Design Engineering, and Animal Science to ensure end-to-end product integration.
• Translate business and research needs into scalable software solutions.
• Balance speed of delivery with long-term maintainability and scalability.
• Support leadership in communicating technical vision to investors, partners, and stakeholders.

Experience you will need:

• 7+ years of software development experience, with at least 3 in a leadership role.
• Proven expertise inweb application development (frontend + backend).
• Hands‑on experience withmachine learning workflows and/or data‑heavy systems.
• Strong understanding ofcloud infrastructure and DevOps practices.
• Experience collaborating with cross‑functional hardware or science‑focused teams.
• Exceptional communication and leadership skills.