IT Engineering Lead

Miro; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative tech company is seeking a Lead for the new End User Engineering team in London. This full-time position is pivotal in transforming the employee technology experience through automation and AI integration. Candidates should have 5-7 years in IT Operations with strong leadership skills and a proven record of managing distributed teams. The role offers various benefits, including health insurance and a competitive equity package, while fostering a culture focused on continuous improvement and scalability.

Benefits

Competitive equity package

Health insurance for family

Corporate pension plan

Lunch snacks and drinks

Wellbeing benefit and WFH allowance

Annual learning and development allowance

Global team opportunity

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of IT Operations, Infrastructure or End User Services experience, with at least 2 years in a leadership role.
• Experience managing geographically distributed teams across multiple time zones.
• Proven ability to lead automation initiatives within IT.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Global End User Engineering Team and define its structure.
• Drive the strategy for deep automation and integration of AI.
• Engineer enterprise workflows and enhance critical SaaS applications.

Skills

IT Operations experience

Team leadership

Automation technologies

Engineering culture building

IT security principles

Tools

Slack

G-Suite

Jira

JAMF

Python

JavaScript

Job description

About the Team

This is a newly formed team spearheaded in London. The role has a global reach providing leadership and oversight across multiple time zones, including the US and Yerevan. The team’s primary mandate is to transform the employee technology experience, shifting from traditional IT support to a modern automated and security‑first engineering discipline. The Lead will establish the foundation, recruit top talent and drive a culture of continuous improvement through AI deep automation and integration.

About the Role

This is a critical leadership position to spearhead the creation and development of a new End User Engineering (EUE) team in London. The primary mandate is to transform the employee technology experience from traditional IT support to a modern automated and security‑first engineering discipline.

What you’ll do

• Establish and Lead the Global End User Engineering (EUE) Team: Define the organizational structure, actively recruit and mentor the founding team, and establish a high‑performance engineering‑led culture. Successfully manage the technical team across multiple time zones (US and Yerevan).
• Drive Deep Automation and AI Integration: Champion the strategy for intelligent automation to eliminate toil and reduce MTTR. Proactively explore and implement AI/ML solutions for intelligent service routing and predictive issue detection.
• Engineer and Integrate Enterprise Workflows: Design, build and maintain robust scalable integrations between core enterprise applications (identity, HRIS, collaboration, service tools) to create seamless automated employee experiences.
• Own Core SaaS Application Enhancement: Take engineering ownership of and strategically enhance critical enterprise SaaS applications including Slack, G‑Suite, Jira, JAMF and Glean ensuring high reliability.
• Execute the Strategic Technical Roadmap: Develop and execute the long‑term vision and technical roadmap for EUE integrating agile engineering methodologies like CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code principles.
• Ensure Security and Compliance Posture: Work in close collaboration with Corporate Security (CorpSec) to define and enforce robust system security standards across all managed applications and devices. Partner with the Privacy team on compliance and execute regular security and compliance audits.

What you’ll need

• 5‑7 years of progressive experience in IT Operations, Infrastructure or End User Services with a minimum of 2 years in a Team Lead or Managerial capacity building technical teams.
• Proven experience successfully leading and managing geographically or time‑zone distributed technical teams (e.g. US, Europe, Yerevan).
• Strong hands‑on engineering experience with the core technology stack including Slack, G‑Suite, Jira, JAMF and similar collaboration/device management applications.
• Demonstrable experience successfully delivering and maintaining automation platforms, workflows and integrations using technologies like Python, JavaScript or dedicated iPaaS solutions.
• Strong working knowledge of IT security principles, access control models and experience collaborating with security teams on compliance and audit remediation.
• Acumen for building an engineering‑led culture focused on scalability, continuous improvement and integrating agile methodologies (like CI/CD/IaC).

Whats in it for you

• Competitive equity package.
• Health insurance for you and your family.
• Corporate pension plan.
• Lunch snacks and drinks provided in the office.
• Wellbeing benefit and WFH equipment allowance.
• Annual learning and development allowance to grow your skills and career.
• Opportunity to work for a globally diverse team.

Employment Type

Full Time

Vacancy

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