Senior Engineering Leader for AI Platform & Scale

Sunsave Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Sunsave Group is seeking a senior engineering leader to scale our engineering function as we prepare for Series B. You will shape architectural direction, own the AI platform, and drive delivery velocity across solar, energy storage, EVs, and optimisation layers. You’ll mentor teams, hire strategically, and set high output standards.

You should be a hands-on builder who codes today, makes trade-offs, and has a clear view on AI leverage and cross-functional impact.

Qualifications

• Proven engineering leader with experience scaling teams.
• Experience building at pace in early-stage startups (Series A–C).
• Desirable domain experience in energy/optimisation or fintech.
• Hands-on builder who writes production code and designs systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead and transform the engineering team to raise output and pace.
• Define and own multi-year technical strategy across solar, batteries, EVs, energy supply, AI layers and dispatch.
• Stay close to the work: write production code and shape architecture.
• Own the AI platform and enable AI-driven workflows across departments.
• Represent Engineering at leadership level with investors and cross-functionally with Product.

Skills

Leadership

Startup experience

AI-native

System design

Tools

Python for AI/data science

TypeScript

React/Next.js

Node.js

PostgreSQL

AWS

Job description

Sunsave Group is seeking a senior engineering leader to scale our engineering function as we prepare for Series B. You will shape architectural direction, own the AI platform, and drive delivery velocity across solar, energy storage, EVs, and optimisation layers. You’ll mentor teams, hire strategically, and set high output standards.

You should be a hands-on builder who codes today, makes trade-offs, and has a clear view on AI leverage and cross-functional impact.