Senior Software Developer

FYRE Global Limited; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

FYRE Global Limited is seeking a Head of Engineering for a large B2C business in the Midlands, with Birmingham/Nottingham as the base and a hybrid working pattern.

You will lead across Cloud Platforms, Frontend, SaaS Platforms and Backend Engineering, unifying the function, for 60–70 engineers and multiple tech cultures. You will embed modern practices and shape AI-enabled delivery within the team.

Qualifications

• Real experience leading leaders within engineering functions inside a complex, enterprise-scale environment
• Track record managing senior engineering managers across multiple disciplines and locations
• Comfortable across cloud (AWS, Azure, Google)
• Experience balancing in-house teams, strategic vendors and commercial platforms – buy vs. build
• Retail or B2C background is a genuine plus here, though not essential

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering across Cloud Platforms, Frontend, SaaS Platforms, and Backend Engineering & Architecture – as one connected function
• Manage managers, not just teams, with 60-70 people within scope
• Bring three distinct tech cultures together without anyone feeling swallowed up
• Embed modern engineering practice and DevOps discipline with real metrics behind it
• Help the business figure out where AI-enabled delivery fits
• Work closely with Product, AI and Data leadership to keep capacity and strategy aligned

Job description

Head of Engineering – Large B2C – Birmingham/Nottingham, Hybrid

Are you the kind of engineering leader who wants to build something, not just inherit it?

We’re working with a large, well-established UK business that’s in the middle of pulling three separate tech organisations into one. It’s not tidy yet. That’s the point – whoever takes this on gets to shape what it becomes.

What you’ll be doing

This isn’t a “keep the lights on” kind of role.

You’ll be:

• Leading engineering across Cloud Platforms, Frontend, SaaS Platforms, and Backend Engineering & Architecture – as one connected function, not four separate silos
• Managing managers, not just teams – think engineering managers and functional leads reporting into you, with 60-70 people within your scope
• Bringing three distinct tech cultures together without anyone feeling like they’ve been swallowed up
• Embedding modern engineering practice and DevOps discipline, with real metrics behind it
• Helping the business figure out where AI-enabled delivery actually fits, not just talking about it
• Working closely with Product, AI and Data leadership to keep capacity and strategy aligned

What they care about

Yes, they want someone with a serious engineering leadership pedigree.

But more than that, they want:

• Confidence. Someone who doesn’t need every decision rubber-stamped
• Someone who can make the call, then tell people after – not before
• A genuine focus on culture, not just delivery metrics
• Someone who accepts AI is now just part of how engineering works, without needing to be sold on it

The technical bit

• Real experience leading leaders within engineering functions inside a complex, enterprise-scale environment
• Track record managing senior engineering managers across multiple disciplines and locations
• Comfortable across cloud (mostly AWS, some Azure, a bit of Google thrown in)
• Experience balancing in-house teams, strategic vendors and commercial platforms – buy vs. build calls
• Retail or B2C background is a genuine plus here, though not essential – broad experience in a complex, large-scale environment counts just as much

Why this is worth a look

Most Head of Engineering roles are about protecting what’s already there.

This one isn’t.

• You’re joining while the org is being reshaped, which means you help define it
• You’ll sit close to genuinely senior leadership from day one
• There’s real scope here – this function is only going to grow, and AI/Data are just down the corridor

If you’ve led at this scale before and want to build something rather than maintain it, this is worth a proper look.