Head of Engineering

The Job:

• Job Title: Head of Engineering
• Industry: Enterprise SaaS - High volume transactions
• Tech stack: GCP, Golang, PHP
• Working Set-Up: Hybrid working set-up (Central London an average of once per month)
• Salary - £100,000-£120,000 p/a (dependent on experience)
• Benefits - Discretional 10% annual bonus, 25 days annual leave +BH's, private healthcare and more
• Interview process: 3 stages (virtual)

The Role:

This is a hire of high importance for one of Leo technology's key clients.

This company, who are industry leaders in retail and hospitality loyalty software (enterprise SaaS), are looking to appoint a Head of Engineering to lead the engineering team and continue driving the evolution of their cloud-based technology platform while they focus on moving to a more cloud-native SaaS architecture.

In this role, you will be responsible for owning the engineering strategy, delivery, and operational performance, ensuring the company effectively deliver a reliable, secure platform for their enterprise customers, all while executing a multi-year technology transformation.

This position is instrumental in the company achieving their next phase of growth, and as a result, you will be given the opportunity to shape the future technical foundation of the business while leading teams through change. You'll be tasked with balancing innovation with reliability for global enterprise customers.

This role is ideal for an experienced Engineering Manager / Head of Engineering who has experience leading multiple engineer teams, contributing to the overall technical strategy, and leading cloud-native transformation programs.

Key Responsibilities (not limited to):

• Define and execute the engineering strategy supporting the companies transition to a cloud-native, service-oriented architecture
• Act as a senior technical leader and point of escalation for complex technical decisions
• Lead, develop, and coach engineering managers / technical leaders
• Own delivery and engineering health metrics (incl. reliability, quality, and technical debt)
• Improve Agile delivery practices
• Work with key stakeholders to manage the transition from monolithic systems to distributed, cloud-native services
• Manage engineering budgets, day to day cloud spend, and third-party technology partners

The Person:

• Experience working in a Engineering Manager or Head of Engineering role with similar responsibilities
• Extensive experience and understanding of GCP and it's capabilities
• Experience working in Go / PHP environments (you do not need to be able to do hands on coding with these technologies)
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex technical changes or platform modernisation
• Extensive experience in software engineering, including leadership of multiple teams
• Experience working with transactional platforms (low latency)
• Prior experience leading cloud-native transformation programs is desirable

Important Notice:

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