Head of Engineering

Head of Engineering

Location: London - Hybrid

Overview

Our clients are seeking an exceptional Head of Engineering to lead the architectural direction, delivery performance, and operational excellence of our software, hardware, and AI platforms.

This role owns how technology is designed, built, and scaled — ensuring pace, predictability, and quality across the entire engineering function. Acting as Principal Architect, you will define and evolve long-term software and data architecture strategies, ensuring systems are secure, scalable, resilient, and commercially impactful.

As a key member of the senior leadership team, you will lead a multidisciplinary engineering organisation of approximately 25 engineers across mobile, web, backend, hardware integration, and AI.

This is an ideal opportunity for a senior engineering leader who thrives in high-growth environments, combines deep technical credibility with commercial awareness, and can build a high-performance engineering function capable of delivering at scale.

Key Responsibilities

Own the end-to-end architecture across mobile, web, backend, hardware integrations, data platforms, and AI systems.

Define long-term technical vision, engineering standards, and architectural principles.

Ensure systems are built for scalability, security, performance, and strong data foundations.

Act as the senior technical authority for critical architectural decisions.

Lead execution of the technology roadmap across software, hardware, data, and AI.

Drive predictable, high-quality delivery aligned to business priorities and revenue goals.

Implement strong engineering processes, governance, and quality standards.

Optimise engineering efficiency and performance metrics across the function.

Provide clear leadership, accountability, and direction for a team of ~25 engineers.

Develop hiring strategy, succession planning, and capability building across disciplines.

Foster a high-performance culture built on ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Coach and mentor senior engineers and managers to strengthen technical depth and leadership capability.

Partner with Product leadership on feasibility, sequencing, resourcing, and roadmap planning.

Collaborate closely with Operations and Commercial teams to ensure technology drives customer success, retention, and growth.

Maintain strong governance around engineering, data, and AI to ensure compliance, security, and operational excellence.

Essential Requirements

Senior engineering leadership experience within a SaaS, platform, or technology-driven environment.

Proven experience leading and scaling multidisciplinary teams of 20+ engineers.

Deep understanding of modern data architectures, including event-driven systems, data platforms, analytics, and AI/ML integration.

Strong experience designing and evolving large-scale distributed systems.

Demonstrated ownership of delivery performance, predictability, and engineering quality.

Track record of aligning technology strategy with commercial outcomes.

Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to executive and board-level stakeholders.

Desirable

Comfortable engaging at code, system design, and data model level when required.

Experience within construction, infrastructure, industrial technology, or regulated sectors.

Exposure to delivering production-grade AI and data platforms.

Experience scaling engineering organisations in startup or high-growth environments.

Benefits

Competitive salary package aligned to experience and impact.

Flexible, hybrid working model.

A senior leadership role with significant influence over technical strategy and organisational growth.

Opportunity to shape the long-term technology landscape of a scaling organisation.

A collaborative leadership team and impact-focused engineering culture.

Clear long-term progression as the business continues to scale.