Job Role: Head of Development
Reference: BH-352p
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Remote, UK residents
Salary: Up to £115,000 per annum
About The Client:
Our client is a rapidly growing Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provider driving digital transformation.
Overview:
We are seeking a proactive and technically adept Head of Development, on a remote basis, to lead and inspire high-performing, cross-functional development teams. You will be pivotal in scaling engineering operations, fostering agile innovation, and taking end-to-end ownership of development processes. This is an opportunity to lead in a fast-moving scale-up environment within the GPU cloud industry, where creativity, fluidity, and accountability are essential.
Key Responsibilities:
Lead agile engineering teams across the full SDLC, from ideation to deployment, in a collaborative and high-impact environment.
Drive architectural decisions and development best practices across technologies like Python, React, Kubernetes, object storage, Terraform, and both Linux/Windows deployments.
Encourage a culture of creative problem-solving, A/B testing of processes, and continuous experimentation to improve team velocity and release cadence.
Foster a healthy, inclusive, and resilient team culture. Actively mentor engineers to grow technically and professionally.
Lead your teams through defects in production, complex troubleshooting, and process streamlining under pressure.
Apply a DevOps mindset with knowledge of CI/CD, IaaS, deployment architectures, and GPU-based infrastructure.
Oversee and optimise development operations using tools such as Jira and Confluence. Take full ownership of technical processes, tech debt, and improvement strategies.
Partner with Directors, AI Leads, and Infrastructure Leads to align software outcomes with business goals.
Leverage your understanding of AI tooling and modern frameworks (e.g. LangChain, DeepSeek) to guide effective integration into internal platforms.
Requirements/experience:
Proven experience leading software development teams in a scale-up or fast-growth tech environment
Strong background in DevOps, cloud-native development, and infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS)
Experience managing complex software systems, integrating AI tooling, and building scalable products
Experience with platforms like AWS, DigitalOcean, and on-prem setups is helpful.
Fluency with Agile/DevOps workflows, Jira/Confluence, and cloud-native tooling (e.g. Terraform, Kubernetes)
Excellent interpersonal, leadership, and analytical skills
Able to creatively solve complex problems and continuously improve delivery processes
Proven ability to successfully work in a remote setting
Additional/Desirable experience:
Agile certifications (Scrum Master, PMP, or equivalent)
Hands-on with CI/CD pipelines, database triggers, containerisation, and cloud infrastructure
Experience with cloud GPU platforms (e.g., Lambda Labs, FluidStack, CoreWeave)
Familiarity with software delivery in hybrid environments (cloud, on-prem, hosted)
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