Global Consumer brand | B2C | Mobile-first | Scale-up journey
Title: Head of Software Engineering
Salary: £130-150k + bonus + 5% matched pension
Location: City of London, 2-3 days per week
Oliver Bernard are working with a high-growth, consumer-facing brand that reaches millions of users globally across mobile, web and physical experiences. They’re on an ambitious digital transformation journey and are looking for a Head of Software Engineering to help take their consumer platforms to the next level.
This is a senior, hands-on engineering leadership role with a strong emphasis on being actively involved in the early stages while the team is being shaped.
What you’ll be doing:
* Shaping how world-class digital experiences are built, scaled and shipped
* Leading engineering across mobile apps, consumer platforms, APIs and integrations
* Owning and setting the engineering strategy for a large-scale B2C ecosystem
* Partnering closely with Product and Design to deliver high-performing, user-centric experiences
* Playing a key role in a business moving from scale-up to global maturity
* Building, growing and mentoring an engineering leadership team
Hands-on expectations:
* Operating in a genuinely hands-on capacity in the early phase
* Writing code, contributing to architecture and making key technical decisions
* Conducting code reviews and setting engineering standards
* Acting as a Principal Engineer while the team is built out
* Leading from the front before transitioning into a more strategic leadership position
This is ideal for someone who enjoys building while scaling not just setting direction, but actively contributing to accelerate progress in the short term.
What they’re looking for
* A senior engineering leader with strong B2C and consumer product experience
* Deep exposure to mobile-first or mobile-heavy environments
* Experience scaling teams in high-growth or scale-up businesses
* Technically credible — comfortable getting into the codebase when needed
* Experience operating in lean environments or building teams from an early stage
* Strong knowledge of modern cloud-native engineering, CI/CD, observability and platform reliability
* Confident working across product, design and commercial stakeholders
Why this role stands out:
* A genuine opportunity to shape the future engineering culture and organisation
* A business that values innovation, pace and pragmatism over unnecessary process
* Immediate impact — both strategically and hands-on during a critical growth phase
If you’re a B2C engineering leader who thrives in scale-up environments and is happy to roll up your sleeves before building out a team, this one’s well worth a conversation.