Head of Engineering / Senior Engineering Manager (Go / GCP)
£80,000 - £90,000 + benefits
London - 1-2 days per week onsite (potential flexibility for the right person)
We’re working with a growing AI/infrastructure technology business building cutting-edge software used across critical infrastructure environments.
They’re looking for a hands-on Engineering Manager / Head of Engineering to help manage and scale a small multidisciplinary engineering team whilst remaining heavily involved technically. This is roughly a 50/50 split between hands-on engineering/architecture and people leadership.
The environment is pragmatic and collaborative - they’re not looking for a “superstar” CTO profile, more someone technically solid who can guide a team, make sensible architectural decisions and help drive delivery.
What you’ll be doing
* Leading and mentoring a team of engineers across backend, platform and frontend
* Remaining hands-on with backend engineering (primarily Go)
* Helping shape system architecture and technical direction
* Working closely with Product and leadership on delivery priorities
* Supporting engineering best practices, CI/CD and platform reliability
* Helping scale engineering processes and team structure as the company grows
Tech Environment
* Go
* GCP
* Linux
* React / TypeScript
* GitHub / CI/CD
* Cloudflare
* Sentry
What they’re looking for
* Strong backend engineering experience with Go
* Good understanding of distributed/backend systems and architecture
* Experience leading or mentoring engineers
* Comfortable operating in a smaller, scaling engineering environment
* Strong communication and stakeholder skills
* GCP and Linux experience
Useful extras
* Computer Vision / AI exposure
* Python experience
* Platform / DevOps understanding
The company works on genuinely interesting “tech for good” problems, applying AI and computer vision to improve infrastructure safety and efficiency across large-scale transport environments.