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Location: London (Hybrid – 1 day pw onsite)
Contract Type: Permanent, full-time
We’re looking for a strategic and hands-on Head of Engineering to lead the transition from an outsourced development setup to a high-performing in-house team. This is a high-impact role for an experienced engineering leader ready to shape processes, drive delivery, and own technical direction.
What You’ll Do:
* Lead a major transition from an external dev partner to a newly built in-house team
* Act as the senior technical authority, guiding architecture and best practices
* Be a player-coach – writing production code and leading by example
* Hire and grow a small, effective engineering team
* Establish strong engineering processes for delivery, quality, and scale
* Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Data, and business leaders
* Shape long-term technical strategy, with potential to step into a CTO role
What we need from you
* 7+ years in full-stack development, ideally with Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, and React
* Proven experience leading technical teams and setting engineering standards
* Hands-on mindset with a strong bias toward shipping and problem-solving
* Experience hiring, mentoring, and managing engineers
* A pragmatic approach to engineering process – enough to ensure speed and stability
* Commercial awareness and a clear understanding of how tech supports business goals
* Confidence in owning technical decisions and handling live systems under pressure
Why This Role?
* Opportunity to build something from the ground up
* Be the most senior technical voice in the business
* Take real ownership of delivery, culture, and direction
* Define how a growing organisation scales its engineering function
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