Director of Engineering – SaaS – London / Remote First (UK Only) – £95,000 to £110,000 – Ref: JB84
We are currently looking for a Director of Engineering to join a B2B SaaS scale-up. Reporting to the Head of Engineering / CTO, you will play a pivotal role in the execution and delivery of their technical strategy.
A big part of the role will be aligning the engineering efforts with the business goals. This will include translating the technical strategy into actional plans and ensuring on time delivery. We need someone who is comfortable balancing speed and quality, with the ability to make informed decisions and trade-offs to achieve project goals.
The Director of Engineering will be responsible for 4 x Direct Reports and 27 x Indirect Reports. As well as fostering a collaborative, results driven environment. You will be responsible for overseeing the hiring and development of new team members, ensuring everyone follows best practices and established engineering methodologies.
Skills, knowledge and Experience required:
- This is a hands-off role, but you must have a Software Engineering background with the ability to challenge technical ideas and guide the team through complex issues
- You will have at least a couple of years’ experience of leading leaders (i.e Development Team Leads and Engineering Managers), not just engineers
- You will be comfortable with stakeholder management and resolving conflicts across teams
In essence, we are looking for someone who thrives on empowering their teams and removing blockers
The ideal candidate with have experience of leading between 2 & 5 Agile / Scrum squads within a SaaS Start-up / Scale-up.
Any experience of working on monolithic to microservice migrations would be a real nice to have. Current tech stack is a mix of Ruby, Node.js, TypeScript, Kafka, GraphQL, React and AWS. Experience in these technologies is not required, but the ability to guide teams using them is important.
This is a remote first role with monthly visits to the London office. Unfortunately, we cannot offer sponsorship so you must have full right to work in the UK.
For more information, please get in touch with Michael Johnson at Hurren and Hope.
