Head of Engineering

Founding Head of Engineering Location: London (4-5 days in office) Salary: £120k–£180k plus equity, DOE About the role We’re working with a fast-growing, venture-backed startup building a leading platform in a regulated space, already used daily by dozens of organisations. They’re looking for an experienced, highly technical Head of Engineering to lead their talent-dense team of founding engineers and take ownership of how they build. This is a leadership role with huge scope - you’ll take on much of what the founding CTO carries today across product, people, process, architecture and security. Fast-paced, high-impact, and genuinely foundational to where the company goes next. What you’ll do - Lead and grow a small team of senior founding engineers: 1:1s, growth plans, feedback and hiring - Own product prioritisation and the roadmap, working directly with customers and commercial stakeholders - Lead architecture decisions across a major cloud platform, including the company’s AI infrastructure - Own reliability, observability, DevOps and CI/CD for a platform multiple organisations depend on daily What they’re looking for - 5+ years as an engineering leader in a fast-paced startup environment - Ideally, experience as a founding CTO or first engineering leader at an early-stage company - Up to date with the latest AI-assisted developer tools and workflows (e.g. Cursor, Claude Code) - Experience operating an enterprise-ready B2B SaaS product, including SSO and bespoke client security requirements - Strong DevOps/CI/CD background with a high bar for reliability - Strong startup instincts, high agency, and confidence liaising with business stakeholders - Excellent written and verbal communication