Head of Engineering (Hands-On) in London
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Job Description
Head of Engineering (Hands-On)
Remote-first (Quarterly meet-ups in London or more)
Salary Range: £120,000 – £145,000 + benefits
We’re partnered with a profitable, product-led technology company operating in the global workforce / vendor management space. Founded over a decade ago, the business has less than 100 employees and is experiencing 50% year-on-year growth, disrupting a $200bn+ global market
The company is led by an experienced CEO who has previously scaled a well-known consumer tech business, and the platform is trusted by household-name brands across fintech, media, e-commerce and delivery.
They’re now hiring a hands-on Head of Engineering to lead the next phase of technical growth.
The Role: This is a builder-leader role, not a pure people-management position.
You’ll take ownership of engineering execution, architecture and technical direction while remaining meaningfully hands-on
Key responsibilities:
Lead 12 Senior Engineers across 3 teams
Remain up to 40% hands-on, with a strong backend focus
Own architecture and infrastructure decisions for a core platform
Set technical standards and delivery practices
Work closely with Product and Senior Leadership on high-impact initiatives
Build and launch a 4th engineering team later in the year
Tech stack: Python, Django, TypeScript, React, GraphQL, Heroku (Backend-leaning, full-stack awareness expected)
Who They’re Looking For
This role suits a strong technical DOER with leadership capability. You don’t need to have held a Head of title before. If you’ve led 4+ engineers and owned systems end-to-end, that’s enough.
You might currently be:
A Lead Engineer / Engineering Lead, stepping into further leadership
An Engineering Manager or Head of Engineering who is still deeply technical in the Python stack
A Director of Engineering in a startup or scale-up, running
- Location:
- London
- Job Type:
- FullTime
- Category:
- Engineering,, Engineering