Head of Engineering

Location: Milton Keynes (2 days a week in office)

Engineering – QA – Cloud Operations - SaaS – Leadership – Azure – AWS – GCP – Architecture – AI/ML

An established software provider is seeking an experienced Head of Engineering to lead their product engineering organisation through a major SaaS and AI transformation. With 25+ years in the market and over 350 global customers, this is a chance to shape the future of mission-critical technology used by universities worldwide.

The Role

You’ll lead engineering, QA, and cloud operations as the business migrates from on-prem/hosted solutions to a modern multi-tenant SaaS platform. You’ll build high-performing teams, drive engineering standards, and ensure smooth customer transitions while guiding the adoption of AI across the product suite.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and develop engineering managers and product development teams
• Build a strong engineering culture focused on quality, innovation, and customer outcomes
• Oversee outsourced QA and drive automation and continuous improvement
• Evolve cloud operations into a product-aligned SRE function
• Provide technical leadership across SaaS migration, cloud-native development, API strategy and AI enablement
• Partner with Product, Security, Sales and Customer Experience teams to align delivery and ensure successful customer migrations
• Set standards for secure development, CI/CD, observability and compliance (ISO27001, GDPR, PCI/DSS)

What You'll Bring

• Proven leadership in enterprise SaaS or major SaaS transformation programmes
• 8+ years in engineering, including 4+ years in senior leadership
• Experience scaling teams of 30+ engineers
• Strong technical grounding in Azure/AWS/GCP, architecture, and modern engineering practices
• Experience with large-scale platform migrations and mixed in-house/outsourced QA
• Understanding of SRE, Infrastructure as Code, and cloud operations

Desirable

• Experience in regulated sectors
• AI/ML implementation experience
• Multi-cloud operations knowledge
• Background in mission-critical enterprise software and API-first platforms

Head of Engineering

Location: Milton Keynes (2 days a week in office)

Engineering – QA – Cloud Operations - SaaS – Leadership – Azure – AWS – GCP – Architecture – AI/ML