Head of Engineering

Head of Engineering with current hands on full stack development (Python, PHP, JavaScript, AWS) experience and strong team leadership skills is sought on a hybrid basis by a high growth PaaS scale up based in Manchester.

 With over five years of growth this organisation have revolutionized data insights accessibility for their international retail and e-commerce clients resulting in global growth.

 As the team adds additional platform functionality this Head of Engineering will work closely with the Head of Data and Product on developing a robust yet flexible technical roadmap whilst driving best practice, workflow management and an autonomous, entrepreneurial culture across the engineering team.

 In return this Head of Engineering will be offered a clear progression pathway as the business scales over the coming years.

 This company support real commitment to a healthy work life balance with hybrid, flexible working alongside a collaborative, autonomous team culture.

This Head of Engineering based near Manchester should have most of the following key skills:

• Recent full stack development (python, PHP, JavaScript etc) experience (this role will initially be 80% hands on, 20% technical strategy)
• Experience building and supporting web applications in AWS
• Cloud native architecture experience
• Solid pipeline automation skills (CI/CD)
• Experience leading TDD, automated engineering teams
• Proven team leadership skills
• Ability to shape a technical strategy
• Experience of data pipelines/ ETL processes would be a real plus

In return this Head of Engineering will receive:

• Generous starting salary depending on experience
• Bonus scheme
• Short working week with flexible working hours
• Hybrid working (2-3 days a week in the office)
• Great progression opportunities
• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Private healthcare
• Regular salary reviews
• A well-structured training scheme with external certifications

So if you are a Head of Engineering who is looking to play a lead role in shaping the technical output of a successful, scaling organisation please apply now to be considered and for further info.

Head of Engineering

Manchester

Python, PHP, AWS, serverless architecture JavaScript, CI, CD, Test driven development