Head of Engineering Overview:
My client is a successful scale-up seeking a dynamic Head of Engineering to lead our engineering team through a period of rapid growth. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in scaling platforms and teams, coupled with deep expertise in distributed systems architecture. You will work closely with our UK-based CTO, manage a growing team, and ensure platform stability and scalability as the business continues to expand globally.
Key Responsibilities: Scaling Platforms and Teams: Lead the scaling of platforms and engineering teams during rapid growth, managing increasing complexity and ensuring platform stability as the user base and workload expand.Recruit, develop, and lead engineering teams across diverse geographical locations, including Australia, India, Sri Lanka, and beyond.Foster a high-performance engineering culture, driving team development and managing performance across multiple regions.Distributed Systems Architecture: Design and implement distributed systems that handle large-scale data and high availability.Architect microservices solutions, data partitioning, service orchestration, and event-driven architectures.Ensure system scalability and reliability, with a focus on performance tuning, load balancing, and fault tolerance. Familiarity with technologies like Kubernetes, Docker, Azure, and cloud-native solutions is essential.Manage asynchronous communication and data processing through message brokers such as Azure Service Bus, Kafka, and RabbitMQ.Outcome and Impact-Focused Leadership: Drive strategies to enhance developer productivity and efficiency through optimized workflows, automation, and streamlined CI/CD pipelines.Enforce best practices in code quality, testing, and release management. Lead initiatives that improve software quality metrics and team performance.Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) for the engineering teams, aligning them with business goals, and continuously drive improvements based on insights.Required Experience: Proven experience in both scale-ups and larger organizations. You understand the nuances of working within a scale-up, driving rapid growth, while also bringing experience from larger, more structured environments.Extensive experience in scaling engineering teams and platforms during periods of significant growth, managing teams across global locations (Australia, India, Sri Lanka, etc.).Strong background in distributed systems architecture, including microservices, event-driven systems, and cloud-native technologies (Azure, Kubernetes, Docker).Track record of ensuring system scalability, reliability, and performance, including expertise in fault tolerance, performance tuning, and load balancing.Experience working across global time zones, specifically with UK and US stakeholders, and flexibility to engage in evening calls due to global operations.Ability to implement productivity-enhancing tools and strategies, improve software quality, and deliver key outcomes that align with business goals.Ideal Candidate Profile: 10+ years of engineering leadership experience, including scaling platforms and teams.Strong understanding of both scale-up dynamics and the processes of larger organizations.Expertise in recruiting, developing, and leading diverse teams across global locations.Deep technical knowledge of distributed systems, microservices, and cloud-native architectures.Experience working with global stakeholders, including evening meetings with UK/US teams.Strong focus on outcomes and delivering impact by improving developer productivity, enforcing best practices, and driving measurable improvements across the engineering organization.Why Join Them? Opportunity to lead during a pivotal stage of growth, with significant influence over the future direction of the engineering team and platform.Work in a high-growth environment with a global focus, engaging with teams across Australia, UK, US, and beyond.Competitive compensation package with a clear path for future growth and impact.This role is ideal for a senior engineering leader looking to make a significant impact in a high-growth environment, while managing and scaling a world-class engineering team.
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