Head of Engineering

This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Head of Engineering in United Kingdom.

This is an exciting leadership opportunity to drive the technical evolution of a well-established SaaS platform serving a large global user base. In this role, you will lead engineering strategy, organizational transformation, and technical innovation within a rapidly evolving AI-driven market. Working closely with executive leadership, you will help shape scalable systems, modern development practices, and cross-functional collaboration models that empower teams to deliver high-impact outcomes. The position combines strategic thinking, people leadership, and deep technical expertise, offering the chance to influence both product direction and engineering culture. You will play a central role in fostering autonomous, high-performing teams while guiding the adoption of AI-native engineering practices and operational excellence. This role is ideal for a forward-thinking engineering leader who thrives in remote-first, high-trust environments and is passionate about building scalable SaaS products with meaningful customer impact.

Accountabilities:

• Lead the engineering organization through a transformation toward cross-functional, outcome-driven collaboration and distributed ownership
• Define and drive the technical vision and roadmap in partnership with technical leaders and executive stakeholders
• Balance feature delivery, scalability, performance, and long-term technical sustainability, including the reduction of technical debt
• Promote and implement AI-native development practices, tooling, and automation to improve engineering efficiency and productivity
• Collaborate closely with Product and executive leadership to align technical priorities with business objectives and customer value
• Oversee platform scalability, system reliability, security, data privacy compliance, and seamless infrastructure evolution
• Mentor and empower engineering managers, tech leads, and developers to foster autonomy, accountability, and high performance
• Identify operational bottlenecks and improve engineering delivery processes, predictability, and execution velocity
• Support organizational growth by strengthening engineering culture, communication, and collaboration across distributed teams

Requirements:

• Proven experience leading engineering teams within high-scale SaaS or technology-driven environments
• Strong technical credibility across modern web architectures, cloud infrastructure, and scalable systems
• Experience with technologies such as PHP/Laravel, Vue.js, and cloud-based environments is highly valued
• Demonstrated ability to lead organizational change and guide teams through transformation and process evolution
• Strong product-oriented mindset with the ability to prioritize engineering initiatives based on customer and business impact
• Experience implementing AI-driven tools, workflows, or engineering practices to improve development efficiency and innovation
• Excellent leadership, mentoring, and stakeholder management skills in remote or international team environments
• Strong understanding of software scalability, performance optimization, security, and data privacy standards such as GDPR
• Familiarity with SEO-related technologies, web crawling, indexing, or content analysis is considered a strong advantage
• Fluent English communication skills are required; German language skills are a plus

Benefits:

• Fully remote work environment with flexible working arrangements across Europe
• Optional access to office space in Nuremberg
• High level of autonomy and trust with minimal bureaucracy
• Opportunity to directly influence product strategy, engineering culture, and technical direction
• Access to a global network of SaaS founders, engineering leaders, and industry experts
• Career growth opportunities within a rapidly expanding SaaS ecosystem
• Collaborative, innovation-driven, and people-focused work culture
• Leadership role with strong visibility and meaningful impact on business growth and customer experience

How Jobgether works: We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team. We appreciate your interest and wish you the best! Why Apply Through Jobgether? Data Privacy Notice: By submitting your application, you acknowledge that Jobgether will process your personal data to evaluate your candidacy and share relevant information with the hiring employer. This processing is based on legitimate interest and pre-contractual measures under applicable data protection laws (including GDPR). You may exercise your rights (access, rectification, erasure, objection) at any time. #LI-CL1