Head of Backend & Cloud

• Location: Hybrid - from any of our UK offices
• Term: Permanent Position
• Salary: Competitive

Job Description

Waracle is seeking a Head of Backend & Cloud to join our world-class digital technology consultancy. We are home to a diverse, smart, curious, and ambitious community of specialists in technology-driven transformation. We work with ambitious clients to help them solve their biggest business and customer challenges. We thrive on complex challenges and deliver business-critical IT transformation projects, moving seamlessly from strategy, design, and delivery to operations.

This is a hybrid role, working from one of our offices in Dundee, Glasgow, Edinburgh, or London.

Are you a technical leader with a passion for shaping the future of cloud and backend solutions? We’re looking for someone to curate, shape, and amplify our technical standards and strategies across Waracle. You will lead our backend practice, leveraging a unique blend of skills, from established technologies like Java, Python, .NET, and Node.js to emerging languages such as Go and Rust. Your leadership will empower our teams to deliver high-impact solutions while fostering a culture of continuous learning and technical excellence.

Key aspects of the role include:

• Community & Practice Leadership: You will develop and execute Waracle’s Community of Practice strategy to drive technical excellence, collaboration, and knowledge-sharing. This includes mentoring and coaching team members and defining a hiring strategy for the practice.
• Technical Strategy & Architecture: You will lead the technical direction for backend and cloud solutions, articulating robust architectures and designing scalable build pipelines. You will also drive the adoption of best practices in coding and design principles.
• Delivery Excellence & Process Improvement: You will contribute to the development of the Waracle Delivery Playbook and lead initiatives for continuous improvement to ensure streamlined processes and consistent quality across projects.
• Client & Commercial Engagement: You will act as a strategic advisor to clients, leveraging your expertise to shape project roadmaps that drive value. You will also support pre-sales efforts by crafting compelling technical proposals.

Requirements

• Strong proficiency in backend development using Node.js, with additional expertise in technologies such as Java, Python, or .NET.
• Proven ability to design and articulate robust architectures and build pipelines.
• Demonstrated success in shipping solutions on major hyperscalers (GCP, AWS, or Azure).
• A track record of leading and mentoring technical teams, fostering a culture of continuous learning and innovation.
• Strong commercial acumen, with experience in resource planning, budget management, and risk mitigation.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with the ability to confidently present at an executive level.
• Strong relationship-building skills, capable of acting as a trusted advisor to clients and internal stakeholders.

Recruitment process

You can expect an initial call with your dedicated Talent Acquisition Partner who will chat with you about Waracle, what you are looking for in a new position, the salary for the role, your notice period, and benefits.

After that, you’ll be invited to a two-stage interview process where you have an opportunity to find out more about the role and showcase your skills and experience. Your Talent Acquisition Partner will guide you through the whole process to your first day with us.

We believe in supporting our team, inside and outside of work. Here’s a glimpse of what you can expect:

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We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

We are not accepting applications from recruitment agencies.