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Overview

Head of Engineering (Hands on - Node, Typescript, React, React Native) for a brand new and innovative social media app. Founded 3 years ago they have over 35k users and are looking to increase that to a million+ within the next 2 years. The role involves shaping the technology strategy while remaining deeply engaged in coding and architecture. Hybrid | 2 days per week in Canary Wharf

This role combines technical leadership, team growth, and cutting-edge product development, making it ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of leadership and engineering.

What You’ll Do

• Define the roadmap: Own the engineering strategy, lead architecture decisions, and manage both internal teams and outsourced partners.
• Stay hands-on: Write production-quality code across Node.js, Express, GraphQL, TypeScript, React, and React Native.
• Deliver front-end excellence: Build fast, responsive web apps using Vite, React Query, Context API, and CSS frameworks.
• Integrate emerging tech: Incorporate AI/ML APIs, LLM-driven features, and automation tooling into our products.
• Design for scale: Lead on API design, performance optimisation, and secure, cloud-ready architectures.
• Build the team: Recruit, mentor, and grow high-performing engineers while raising the quality bar.
• Collaborate: Translate product goals into clear technical execution through strong communication and cross-team alignment.

Nice to Have

• Experience with orchestration frameworks (LangChain, LangGraph) and multi-agent workflows
• Knowledge of vector databases, RAG pipelines, and lightweight model hosting
• Ability to design data pipelines and feedback loops for improving AI-driven features
• Awareness of emerging AI areas such as multimodal, edge AI, or AI in DevOps/observability

Why Join?

• A leadership role with real ownership and autonomy
• A chance to shape the future of the engineering function while remaining close to the code
• Competitive salary (£90k–£120k) plus stock options in a high-growth environment
• Hybrid model: 2 days per week in Canary Wharf, with flexibility the rest of the time

Please click apply if you would like to learn more about this opportunity!

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Information Technology

Industries

• Technology, Information and Media

London, England, United Kingdom

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