Head of Engineering
New Yesterday
Location:Ludlow (Hybrid)
Salary: £75,000 – £85,000 + bonus + benefits
This is your opportunity to lead the technical evolution of a fast-growing SaaS platform used by over 350 institutions globally. As Head of Engineering, you’ll guide a high-performing engineering team in delivering an AI-first product suite that’s transforming the education and event tech space.
You’ll report into the North America CEO, playing a strategic leadership role with full oversight of engineering, delivery, and innovation across a distributed team.
RESPONSIBLITIES:
- Leading the engineering roadmap for a mission-critical SaaS platform in the education and events sector
- Partnering with Product to define and deliver scalable, secure, high-performing features aligned to global strategy
- Driving modern DevOps and CI/CD practices for reliable, test-driven delivery
- Developing and growing an inclusive, collaborative engineering culture grounded in accountability and innovation
- Mentoring tech leads and developers while scaling the platform for North American growth
- Representing the engineering function in stakeholder discussions including clients and partners
- Promoting security, platform resilience, and industry-standard compliance at every layer
You’re a strategic engineering leader with hands-on technical know-how and a track record of building SaaS platforms at scale in a product focused environment. You’ll be confident balancing product priorities with technical integrity and enjoy leading high-trust, agile teams.
Essential experience:
- Senior leadership in engineering, ideally in SaaS or EdTech environment
- Deep technical understanding of modern stacks: .NET (4.8+), C#, WCF, WPF, LINQ, ASP.NET MVC, SQL/ORM
- Proficiency in front-end technologies such as JavaScript, AJAX, CSS, and Angular
- Strong background in cloud platforms (Azure, AWS) and serverless architecture
- Passion for Agile delivery, DevOps, CI/CD, and high-quality release processes
- Confident communicator, able to align teams and influence at executive level
- £75,000–£85,000 salary + performance bonus
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays + 2 wellbeing days + Christmas shutdown
- Company-contributed pension
- Customisable flexible benefits – including private healthcare, life assurance, personal development, and retail discounts
- Location:
- Stratford-Upon-Avon, England, United Kingdom
- Salary:
- £125,000 - £150,000
- Category:
- Engineering
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