Head of Engineering with current hands on full stack development experience and strong team leadership skills is sought on a hybrid basis by a high growth PaaS scale up based in Manchester.

With over five years of growth this organisation have revolutionized data insights accessibility for their international retail and e-commerce clients resulting in global growth.

As the team adds additional platform functionality this Head of Engineering will work closely with the Head of Data and Product on developing a robust yet flexible technical roadmap whilst driving best practice, workflow management and an autonomous, entrepreneurial culture across the engineering team.

This role would suit a Lead Developer with team leadership skills looking to step up or an existing hands on Head of Engineering who is looking for more autonomy and really exciting greenfield project work.

In return this Head of Engineering will be offered a clear progression pathway to VP of Engineering and then CTO as the business scales over the coming years.

This company support real commitment to a healthy work life balance with hybrid, flexible working alongside a collaborative, autonomous team culture.

This Head of Engineering based near Manchester should have most of the following key skills:

Recent full stack development experience (ideally with PHP & Python skills but polyglot engineers also welcome)
Experience building and supporting web applications in AWS
Cloud native architecture experience
Solid pipeline automation skills (CI/CD)
Experience leading TDD, automated engineering teams
Proven team leadership skills
Ability to shape a technical strategy
Experience of data pipelines/ ETL processes/ data platforms/ data import processes would be a real plus
In return this Head of Engineering based near Manchester will receive:

Generous starting salary depending on experience
Bonus scheme
Short working week with flexible working hours
Hybrid working (2-3 days a week in the office)
Great progression opportunities
30 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Private healthcare
Regular salary reviews
A well-structured training scheme with external certifications
So if you are a Head of Engineering who is looking to play a lead role in shaping the technical output of a successful, scaling organisation please apply now to be considered and for further info.

Head of Engineering

Manchester

Python, PHP, AWS, serverless architecture JavaScript, CI, CD, Test driven development