Head of Engineering

Department: Engineering

Location: London, UK

Compensation: £100,000 - £120,000 / year

Description

We're looking for a hands-on Head of Engineering to lead our Engineering teams in delivering high-quality, innovative solutions. You'll collaborate with the CEO, Director of Product and Engineering, Product Managers and Engineering leadership to shape strategic roadmaps across our key product verticals and ensure their successful delivery. This role blends technical oversight with team leadership, ensuring that engineering objectives align with business goals, processes are efficient, and projects meet deadlines. You will promote career progression and foster a culture of continuous development across the team.

What you will be doing

• Reporting directly to the Director of Product and Engineering and managing Engineering leadership to promote a daring, pragmatic, and high-performing product culture that delivers timely and innovative solutions to customer problems


• Collaborating closely with the CEO, Director of Product and Engineering, and Product Managers on Stint's strategic product development - helping to define and refine product roadmaps across various verticals


• Maintaining a hands-on approach to technology while leading and managing the Engineering department


• Overseeing the delivery and maintenance of product roadmaps across Stint's verticals, ensuring that Engineering projects meet quality standards and deadlines, while providing transparent progress and roadblock updates to senior leadership, Engineering teams, and other stakeholders


• Reviewing and improving operational efficiency of processes and team structures, assessing their effectiveness and developing strategies to enhance productivity


• Partnering with the Engineering Manager and Technical Leads (Back End, Front End, Platform) to align Engineering objectives with business goals and ensure their delivery over time


• Collaborating with the Engineering Manager to develop, manage, and maintain Stint's career progression framework and mentoring program, fostering self-development and cross-functional skill growth across Stint's technical stack

This role requires in-person presence at our office 4 days per week, allowing for close collaboration with the team and alignment with senior leadership

Who you will be

• Proven experience leading and developing resilient, commercially-driven engineering teams with a strong focus on executing and delivering technical solutions in a fast-paced, collaborative environment


• Commercial awareness and an outcome-oriented mindset to balance engineering priorities with business goals


• Proficiency in one or more of the following programming languages and frameworks: Go, Python with Django, Dart with Flutter, along with a solid understanding of DevOps principles


• Skilled in hiring, mentoring, and aligning high-performing engineering teams with the desired culture and strategic direction


• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey technical concepts effectively to non-technical stakeholders


• A positive, energetic attitude and a proactive mindset, ready to tackle challenges with enthusiasm and resilience

What we can offer you

• Unlimited holiday allowance


• Vitality health medical insurance


• Cycle to work scheme


• Gifted shares after completing probation


• Social, friendly and welcoming team


• Office gym membership


• Dog friendly office

If you want to learn more about us, check out our website, Instagram and Tik Tok.