Head of Engineering | Consumer Subscription
London (Hybrid, 3 days in HQ)
I’m partnering with a profitable, high-growth consumer subscription business looking to hire a Head of Engineering to lead the next phase of its technology evolution.
This isn’t a role where you’ll inherit a large engineering organisation with mature processes already in place. It’s an opportunity to shape the engineering function, raise technical standards and build a culture where engineering is a true partner to Product and the wider business.
You’ll join a small, highly capable team supporting a platform that serves hundreds of thousands of customers, with the opportunity to influence architecture, engineering practices, AI adoption and future team growth.
As a Head of Engineering you’ll be:
- Leading and mentoring a small engineering team, remaining hands‑on where needed
- Driving improvements across engineering maturity, observability, testing and incident response
- Owning technical direction, architecture decisions and engineering best practice
- Working closely with Product and commercial stakeholders to balance customer value with technical investment
- Hiring and developing engineers as the team grows
- Exploring how AI can improve engineering productivity and create value across the wider business
We’re looking for someone who has:
- Experience leading engineering teams within a consumer technology, D2C, subscription or e-commerce environment.
- Remained technically credible and enjoys staying close to architecture, delivery and technical decision‑making (Full-stack TS + AWS/Serverless).
- Successfully improved engineering maturity, reliability and operational excellence in a growing business.
- Experience with observability, incident management and modern software engineering practices.
- A pragmatic approach to balancing technical excellence with commercial priorities.
- AWS experience and a strong understanding of modern cloud‑native architectures.
- An interest in AI and experience adopting AI tools or workflows within engineering.
This is a genuine opportunity to have a lasting impact on a well‑established consumer business with ambitious growth plans. You’ll have the autonomy to shape the engineering function, influence technology strategy and work alongside an experienced leadership team that sees technology as a key driver of future growth.
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