Head of Engineering

Team structure

• Lead an organization of 50–100 engineers across multiple squads, including Engineering Managers and Tech Leads.
• Operate as a second-line leader focused on coaching and developing managers and senior technical leaders.
• Lead technology transformation programs in areas such as Royalty and Rewards.

Required qualifications

• At least 5 years of people management experience in engineering leadership roles.
• Deep hands-on expertise in Java as the primary programming language.
• Strong technical competency in AI-powered software development life cycles and hands-on use of AI coding tools such as Claude or Kiro.
• Experience operating as a second-line manager for Engineering Managers and Principal Engineers.
• Strong leadership capability to mentor, influence, and drive accountability across multiple management layers.
• Strong operational excellence and ability to balance engineering quality with delivery discipline.
• Excellent stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Prior hands-on experience as an individual contributor before transitioning into leadership.

Additional technical experience

• Experience with AWS is considered a strong advantage.
• Experience with API development, modern architecture practices, cloud platforms, and service-oriented patterns supports the role.

Benefits

• The package includes home pickup and drop, a regular bonus, pension, annual leave, wellbeing and development leave, life assurance, income protection, healthcare, and wellbeing support.
• Additional benefits include a monthly communication allowance and support for eligible crèche expenses.

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