Head of Engineering, London

The opportunity

Are you looking for an opportunity to play a significant role in changing people’s lives? Our client is making healthcare affordable and easily accessible and are looking for someone to play a key role in achieving their mission. You will be working with Engineering teams in the UK, US and Europe and will be responsible for scaling up the UK operation.

The Role

• Direct sprints with product Management, distribute, manage, track & report activity throughout the engineering team, onshore & offshore.
• Build, lead and hire a high-calibre team of software engineers to solve problems while being hands on.
• Partner with the CTO and engineering leads to ensure technical decisions support their quality, performance, scalability, reliability, availability and security goals.
• Design, develop, test and scale new and existing consumer product features
• Encourage innovation and foster an environment of continuous improvement and collaboration, both within the engineering team and with all other departments.
• Contribute to overall engineering initiatives as a member of the engineering leadership team.

The Candidate

• 10+ years of experience as a hands-on-software engineer or architect.
• 5+ years in management
• Experience of building and scaling engineering teams at pace
• Demonstrated experience of attracting, hiring and enabling stellar talent
• Have a deep empathy towards engineering happiness
• The ability to motivate a team through delivery on aggressive schedules and goals
• Experience working in a regulated environment with very high security standards is highly desirable
• Experience with a similar tech stack of AWS, Golang, PHP, React, Angular. iOS/Android mobile applications is desirable

The Package

Salary – £80,000 to £90,000

• Health, Dental & Vision
• 401(K) matching program
• Generous paid time off
• Competitive equity
• Flexible working environment
• Mental Health days

The Company

Our client has an exciting journey ahead, with several successful funding rounds behind them. There is plenty of opportunity to grow and develop here. They are an extremely collaborative group looking to make a real difference within telehealth, partnering with a Primary Care online doctor including and online pharmacy, focusing on empowering people to live healthier lives!

Next Steps

For further details on this role, please use the Apply section. If you can specify a good time to talk, please do; we will get in touch when it suits you best. You will then be contacted by one of our specialist consultants, who will provide you with further details about the role.

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£80000 - £90000 per annum + Health, dental & vision + Pension +Equity

London

Health, dental & vision + Pension +Equity