Head of Engineering (Platform)

Description

• Establish engineering best practices for observability, CI/CD, testing, and scalability
• Partner closely with product and backend teams to support rapid development cycles
• Lead the development of integration layers and messaging interfaces with third-party services
• Drive the evolution of our platform to support scale, performance, and reliability
• Build a real-time digital twin of renewable generation and customer demand
• Design and manage high-volume data pipelines for energy consumption and system telemetry

Requirements

• Hands-on approach to solving problems and making strategic decisions
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., AWS CDK, Terraform)
• Own the backend platform architecture, infrastructure, and foundational services
• 5+ years experience in software engineering, with 2+ years in a leadership role
• Clear and proactive communication, with the ability to align cross-functional teams
• Experience with event-driven architecture, messaging queues, or stream processing
• Strong understanding of system design, distributed computing, and cloud infrastructure
• Proven track record as a senior software engineer or tech lead, ideally with platform/backend focus
• Experience building and operating production-grade systems at scale
• Familiarity with building internal platforms or developer tooling

Benefits

• Fully expensed tech to match your needs
• Biannual bonus scheme
• Paid annual leave
• Breakfast and dinner allowance for office based employees
• Competitive salary and an equity sign-on bonus

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance