This remote UK-based Head of Engineering position offers a unique opportunity to lead engineering on a broad scale, tackling complex technical challenges. The role involves owning the engineering roadmap across all products, focusing on architectural decisions for distributed data processing, machine learning (ML) pipelines, and sophisticated web systems designed to manage massive datasets for enterprise clients. The client is known for its innovation and technical excellence, especially in GenAI data work, and is positioned at the forefront of distributed systems, ML, and the evolution of search technology.
The primary responsibilities include executing the engineering roadmap and driving key architectural decisions to ensure that systems efficiently handle vast datasets and evolving ML workloads. The role requires championing best practices in areas such as testing, observability, incident response, and documentation. The successful candidate will also set standards for AI-assisted development practices at scale. Leading multidisciplinary teams across Backend, Web, Data Engineering, Data Science, Quality Assurance, and DevOps is essential, along with understanding the ML lifecycle, including model deployment and maintenance in production environments.
Candidates are expected to have prior experience with GenAI tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity, and be familiar with feature stores and pipeline orchestration. A background in leading teams working with ML models and production environments is crucial. While the salary for this position depends on experience, the role offers competitive additional benefits. Interested individuals are encouraged to submit their applications through the designated application link on the job page.