Technical Lead

<p>Head of Engineering / Senior Engineering Manager (Go / GCP)</p><p>£80,000 - £90,000 + benefits</p><p><br><br>The following information aims to provide potential candidates with a better understanding of the requirements for this role.<br></p><p>London - 1-2 days per week onsite (potential flexibility for the right person)</p><p>We’re working with a growing AI/infrastructure technology business building cutting-edge software used across critical infrastructure environments.</p><p><br></p><p>They’re looking for a hands-on Engineering Manager / Head of Engineering to help manage and scale a small multidisciplinary engineering team whilst remaining heavily involved technically. This is roughly a 50/50 split between hands-on engineering/architecture and people leadership.</p><p>The environment is pragmatic and collaborative - they’re not looking for a “superstar” CTO profile, more someone technically solid who can guide a team, make sensible architectural decisions and help drive delivery.</p><p><br></p><p>What you’ll be doing</p><ul><li>Leading and mentoring a team of engineers across backend, platform and frontend</li><li>Remaining hands-on with backend engineering (primarily Go)</li><li>Helping shape system architecture and technical direction</li><li>Working closely with Product and leadership on delivery priorities</li><li>Supporting engineering best practices, CI/CD and platform reliability</li><li>Helping scale engineering processes and team structure as the company grows</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Tech Environment</p><ul><li>Go</li><li>GCP</li><li>Linux</li><li>React / TypeScript</li><li>GitHub / CI/CD</li><li>Cloudflare</li><li>Sentry</li></ul><p><br></p><p>What they’re looking for</p><ul><li>Strong backend engineering experience with Go</li><li>Good understanding of distributed/backend systems and architecture</li> xwzovoh <li>Experience leading or mentoring engineers</li><li>Comfortable operating in a smaller, scaling engineering environment</li><li>Strong communication and stakeholder skills</li><li>GCP and Linux experience</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Useful extras</p><ul><li>Computer Vision / AI exposure</li><li>Python experience</li><li>Platform / DevOps understanding</li></ul><p><br></p><p>The company works on genuinely interesting “tech for good” problems, applying AI and computer vision to improve infrastructure safety and efficiency across large-scale transport environments.</p>