Head of Engineering

The role

You will lead the engineering team through its next stage of growth by owning technical direction, architecture, quality standards, and delivery processes. You will build, coach, and nurture the engineering team while acting as the voice of technology for the business and customers.

What you will do

• Own technical strategy and decision-making
• Steer architectural decisions across the system
• Build, coach, and nurture the engineering team
• Own quality across engineering by defining QA strategy, testing approach, and code review practices
• Build and maintain an engineering process playbook
• Balance priorities between new features, technical debt, reliability, and customer commitments
• Lead AI adoption in the engineering team and across the business
• Act as the face of technology at CarbonChain for client calls and security conversations
• Partner with the leadership team on headcount planning, budget, and infrastructure costs
• Champion a culture of ownership, pragmatism, and customer focus

Required qualifications

• Extensive experience in software engineering
• Significant exposure leading engineering teams, ideally at a scaling startup or SaaS company
• Strong technical foundation in modern web applications and distributed systems
• Fluency in Python, TypeScript, cloud architecture, IaC/Terraform, and CI/CD
• Proven track record of hiring, coaching, and retaining engineers
• Experience introducing and maturing engineering processes
• Sound, pragmatic judgement on trade-offs
• Strong collaboration skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Hands-on experience driving AI adoption in engineering teams

Nice to have

• experience with data-intensive systems, particularly where data quality, lineage, or auditability matter
• understanding of security and compliance frameworks such as SOC 2 or ISO 27001
• experience in climate tech or sustainability

Benefits

• 28 days annual leave
• £500 home office setup allowance
• £1,000 annual learning allowance
• Private healthcare
• Company pension incl. salary sacrifice options
• Generous parental leave policy
• Weekly team lunches in the office
• Office gym
• cycle to work scheme
• Remote work contribution of £1,000 towards expenses for working abroad

Before you apply

• You will need the right to work in the UK

About the company

CarbonChain provides carbon accounting by turning supply-chain data into numbers for traders, sustainability leads, or CFOs. The company helps commodity producers and traders measure and cut emissions.