This position offers an opportunity to shape the engineering landscape within a forward-thinking technology business engaged in enterprise search intelligence. The client operates at the intersection of large-scale data, AI, and the future of search, serving global enterprise clients with mission-critical intelligence. As the business enters a significant growth phase, the role provides a chance for a competent leader to influence both product evolution and the building of modern AI-enabled organizations, as the company evolves beyond traditional search engines into LLM-driven experiences.
As Head of Engineering, the role involves leading multiple engineering teams and overseeing the end-to-end delivery of a complex, data-driven platform used by enterprise customers. Responsibilities include setting technical direction and guiding architecture across distributed systems, managing large-scale data processing with technologies like Scala, Spark, and Databricks, and overseeing cloud-native infrastructure on AWS. The position focuses on promoting high-quality engineering practices, such as CI/CD, observability, DevOps, and ensuring the reliability of production operations.
The role requires partnering closely with Product, Data Science, and Analytics teams to transform advanced models and insights into scalable, customer-facing solutions. This includes overseeing web development built on TypeScript and React, providing hands-on technical leadership, and taking full ownership of team growth and performance. The successful candidate will have a critical role in embedding AI-assisted engineering practices across the organization, with an interview process involving an introductory conversation and a discussion with the team.