Head of Engineering
Location: Milton Keynes (2 days a week in office)
Salary: £80,000
Engineering - QA - Cloud Operations - SaaS - Leadership - Azure - AWS - GCP - Architecture - AI/ML
An established software provider is seeking an experienced Head of Engineering to lead their product engineering organisation through a major SaaS and AI transformation. With 25+ years in the market and over 350 global customers, this is a chance to shape the future of mission-critical technology used by universities worldwide.
The Role
You'll lead engineering, QA, and cloud operations as the business migrates from on-prem/hosted solutions to a modern multi-tenant SaaS platform. You'll build high-performing teams, drive engineering standards, and ensure smooth customer transitions while guiding the adoption of AI across the product suite.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and develop engineering managers and product development teams
- Build a strong engineering culture focused on quality, innovation, and customer outcomes
- Oversee outsourced QA and drive automation and continuous improvement
- Evolve cloud operations into a product-aligned SRE function
- Provide technical leadership across SaaS migration, cloud-native development, API strategy and AI enablement
- Partner with Product, Security, Sales and Customer Experience teams to align delivery and ensure successful customer migrations
- Set standards for secure development, CI/CD, observability and compliance (ISO27001, GDPR, PCI/DSS)
What You'll Bring
- Proven leadership in enterprise SaaS or major SaaS transformation programmes
- 8+ years in engineering, including 4+ years in senior leadership
- Experience scaling teams of 30+ engineers
- Strong technical grounding in Azure/AWS/GCP, architecture, and modern engineering practices
- Experience with large-scale platform migrations and mixed in-house/outsourced QA
- Understanding of SRE, Infrastructure as Code, and cloud operations
Desirable
- Experience in regulated sectors
- AI/ML implementation experience
- Multi-cloud operations knowledge
- Background in mission-critical enterprise software and API-first platforms
Head of Engineering
Location: Milton Keynes (2 days a week in office)
Salary: £80,000
Engineering - QA - Cloud Operations - SaaS - Leadership - Azure - AWS - GCP - Architecture - AI/ML
