Job Description

Head of Engineering - AI (Artificial Intelligence)

Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

This role is a senior leadership position overseeing the technology function across multiple value streams. The successful candidate will drive technical excellence, delivery velocity, and innovation, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery of business features. The Head of Engineering will oversee the technology function, align with business objectives, and foster a culture of continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Technology Leadership: Develop and implement technology strategies to elevate leadership within the organization, showcasing expertise and thought leadership.
• Hands-on: Hands on development experience (ideally 20-40%) and strong technical savviness; drive cultural change through AI.
• Delivery Excellence: Ensure rapid delivery of business features with measurable outcomes, such as user engagement and transaction metrics.
• Technology Strategy: Collaborate with stakeholders to shape technology solutions for large transformation programs, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Team Management: Mentor and coach engineering leads and principal engineers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and technical mastery.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with product owners, technology owners, and business stakeholders to align engineering outcomes with strategic goals.
• Innovation & Value Creation: Drive initiatives to maintain a competitive edge and client retention.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of software engineering experience, with 3+ years in a senior leadership role.
• Proven track record in building and scaling microservices architecture.
• Deep expertise in technologies such as Springboot, NodeJS, Python, Angular, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes.
• Strong understanding of DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and platform engineering.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience in Agile methodologies and tools like Jira / Confluence.

Required Skills

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform).
• Familiarity with BDD/TDD and API contract testing (e.g., PACT).
• Exposure to frontend frameworks and micro frontends.
• Strategic mindset with ability to quantify business value through technology.
• Hands on & Tech Savvy

If you're a motivated and experienced technology leader looking for a new challenge, we'd love to hear from you!

Seniority level

• Director

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering, Information Technology, and Finance

Industries

• Insurance and Technology, Information and Media