Mellow Media Ltd
Head of Engineering
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About Us:
We are a profitable consumer internet company operating multiple online platforms across international markets.
Our products serve thousands of users globally, and we are entering an exciting new phase of growth as we invest in AI-powered products, platform scalability, international expansion, and engineering excellence.
We are looking for an exceptional Head of Engineering to help build the technical organisation that will support our next stage of growth.
Your Mission
Your mission is simple:
- Build an engineering organisation that ships faster, builds better products, and operates a highly reliable platform.
- Lead our engineering team, improve technical execution, eliminate recurring operational issues, recruit exceptional engineers, and establish the engineering culture and processes required to scale.
Responsibilities
- Lead and mentor the engineering team while raising engineering standards across the business.
- Improve engineering velocity and establish predictable delivery processes.
- Own platform reliability, scalability, and production stability.
- Reduce production incidents through better monitoring, testing, and deployment practices.
- Improve software architecture and reduce technical debt.
- Recruit, develop, and retain high-performing engineers.
- Work closely with the Founder and Head of Growth to deliver product initiatives that directly impact revenue.
- Lead the technical roadmap across our existing products and future AI initiatives.
- Establish engineering KPIs, development processes, and accountability.
- Build a culture focused on ownership, quality, and continuous improvement.
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What We're Looking For
- 8+ years of software engineering experience.
- Previous experience leading engineering teams in a high-growth technology company.
- Strong experience building and scaling consumer internet products.
- Excellent understanding of cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, databases, APIs, queues, caching, and scalable architectures.
- Proven experience improving engineering processes and delivery.
- Experience hiring and mentoring engineers.
- Comfortable working directly with founders in a fast-paced environment.
- Hands-on enough to dive into technical challenges when needed, while primarily focusing on leadership and execution.
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Nice to Have
- Experience with subscription or consumer internet businesses.
- Experience with AI products or Large Language Models.
- Experience with messaging, email infrastructure, or high-volume communication platforms.
- Experience supporting international products at scale.
Success Looks Like
Within your first 12 months you will:
- Significantly improve engineering delivery speed.
- Reduce recurring production incidents.
- Improve platform reliability and monitoring.
- Build a stronger engineering team.
- Successfully deliver key product initiatives on schedule.
- Create the technical foundation required to scale the business over the coming years.
What We Offer
- Opportunity to build and lead the engineering organization of a profitable international technology company.
- Direct access to the Founder with significant influence over product and technical strategy.
- High degree of autonomy and ownership.
- Competitive salary, performance bonus, and long-term growth opportunities.
- The opportunity to help build the next generation of AI-powered consumer products.
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