They're looking for someone who combines strong technical credibility with confident leadership. You'll need the confidence to challenge ideas, influence senior stakeholders and make difficult decisions when required, all whilst creating an environment where engineers can do their best work.

This role would suit someone who has already helped build and scale a product within a startup or high-growth business and has seen products through the full lifecycle, from early concept to successful delivery and continuous improvement.

You'll ideally bring experience with:

• Leading and developing high-performing engineering teams while remaining hands-on
• Building scalable backend platforms using Python
• Distributed systems, real-time data processing and modern backend architecture
• Streaming technologies such as Kafka or similar
• Designing production systems that operate at scale
• Working closely with product, architecture and executive leadership to shape technical direction
• Making sound engineering decisions whilst balancing speed, quality and commercial priorities

You'll also be an excellent communicator who can explain technical concepts clearly, influence stakeholders across the business and confidently push back when needed.

This is a business with exceptionally high standards. They're building something ambitious, move quickly, and expect people to take ownership and deliver. If you enjoy working alongside talented people in an environment where your contribution genuinely shapes the future of the company, you'll fit right in.

If you're looking for a senior engineering leadership role where you can still write code, influence technical strategy and play a key part in scaling an exciting product business, we'd love to hear from you.