Technical Lead Remote work

Head of Engineering / Senior Engineering Manager (Go / GCP)£80,000 - £90,000 + benefits London - 1-2 days per week onsite (potential flexibility for the right person) We’re working with a growing AI/infrastructure technology business building cutting-edge software used across critical infrastructure environments. They’re looking for a hands-on Engineering Manager / Head of Engineering to help manage and scale a small multidisciplinary engineering team whilst remaining heavily involved technically. This is roughly a 50/50 split between hands-on engineering/architecture and people leadership. The environment is pragmatic and collaborative - they’re not looking for a “superstar” CTO profile, more someone technically solid who can guide a team, make sensible architectural decisions and help drive delivery. What you’ll be doing Leading and mentoring a team of engineers across backend, platform and frontend Remaining hands-on with backend engineering (primarily Go) Helping shape system architecture and technical direction Working closely with Product and leadership on delivery priorities Supporting engineering best practices, CI/CD and platform reliability Helping scale engineering processes and team structure as the company grows Tech Environment Go GCP Linux React / TypeScript GitHub / CI/CD Cloudflare Sentry What they’re looking for Strong backend engineering experience with Go Good understanding of distributed/backend systems and architecture Experience leading or mentoring engineers Comfortable operating in a smaller, scaling engineering environment Strong communication and stakeholder skills GCP and Linux experience Useful extras Computer Vision / AI exposure Python experience Platform / DevOps understanding The company works on genuinely interesting “tech for good” problems, applying AI and computer vision to improve infrastructure safety and efficiency across large-scale transport environments.