Head of Software Engineering

Up to £150,000 + Share Options + Excellent Benefits

Are you a Senior Scala Engineer who thrives on solving complex engineering challenges at scale?

I'm partnering with a highly successful US-owned technology business with annual revenues exceeding $1 billion, currently expanding its Manchester engineering function. This is a rare opportunity to join a genuinely high-performing engineering team building distributed systems that process vast amounts of data and power critical products used globally.

I'm particularly interested in speaking with engineers who have experience working within FAANG organisations or similarly recognised high-scale technology companies, where engineering excellence, scalability and software craftsmanship are fundamental to success.

The Opportunity

As a Senior Scala Engineer, you'll play a key role in designing and developing highly scalable backend systems, influencing technical direction, and helping to shape the future of a rapidly growing engineering organisation.

Working alongside some of the industry's strongest engineers, you'll tackle complex distributed systems challenges, optimise performance at scale, and contribute to a culture that values innovation, ownership and technical excellence.

What You'll Be Doing

• Designing and building high-performance backend services using Scala
• Developing distributed systems capable of operating at significant scale
• Driving architecture decisions and influencing engineering best practice
• Collaborating with product, platform and infrastructure teams
• Mentoring engineers and contributing to a culture of continuous improvement
• Identifying opportunities to improve system reliability, scalability and performance
• Participating in technical discussions and long-term platform strategy

What I'm Looking For

• Strong commercial experience developing software with Scala
• Background building scalable, cloud-native applications and distributed systems
• Experience working within a FAANG organisation or another high-performing, large-scale technology environment
• Strong understanding of software architecture, microservices and event-driven systemsExperience working with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP or Azure
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills
• Passion for engineering excellence and delivering high-quality software

What's On Offer

• Salary up to £150,000
• Meaningful share options package
• Hybrid working model (2 days per week in Manchester)
• Opportunity to work on genuinely large-scale engineering challenges
• Modern technology stack and engineering-first culture
• Excellent career progression opportunities

Why Join?

This is an opportunity to join a financially secure, globally recognised business that combines the backing and stability of a billion-dollar organisation with the engineering culture and innovation mindset typically associated with leading technology companies.

If you're looking for a role where you'll be challenged technically, work alongside exceptional engineers and have genuine influence over large-scale systems, we'd love to hear from you.