Head of Engineering
Skills
Amazon Web ServicesAuditingData PrivacyEngineeringLeadershipLean ProcessesManagement
What the job involves
The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.
Requirements
- Strong security background ideally in payments or e-commerce
- Experience managing external or agency development teams
- Familiarity with regulatory or compliance environments such as data protection or payment standards
- Hands-on experience with TypeScript Node Express PostgreSQL React Zustand AWS CloudFront and Cloudflare
- Comfortable operating in a lean setup with both strategic and hands-on capability
- Based in the UK or UAE
Nice to have
- Hands-on leadership
- Vendor accountability
- Technical conscience
- Lean operator
Day to day
- Act as the primary technical liaison with the external development team and keep delivery standards high
- Review code and documentation directly while enforcing quality timelines and process discipline
- Own the technical roadmap shape the stack direction and strengthen security and compliance controls