Head of Engineering (Marketplace)

Skills
Building TrustCoachingContinuous ImprovementEnglishIncident ManagementLeadershipProduct Engineering
Role

What the job involves

The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.

Requirements

  • Experienced leader of leaders across multiple teams
  • Strong coaching skills for engineering managers and senior engineers
  • Confident prioritisation and trade-off communication
  • Ability to balance execution strategy and people leadership
  • Comfort shaping technical direction for scalability reliability and developer experience
  • Strong collaboration with technical and non-technical partners
  • Strategic and pragmatic mindset
  • Fluent English speaker
  • Based in the UK or Spain with right to work

Nice to have

  • Strong ownership
  • Pragmatic
  • Collaborative
  • Strategic thinker
  • People focused

Day to day

  • Lead and grow multiple cross-functional Product Engineering teams within the Marketplace area.
  • Co-own outcomes with Product and Design while setting clear direction and enabling teams to move with strong ownership and pace.
  • Shape technical direction and remove friction so teams can deliver reliable scalable customer and venue experiences.