Salary
💰 £50,000 - £100,000 per year
Tech Stack
AWSCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaScriptKubernetesNode.jsTypeScript
About the role
- Head up a 30-person engineering organisation working across three core products.
- Set the technical strategy and build scalable systems.
- Create a culture of engineering excellence.
- Launch Ad Astra in 2–3 major European markets.
- Embed AI capabilities into product suite.
- Define engineering standards and delivery discipline across Bauer’s international business.
Requirements
- Proven experience leading engineering at Director or VP level in an AdTech, MarTech, or media platform environment.
- Built products that handle millions of transactions or £1B+ in annualised throughput.
- Deep understanding of cloud-native architectures (AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, Node.js, TypeScript).
- Experience embedding AI and ML models into production systems.
- A track record of scaling engineering teams and fostering a culture of accountability, experimentation, and excellence.
- The credibility to coach by example, not dictate from afar.
- Highly competitive salary
- Flexible working
- Annual company and performance related bonus
- 33 paid holidays including bank holidays
- Company Pension Scheme paid up to 8%
- Healthcare Cash Plan
- Life Insurance and group income protection scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
cloud-native architecturesAI capabilitiesML modelsscalable systemsengineering standardsdelivery disciplineproduct developmenttransaction handlingNode.jsTypeScript
Soft skills
leadershipcoachingaccountabilityexperimentationexcellenceculture buildingcommunicationstrategic thinkingteam scalinginterpersonal skills