Head of Engineering
Babcock International Group
Job Level
Lead
About the role
- DISCO is a music-focused digital asset management and discovery platform, trusted by labels, studios and creators with 150+ million tracks.
- Head of Engineering role to build high-performance engineering teams, drive technical excellence, and deliver high-quality products.
- Reporting to the COO: directly supervise engineering managers and some engineers, partner with People to attract talent, foster an engaged outcome-driven culture, and provide continuous feedback.
- Responsible for high-quality, high-velocity execution of the engineering org, identifying and optimising processes to maximise efficiency, and unblocking teams to hit deadlines.
- Anticipate scaling challenges and collaborate on scalable solutions; collaborate with product, support and GTM; assist GTM with landing and serving large customers.
- Partner with product to keep DISCO ahead of competitors and evaluate buy/build/partner decisions in the music-tech landscape.
Requirements
- Proven leader who has successfully taken high-performance engineering teams through scaling (company size 70-100+, engineering team 20-40+)
- Strong record of hiring and developing great, diverse talent
- 7+ years of engineering leadership experience, including experience overseeing an engineering org of 20+
- Comfortable operating by motivating teams via managers and directly with engineers
- Experience managing hybrid and remote teams across multiple time zones
- 3+ years overseeing development of AI/ML products with successful outcomes
- Experience delivering and maintaining B2B web apps; consumer-facing product experience preferred
- Strong sense of urgency to deliver results and inspire the team
- Strong sense of ownership and accountability
- Strong architectural experience
- Willingness to dive into code and get hands dirty when needed
- Strong technical mastery with curiosity and commitment to continuous learning
