Head of Engineering

Fresha

full-time

Posted on: 9/27/2025

Location Type: Hybrid

Location: London • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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💰 £120,000 - £140,000 per year

Lead

About the role

Lead the product engineering tribe (5-6 teams, 30+ engineers), overseeing quality of delivery and processes
Work with the Head of Product, CTO and VP of Engineering to set engineering strategy, standards and priorities
Create and implement best-practice engineering vision, strategy, policies, processes and procedures
Ensure strong communication between squads to deliver consistent user experiences and implement improvements
Input to and hold responsibility for engineering budgets
Provide leadership and vision: set goals, mentor and coach Team Leads, and track performance
Delegate effectively, make decisions, and review/adapt processes as the company scales

Experience leading a large, high-achieving engineering function, including building and scaling teams
Strong leadership skills
Experience working within a start-up or scale-up, ideally in a consumer brand
Experience with event-driven architectures and a strong understanding of relational databases
Extensive knowledge of engineering practices and principles and problem-solving methods
Experience building mission-critical systems
Experience with multiple programming languages
Creative thinking and problem-solving mindset
Ability to interact with people across the business and influence upwards
Willingness to roll sleeves up and assist the team when required (team player)
Self-starter and proactive approach
Comfortable working in a fast-paced and changing environment

Benefits

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event-driven architecturesrelational databasesengineering practicesproblem-solving methodsprogramming languagesmission-critical systems

leadershipcreative thinkingproblem-solving mindsetcommunicationteam playerself-starterproactive approach