Director of Engineering, Netcraft

• Proven Senior Engineering Leadership
• Extensive Experience: Demonstrable track record in a senior engineering leadership role (e.g., Director, Head of, etc) within a dynamic SaaS environment, ideally at a high-growth scaleup
• Team Scalability: Proven ability to lead and structure a multi-faceted engineering department comprising multiple teams, primarily through managing and mentoring other team leads and senior ICs
• Talent Management: Expertise in recruiting, developing, mentoring, and retaining diverse, high-calibre engineering talent across various disciplines. You are skilled in fostering autonomous, engaged, and high-performing teams
• Technology Strategy & Architectural Oversight
• Vision & Execution: Ability to define, articulate, and execute a compelling long-term technological vision and strategy that aligns with and drives business goals, keeping abreast of emerging technologies and assessing their strategic relevance
• Technical Acumen: Deep understanding of modern technical architecture and infrastructure principles, with experience leading decisions that ensure scalability, security, performance, and reliability of systems. You have proven experience in architectural design for complex frontend systems
• Innovation & R&D: A passion for continuous innovation, with experience leading research and development (R&D) efforts, experimenting with new applications, and fostering a culture of creativity
• Product Development & Delivery
• Full Lifecycle Ownership: Proficiency in driving the end-to-end product development lifecycle, from conceptualisation and design through to launch and iteration, particularly in contexts where an independent product function isn’t established
• Cross-Functional Product Collaboration: Ability to collaborate effectively with internal stakeholders and Product Owners to define product requirements, translate business needs into technical solutions, and deliver user-centric products
• Operational Excellence & Strategic Execution
• Strategic Planning & OKRs: Skilled in leading departmental strategy and planning, contributing to company-wide objectives (e.g., OKRs), and successfully delivering on the Engineering Roadmap in collaboration with the Leadership Team
• Engineering Initiatives: Experience designing, championing, and delivering impactful engineering-wide initiatives to enhance efficiency, knowledge sharing, team morale, diversity, and overall engagement
• Quality, Cybersecurity & Risk Management: Experience with establishing and overseeing qualitative and security/risk controls across a front-end estate to protect data and systems
• Process & Standards: Proven ability to establish and maintain a strong engineering culture, best practices, and operational standards for reliable and efficient software delivery
• Cross-Functional Collaboration & Business Impact
• Stakeholder Management: Demonstrated ability to partner closely with Leadership Team colleagues and other cross-functional stakeholders to define business needs, inform strategic engineering decisions, and ensure alignment
• Dependency Management: Adept at identifying, coordinating, and resolving dependencies between your engineering teams and other departments
• Performance & Reporting: Strong understanding of engineering performance metrics, with the ability to define, measure, report on, and use data to assess and improve outcomes. This includes supporting the preparation of budgets, reports, and Board meeting materials
• Vendor & Partner Management: Experience fostering strategic partnerships with technology vendors and industry leaders to maintain a competitive edge and explore new opportunities
• Prioritisation & Triage: Ability to manage multiple workstreams and deadlines concurrently, prioritizing deliverables effectively, and efficiently triaging development requests (e.g., Small Change requests) alongside product managers or owners

Desirable

• Reporting to the CTO, you will oversee the Engineering team that owns our latest generation client-facing interfaces and is responsible for delivering a unified, customer-centric vision for Netcraft services
• An Inspirational Leader. You possess strong people-leadership skills, capable of building trust, earning respect, and driving high performance within your teams. You excel at mentoring and developing talent, particularly engineering managers
• A Strategic Thinker. You balance pragmatism, commercial understanding, and deep technological insight. You are adept at driving innovation and achieving results while effectively managing technical debt and ensuring robust security
• An Exceptional Communicator & Collaborator: You excel in communication and relationship management, fostering strong, collaborative partnerships across all organizational levels and with external stakeholders
• Adaptable & Solution-Oriented: You maintain a highly flexible, proactive, and solution-focused approach, confidently navigating ambiguity and complex challenges to deliver effective outcomes. You are a proven executor and have a history of successfully creating and delivering front-end projects from the ground up
• A Culture Champion: You actively cultivate and promote a positive, inclusive, creative, and exploratory culture within the engineering team, aligning with and contributing to the broader company culture