Head of Engineering, Koru Kids

• You've thought deeply about what makes product teams thrive. You know how to build, motivate, and support teams to achieve outstanding results.
• You're passionate about quality and continuous improvement. You know building something great takes hard work and time.
• You embrace difficult conversations as well as nurturing or supportive ones, knowing when and how to do each.
• You've led teams building complex web applications, ideally using lean development methodologies.
• You've got a track record of nurturing great talent. Through coaching, mentoring and a supportive feedback culture, you've helped engineers grow and realise their full potential.
• You enjoy facilitating workshops, retrospectives, and other highly collaborative sessions, preferring individuals and interactions over processes and tools.
• You'll thrive in a low-ego, highly reflective culture.
• You're a clear and effective communicator, able to bridge the gap between technology and the rest of the business.

Desirable

• Reporting to our CEO Rachel, you'll manage the team of 3 senior engineers and take responsibility for all engineering efforts at Koru Kids.
• This is a varied role, with a mix of hands-on technical work and people management. We're a small, high-performing team so expect the people side to take about 20-30% of your time and energy.
• Contributing to the day-to-day work of our cross-functional product team through pair programming, code review, or discussing technical design.
• Supporting the personal development of the engineers through coaching, mentoring, and feedback.
• Working closely with Romilly, our senior product manager, you'll help agree on goals, define product and engineering strategy, and explore product ideas.
• Nurturing a culture of ownership and accountability, empowering the team to take initiative and push for change, even when decisions might be unpopular.