Head of Engineering
About Us
We are in the middle of an amazing opportunity as the landscape for software development evolves quickly. We are transitioning from companies asking themselves “what can I build?”, to asking themselves “what can I get into production without tanking my product or exposing it, while having the biggest impact?”. More and more companies are leveraging tools like feature flags to safely release things into production. The future will be even faster product iteration with feature flags, and feedback loops that drive releases that are fast, safe, and deliver impact!
Flagsmith is on a mission to empower large teams to ship faster. We’re currently fueled by our customer growth - which comes from helping larger teams take control of their release processes and drive product iteration. We work across all industries but have the biggest impact on high-risk environments like financial services, healthcare, telecommunications, and high tech manufacturing. We've built trust with our customers evidenced by our best in class net retention rates!
Our team spans multiple continents and is 100% remote, with deep roots in engineering and a strong focus on product quality, simplicity, and community. We are filled with team members who have been searching to have impact, and larger scope as opposed to being a cog at a large organisation!
We’re in search of a Head of Engineering that will help us deliver on our product in this next phase. We are looking for a leader that is fired up to help the largest engineering teams in the world solve this generational challenge! You’ll be a member of the executive leadership team reporting directly to the CEO. You’ll own the execution of the technical roadmap and help shape the future of the company. The leadership team works on European Timezone hours, so it is mandatory that this leader does as well.
You can send your CV/resume to jobs@flagsmith.com. (No recruiters please.)
What We’re Looking For
The Head of Engineering will be delivering the engineering roadmap to drive the next phase of the company. As the first externally hired engineering leader, you will help us up-level talent and execution across the board. You’ll own engineering velocity, impact, accountability and define the success criteria for monitoring how we are doing as an engineering team. We need someone who combines strong technical depth with exceptional people leadership. You'll have experience doing this at different size companies, ideally having built and managed engineering teams at a previous company. You’ll manage our existing team while also hiring new engineers consistently “above the mean” of the existing team!
What You’ll Do
• Drive accountability within engineering execution to deliver our roadmap with velocity. Some example duties include - establishing processes and metrics as needed to accelerate engineering efficiency, leading by example with AI tooling, and being a key participant in sprint retrospectives
• Lead and manage the engineering team in a remote context across multiple time zones (manage sprints, 1:1’s, performance management)
• Drive technical leadership by being a thought leader in the space (experimentation, developer experience, platform engineering) and building a deep understanding of the technologies
• Deliver a technical strategy on security and scalability - setting security process & policies, driving architecture reviews, and working on system design for scaleability
• Collaborate with GTM to get involved with key customers, get involved in technical escalations, and get involved in parts of the demand generation
• Own the technical roadmap, ensuring we prioritise the important technical items without detracting from the product roadmap
• Own developer experience and efficiency by helping with the selection and adoption of the right internal tooling within the engineering budget
• Partner with the product team to shape the backlog, and report to the CEO and board on engineering progress
• Grow the team and lead all technical hiring processes to acquire the best talent
• Strengthen our open-source foundation by engaging the community and exploring technical partnerships
What You’ll Bring
• Demonstrated ability to attract, develop, and retain top engineering talent
• Experience with growing and scaling past technical teams, preferably having managed them remotely
• Experience implementing and driving performance management processes to define, manage, and track engineering team performance and health
• Performance Management processes to define, manage, and track engineering team performance and health
• Experience managing a technical budget to achieve a product roadmap
• Exceptional conflict resolution skills and experience leading technical decision-making processes
• Professional development experience with Python and/or Typescript
Nice to Haves
• Experience scaling an engineering team at a fast growing SaaS company
• Experience managing or meaningfully contributing to an open source project
• Familiarity with on-premise and hybrid deployment models
• Experience working with an enterprise sales motion
• Understanding of DevOps tools and best practices (Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD)
• Background in or exposure to high-risk industries such as financial services, healthcare, or telecommunications
• Being able to contribute to our codebase!