Engineering Lead - People Technology
$134,400–$172,800 year
Hybrid · London, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Engineering Lead for the People Tech Growth team who will own the end-to-end employee journey layer, shifting from SaaS configuration to end-to-end digital employee experiences. Lead a globally distributed engineering team across hubs (London, Singapore, Austin), own the technical roadmap, address reliability/security/scalability, and standardize engineering rituals. Drive product-minded engineering, maintain high product quality for internal customers, manage day-to-day delivery, and coach a global IC1-IC3 team while partnering with Product, Design, and other functions to align technical capabilities with the roadmap. The role emphasizes building scalable, automated workflows, APIs integration, and a strong culture of ownership and collaboration.
Required Qualifications
- Engineering Leadership: Experience managing or leading engineering teams, with a proven track record of coaching talent, conducting performance reviews, and building high-performing cultures.
- Domain Expertise: Good experience within the HR Tech ecosystem or employee experience platforms (e.g. recruitment tools, onboarding systems, core HRIS systems).
- Technical Background: Strong engineering foundation with experience delivering technical roadmaps and making sound architectural/integration decisions (APIs, data mapping, automated workflows).
- Value-Driven & Collaboration: Strong communication skills with an ability to collaborate across functions (Product, Design etc) to challenge opinions in an egoless manner and align technical capabilities to the product roadmap.
- Structured execution: Ability to bring structure to complex environments, coaching the team through a new way of working to align with the engineering practices of the wider Platform tribe.
Desired Qualifications
- Engineering Leadership: Experience managing or leading engineering teams, with a proven track record of coaching talent, conducting performance reviews, and building high-performing cultures.
- Domain Expertise: Good experience within the HR Tech ecosystem or employee experience platforms (e.g. recruitment tools, onboarding systems, core HRIS systems).
- Technical Background: Strong engineering foundation with experience delivering technical roadmaps and making sound architectural/integration decisions (APIs, data mapping, automated workflows).
- Value-Driven & Collaboration: Strong communication skills with an ability to collaborate across functions (Product, Design etc) to challenge opinions in an egoless manner and align technical capabilities to the product roadmap.
- Structured execution: Ability to bring structure to complex environments, coaching the team through a new way of working to align with the engineering practices of the wider Platform tribe.
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