CTO / Software Engineering Manager

Salary: £100,000 - 150,000 per year

Requirements

• We are looking for senior engineering leadership experience in a B2B SaaS or product-led software environment.
• We need a background in software engineering with the technical credibility to lead experienced developers.
• We are looking for experience improving engineering delivery, team structure and development practices.
• We need a strong understanding of SaaS architecture, cloud infrastructure and modern engineering principles.
• We would value practical interest or experience in AI-assisted software development.
• We need the ability to introduce AI tools and practices in a thoughtful, secure and effective way.
• We are looking for strong coaching, mentoring and people leadership skills.
• We need emotional intelligence and the ability to bring different personality types with you.
• We want experience leading remote or distributed engineering teams.
• We need clear communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience in complex B2B software, regulated environments, workflow platforms, data-heavy products or mission-critical SaaS would be beneficial.
• We require candidates to be UK-based and comfortable travelling for periodic face-to-face senior leadership meetings.

Responsibilities

• We will ask you to lead and develop a distributed engineering team across software development, QA and systems engineering.
• You will own and shape the technology roadmap across platform, architecture, delivery, security and developer experience.
• You will improve engineering delivery, predictability, throughput and accountability.
• You will work closely with Product to translate product ambition into a clear technical roadmap.
• You will support pragmatic platform modernisation without unnecessary large-scale rebuilds.
• You will bring structure, clarity and pace to the engineering function.
• You will coach and mentor engineers and emerging technical leaders.
• You will drive the adoption of AI tooling and AI-enabled development practices.
• You will help define what an effective AI-led software development lifecycle should look like.
• You will represent Engineering credibly to senior stakeholders, customers and investors where required.

Technologies

• AI
• AWS
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• Support
• JavaScript
• Kubernetes
• Rails
• Ruby
• Security
• Terraform

More

We are a growing, private equity-backed B2B SaaS business with a well-established cloud-based software platform used by organisations to manage complex operational, governance and business-critical processes. We are product-led with strong market demand and ambitious plans for continued growth. This is a remote-first role for a UK-based senior technology leader, with periodic face-to-face collaboration around London or the South Coast. Our platform environment includes Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD, daily release processes, and security-focused infrastructure with regular external testing. We offer the opportunity to make a visible impact, lead a capable team, shape AI adoption, and influence architecture, delivery, developer experience and technical strategy.

last updated 30 week of 2026