Head of Software Engineering

4 weeks ago


Manchester, United Kingdom adserve Full time

This is a great opportunity for the right candidate with the right attitude and proven aptitude to lead a team software development, UI and QA engineers developing solutions at the heart of commercial radio and the burgeoning global media sector.

We are looking for an experienced Head of Software Engineering to oversee all of engineering and report directly to our CEO. This person will be tasked with leading the efforts of building the next generation of adserve’s leading ad-tech solutions encompassing algorithmic ad-placement and machine learning. We’re looking for an innovate thinker with strong ability and experience in leading high-performing technical teams to impressive results.


Our team are all remote workers in the UK, and the candidate will need to demonstrate considerable experience of running remote development teams. Furthermore, the candidate will come from a software engineering background, with experience of our core stack (C#, React, AWS) and will be hands-on, leading by example, in the development of our applications.

Duties and Responsibilities


  • Lead our 25-person software engineering & dev/ops team, to be responsible for the planning, design and development of the next generation adserve’s ad-tech solutions.
  • Partner with product management and delivery teams to align and prioritize current and future new product development initiatives in support of our business objectives
  • Manage cross functional engineering resources including Product Discovery, Delivery, QA, and DevOps
  • Motivate, lead and develop a team of diverse individuals with a variety of experience levels and skill sets.
  • Participate in the development, and lead the execution of, the product roadmap.
  • Collaborate with other leaders within Product and Engineering to grow and evolve our engineering team, tools, agile processes
  • Foster a culture of best practices in all aspects of software engineering
  • Demonstrate an unwavering commitment to the highest quality in the any deliverable.

Our Tech Stack


It's critical that our Head of Engineering has considerable experience with our tech stack to lead, mentor and guide our engineering teams. Please don't apply for this role unless you have many years of software development and leadership in our tech stack;

  • AWS through and through. We’re using as much AWS technology as possible within the core of our products both to reduce time to market, improve interoperability and drive cost efficiencies.
  • C# for back-end development
  • React.js for front-end development

Skills / Attributes Required

  • 5 years + track record of building and managing successful software delivery teams using our tech stack above.
  • Demonstrated ability to create application development strategies founded on agile principles and effectively execute initiatives to achieve to desired outcomes
  • Expert level knowledge and experience in enterprise systems integration and best practices in the context of SaaS application development
  • Strong experience working with enterprise architecture and interface design, proven success architecting complex software solutions
  • Experience in running teams focused on machine learning, expert systems, and business process automation.
  • Experience in working with the broadcast, media and ad-tech sectors very desirable
  • Excellent communication, analytical and problem-solving skills with a keen customer focus capable of presenting technical solutions to customer, investors and other stake-holders.
  • B.Sc Computer Science from a top rated university.

Salary & Benefits

To attract the very best, we provide an attractive package of salary and benefits, with a great working environment and a supportive team. Benefits include;

  • Attractive salary and benefits, including stock options
  • Permanent working from home
  • A great working environment, pioneering the next generation of audio advertising solutions
  • A rewarding, inclusive corporate culture based on hiring the very best and giving them freedom to excel

You should join the team confident in the knowledge that you're shaping the global media sector for years to come and contributing to the development of the most leading-edge technology in the marketplace.



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