Head of Web Engineering

London

La Fosse
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Head of Web Engineering £145K-£160K + Benefits London, UK (Hybrid, 2-3 Days Onsite)

Are you an inspiring engineering leader with a strong background in high-traffic web platforms? Ready to drive large-scale transformation and lead a 150+ person team through a complex and exciting digital journey?

We're working with a high-profile UK-based digital organisation investing over £150M in the next phase of their digital evolution. As theHead of Web Engineering, you'll take the reins of a newly formed, strategically critical division-responsible for some of Europes most visited web platforms.

Key Scope:

  • Lead a cross-disciplinary team of 100-150 engineers across the UK, covering software, data, QA, and more

  • Own the engineering vision for a suite of high-traffic consumer websites

  • Drive change and unite previously siloed tech teams under one shared culture, platform, and engineering standard

  • Collaborate closely with product, design, architecture, and operations to deliver world-class digital experiences

We're Looking For:

  • Proven leadership of web engineering teams at scale, with strong experience managing organisational change

  • Background in high-traffic platforms-media, marketplaces, fintech, or large-scale consumer digital brands

  • Confident working across cloud-native architectures (AWS) and modern web stacks

  • Experience in digital transformation, culture-building, and agile delivery

  • Strong storytelling and stakeholder engagement skills-from exec teams to engineers

  • A creative thinker who sees opportunities to drive further traffic

Ideal Candidate Backgrounds:

  • Candidates often come from leading product and content-driven environments: think digital media, streaming, ecommerce, fintech, marketplaces, or travel tech
  • Strong experience across Web Engineering with a background is hands on development, engineering or architecture
  • Ability to drive real business change, manage complex technical landscapes and strong stakeholder management experience

Location:
UK-based. Hybrid working - 2-3 days a week in-office. Some travel with eadership offsites

Salary & Package:

  • Base: £148K - £160K

  • Permanent role with excellent benefits

  • Huge platform for long-term career progression in a mission-led, values-driven environment

If you're a senior engineering leader looking to shape the future of a national digital platform, please send your CV to me on

Date Posted: 11 May 2025
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