Director of Engineering

TL;DR

Director of Engineering: Leading teams to build robust, secure, and privacy-first infrastructure for a female health platform with an accent on technical roadmap definition, engineering excellence, and cloud infrastructure design. Focus on driving developer experience, optimizing CI/CD, and fostering high-performing engineering teams.

Location: Hybrid in the UK (3 days per week in office)

Salary: GBP 160,000 gross

Company

hirify.global is the world’s #1 health & fitness app, focused on building a better future for female health with AI-powered, privacy-first, clinically backed solutions.

What you will do

• Define and evolve the technical roadmap to support significant growth and future architecture needs.
• Champion a culture of engineering excellence, setting standards for clean code and smart testing.
• Oversee the design of secure and scalable cloud infrastructure for millions of users.
• Drive developer experience, optimizing CI/CD pipelines and tooling for efficient shipping.
• Collaborate with Product leaders to translate product vision into technical realities.
• Coach, mentor, and drive hiring strategies to scale high-performing engineering teams.

Requirements

• Solid background in software architecture and modern development lifecycles.
• Proven track record of managing other managers or overseeing multiple engineering teams.
• Ability to take a complex product vision to completion on time.
• Experience implementing best practices for incident management.
• Strong negotiation and collaboration skills with Product, Design, and C-Suite.
• Experience building diverse, high-performing teams.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive salary with annual reviews and performance incentive scheme.
• Paid holiday, sick leave, and female health leave.
• Enhanced parental leave (maternity, paternity, same-sex, and adoptive parents).
• Hybrid work model with 3 days per week spent in the office.
• 5-week fully paid sabbatical after 5 years with the company.
• Accelerated professional growth through learning support and various wellbeing perks.