Engineering Director Opportunity
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced individual to lead the development of our AI-powered fit operating system. As a pioneer in the fashion industry, we are revolutionizing the way every item of clothing is cut, using machine learning and data.
The successful candidate will be responsible for leading a team, growing the engineering function, building and maintaining reliable data pipelines, collaborating with other areas of the business, optimizing performance, implementing best practices, and shaping the architecture.
This exciting opportunity offers a competitive salary range up to £100,000 per annum, generous equity as one of the first 10 employees, 28 days' holiday, pension matching up to 5%, and flexible working as standard.
Responsibilities:
* Leading a team
* Growing the engineering function
* Building and maintaining reliable data pipelines
* Collaborating with other areas of the business
* Optimizing performance
* Implementing Best Practices
* Shaping the Architecture
Requirements:
* A motivated self-starter
* Start-up or side hustle experience and an entrepreneurial mindset
* A minimum of 5 years of experience in back-end development, with some experience in a leadership role
* Up-to-date with cutting-edge AI
* Proficiency in Python, preferably experience with OpenAI, Docker, AWS Fargate, Airbyte, Scikit-learn, AWS S3, AWS RDS, DuckDB, PostgreSQL
* Strong understanding of database technologies such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, or MongoDB
* Experience building and consuming RESTful APIs
* Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS is ideal) and a strong grasp of CI/CD practices
* Problem-solving mindset
* Team Player
* Excellent communication skills
* Passion for learning