About Loci Loci is a community-driven technology company dedicated to strengthening connections between residents, councils, and local businesses. Our platform provides free access to essential local information, fostering engagement, transparency, and collaboration within communities.
We work closely with councils to develop tailored digital solutions, helping them enhance public services, improve communication, and streamline operations in a cost-effective way. For local businesses and trades, Loci offers hyper-local engagement opportunities, enabling them to connect with their communities in a meaningful and trusted environment.
By combining digital innovation, community-first principles, and a scalable platform approach, Loci is redefining how local services, engagement, and communication are delivered, ensuring that every community has the tools to thrive in a connected world.
As the Head of Engineering, you’ll play a critical role in architecting and developing the Loci platform from the ground up. You will lead the design and development of our mobile app, backend infrastructure, and data systems, while also building a team of engineers to scale the platform.
You will work closely with other team members, including sales, to incorporate customer feedback into feature development, and alongside the Head of Product and Design to ensure a seamless and user-friendly experience.
Design and build the mobile app/website and backend infrastructure to support Loci’s community-driven features.
Develop and optimise scalable data scraping and processing solutions to enhance platform capabilities.
Integrate AI-driven features within the app, while also leveraging AI tools to enhance development, testing, and automation.
Recruit and lead a small engineering team to help scale the platform.
Ensure high scalability, security, and performance as the platform grows.
Full-stack expertise, with experience in mobile app development (iOS/Android) and backend architecture (Node.js, Python, Go, or similar).
Proven experience building and scaling platforms from the ground up.
Expertise in web scraping and data extraction, and large-scale data collection.
AI experience - either integrating AI within an app or using AI to optimize development workflows.
Cloud platform proficiency (AWS, GCP, or Azure) with solid DevOps experience.
A start-up mindset - comfortable taking ownership, finding creative solutions, and thriving with limited resources.
A dynamic and mission-driven environment - building tech that strengthens local communities.
Cutting-edge tech, opportunity to work with AI, automation, and scalable infrastructure.
Freedom to create, giving you the autonomy to shape strategies, experiment with new ideas, and build innovative solutions that drive both product and business success.
We’re looking for someone excited to be part of a start-up journey, driven by the opportunity to shape and grow something from the ground up. As part of our founding team, you’ll play a key role in building our culture, driving innovation, and making a real impact.