Head of Engineering - SaaS / C# / .Net

About the Company
Imagine joining a company that is transforming how businesses manage their supply chains and quality control worldwide. My client's cloud-based platform empowers global companies with innovative tools to enhance efficiency, streamline processes, and provide real-time insights.

The Opportunity
We're supporting a well-established SaaS business with a global customer base in the food sector as they scale their engineering leadership team. This newly created Head of Engineering position is a key strategic hire as the company embarks on ambitious product growth, platform innovation, and continued international expansion.

This is an opportunity to lead and mentor a growing cross-functional development team while remaining technically hands-on, helping to shape architectural direction and product delivery across multiple workstreams.

What You'll Do

• Lead a team of backend and full-stack engineers across multiple product areas

• Define and uphold engineering standards, architectural direction, and delivery discipline
• Support product innovation by contributing to front- and back-end design and development
• Guide the use of .NET and modern JavaScript libraries to build scalable, componentised front-end solutions
• Promote best practices across the SDLC including CI/CD, testing, security, and performance
• Partner closely with principal engineers and commercial teams to align development with business priorities
• Foster a collaborative, feedback-driven engineering culture

Essential Experience

• 5+ years in software engineering leadership roles, ideally with full-stack delivery experience
• Strong experience in the Microsoft tech stack (.NET, C#, SQL Server)
• Experience with front-end frameworks, JavaScript libraries, and responsive design principles
• Background in SaaS platforms, DevOps tooling, and cloud infrastructure
• Proven ability to scale and mentor engineering teams while remaining close to the code
• Comfortable translating business needs into actionable, pragmatic technical plans

What's In It For You?

• Competitive base salary + performance bonus
• Flexible working hours and Hybrid working
• 35 days annual leave
• Pension scheme, secure company hardware, clear career development framework

For more information on this opportunity, you can connect with Neill Ferguson on LinkedIn or submit your CV via the link below.