Head of Engineering

Head of Engineering

Location: Edinburgh (Office-Based/Hybrid) 

Salary: Competitive – Dependent on Experience 

Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time 

Zudu is an exciting tech company at a key stage of growth.  They deliver market leading bespoke software and AI-enabled solutions for ambitious organisations across the UK.

Their work focuses on helping businesses modernise, scale and operate more intelligently through technology. They help businesses become unstuck and are on a mission to support AI Enablement across various business sectors.

More importantly, they are building a team of ambitious people who want to do meaningful work, develop their careers, and play a role in shaping the company's future.

The Role

We are hiring a Head of Engineering to lead the engineering function and build a delivery environment that supports their plans to scale. This role blends technical leadership, delivery excellence, and team development. The successful candidate will define engineering standards, strengthen delivery processes, and cultivate a high-performing engineering culture.

This is a hands-on leadership role, requiring close collaboration with engineers, product owners, and delivery leads to ensure projects are well-architected, predictable, and built for long-term success.

The Head of Engineering will be instrumental in ensuring Zudu continues to deliver complex software with speed, quality, and commercial focus.

You should have:

• Proven leadership experience managing engineering teams within a software delivery environment.
• Demonstrated ability to scale engineering teams, introducing processes and practices that effectively support organisational growth.
• Strong technical background, including expertise in software architecture and modern engineering practices with the ability to conduct in-depth code reviews and provide a point of technical escalation.
• A track record of delivering complex software solutions for commercial clients.
• The ability to operate at a strategic level, contributing to high-level planning while remaining closely involved in delivery execution.

Technical background:

• Strong engineering background with experience building and maintaining modern web or cloud-based systems.
• Proficiency with modern development practices, including CI/CD, automated testing, and scalable architecture design.
• Experience working with cloud infrastructure and modern deployment pipelines.
• Interest in AI enablement and emerging technologies.

In return we offer:

• A competitive salary that reflects the value you bring, not just the role you sit in.

• Equity through EMI options, so you share in what we’re building, not just contribute to it.
• A pension and private healthcare with Vitality, because looking after people properly matters.
• Hybrid working that’s built on trust. We care about outcomes, not where you sit.
• Time together that actually feels worth it. Team meetups that people want to be at, instead of the classic tech pizza and ping pong. 
• A genuinely collaborative environment where people back each other, challenge each other, and get better together.
• Clear opportunities to grow, whether that’s deepening your craft or stepping into something bigger with a robust professional development framework.
• 30 days annual leave, plus your birthday off!

This is an exciting time to join Zudu.  They are entering a significant growth phase, scaling the team and enhancing their delivery capability to drive AI enablement for clients across the UK.  With the opportunity to shape their delivery function this is a fantastic opportunity with potential for progression.