Head of Engineering - Greater London - Lightdash

    Lightdash
    Lightdash Greater London

    5 days ago

    Description

    Overview


    We're seeking an exceptional Engineering Manager to join our small and growing team. This isn't your typical EM role. We're looking for a senior engineer who leads from the front and thrives in high-velocity, high-ownership environments. Your mission: build the fastest engineering team on the planet.

    Who you are


    You're a top-tier engineer with proven leadership experience in fast-moving startups or scaleups. You're comfortable making imperfect decisions quickly, you've built products under pressure, and you know that momentum beats perfection.

    • A seasoned engineer who has already stepped into an EM role at a venture-backed startup
    • An ex-founder who knows how to ship when the runway is short and the stakes are high
    • A startup tech lead who thrives on ownership and bold decisions
    • A pragmatic builder who values time-to-value over "the right way"

    What makes you perfect for this role

    • Engineering leadership: You've coached and unblocked engineers in high-velocity, high-pressure environments.
    • Deep technical expertise: You have strong architecture instincts and solid security knowledge, but you'll cut through complexity to keep shipping.
    • Startup DNA: You've shipped product in 0→1 or hyper-growth contexts where speed and ownership were survival skills.
    • Velocity obsession: You believe iteration > perfection, and your instinct is always to get value in front of users as fast as possible.
    • AI-first: You're bullish on AI, vibe-coding daily, and always looking for ways to push velocity through AI-assisted workflows.
    • DevX focus: You obsess over developer experience because you know great tooling = more speed.
    • Execution focus: Monitoring, observability, and performance aren't "nice to haves" — they're how you ship fast without breaking trust.

    What you'll do

    • Set the bar for engineering velocity — coaching, mentoring, and unblocking the team every day
    • Make architectural and security calls fast, balancing speed with long-term resilience
    • Build and own best-in-class developer experience — tooling and workflows that eliminate drag
    • Monitor and protect reliability and SLAs, while still moving at startup speed
    • Partner tightly with product and design to deliver rapid, end-to-end iterations
    • Establish a culture where iteration is celebrated and perfectionism is challenged

    How we work at Lightdash

    • We build in public. Open source means moving fast with shared context.
    • We challenge problems, not people. No blame, just solutions.
    • We're highly collaborative. Independent, but we win as a team (and with our community).
    • We bias hard toward impact. We'd rather ship the wrong thing quickly and learn, than waste weeks polishing what nobody needs.
    • Primary: TypeScript, React, Node, SQL

    We're deliberately looking for ambitious leaders from startups and high-growth companies. If you want predictability, long roadmaps, and "the right way" over speed, this isn't the role for you.

    Research shows that women and underrepresented groups often don't apply unless they meet 100% of the requirements. Even if you don't tick every box, if you have startup experience and a hunger for velocity, we'd love to hear from you.


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