Head of Engineering

Lightdash
London
Workplace: RemoteFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringSkills: ["Leadership","Communication","Mentoring","Unblocking","Decision-making"]

Senior engineering leader at a fast-moving startup, guiding a small yet growing team to ship rapidly with high ownership. You’ll balance architecture and security decisions with speed, build an exceptional developer experience, and drive end-to-end iteration from concept to user impact, all while maintaining reliability and advocating AI-assisted workflows.

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Lightdash
Lightdash
7 months ago

Head of Engineering

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Job Summary

Senior engineering leader at a fast-moving startup, guiding a small yet growing team to ship rapidly with high ownership. You’ll balance architecture and security decisions with speed, build an exceptional developer experience, and drive end-to-end iteration from concept to user impact, all while maintaining reliability and advocating AI-assisted workflows.
Location: London
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Set the bar for engineering velocity by coaching, mentoring, and unblocking the team every day.
  • •Make architectural and security calls fast, balancing speed with long-term resilience.
  • •Build and own a best-in-class developer experience with tooling and workflows that remove drag.
  • •Monitor and protect reliability and SLAs while maintaining startup speed.
  • •Partner closely with product and design to deliver rapid, end-to-end iterations.

Key Requirements

  • •You have proven leadership experience in fast-moving startups or scaleups and can coach engineers to unblock them in high-velocity environments.
  • •You’ve shipped products in 0→1 or hyper-growth contexts and value speed and ownership over perfection.
  • •You possess strong architecture instincts and security knowledge, with the ability to cut through complexity and keep shipping.
  • •You are AI-savvy and enthusiastic about using AI-assisted workflows to accelerate velocity.
  • •You prioritize developer experience and have a track record of enabling faster delivery through tooling and streamlined workflows.
Experience:StartupScaleupAI
Skills:LeadershipCommunicationMentoringUnblockingDecision-making
Languages:English
Tech Stack:TypeScriptReactNodeSQLExpressReact-hooksReduxRTKMantineDockerGCPKubernetesTracingPrometheus

Company Brief

Lightdash
Open-source BI platform that turns dbt projects into a full-stack, developer-friendly analytics and visualization tool with an open semantic layer and AI-powered features for data teams.
Industry: Data Infrastructure
Company Size: Micro (1 to 10 employees)
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Funding: Series A
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2021
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