Chief of Engineering

Our client is seeking a seasoned Head of Engineering to lead their dynamic team in Auckland. This role offers an exciting opportunity to provide leadership to Engineering Managers, Leads, and Senior Engineers/Developers, fostering an inclusive, high-performance engineering culture. The successful candidate will be responsible for driving engineering excellence, strategic technical direction, and operational efficiencies across the company's technology platforms. This role requires expertise in balancing strategy with execution, influencing architecture and delivery practices while fostering an innovative and collaborative engineering culture.

What you'll do:
As the Head of Engineering, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our client's technology platforms. Your primary responsibility will be to provide leadership to Engineering Managers, Leads, and Senior Engineers/Developers. You will foster an inclusive, high-performance engineering culture that attracts and retains top talent. You will also oversee technical governance and ensure compliance with internal standards and external regulatory requirements. Additionally, you will develop cloud cost management strategies in collaboration with platform teams.

• Provide leadership to ensure engineering talent is nurtured and developed.
• Foster an inclusive, high performance engineering culture.
• Oversee technical governance, ensuring compliance with internal standards and external regulatory requirements.
• Develop cloud cost management strategies in collaboration with platform teams.
• Define and lead the engineering strategy across technical platforms.
• Lead the development of technical delivery practices aligned with Agile, DevOps, and continuous delivery principles.
• Implement robust systems for incident management, reliability engineering, performance monitoring, observability, and telemetry.

What you bring:
The ideal candidate for the Head of Engineering position brings a wealth of experience in technology leadership. With over 10 years in senior leadership roles overseeing engineering operations, you have proven expertise in managing large scale, complex technology platforms. Your strong understanding of cloud technologies, microservices, and DevOps practices sets you apart from your peers. You have extensive experience in reliability engineering, performance optimisation, system design and architecture. Your executive presence allows you to influence at the C-suite level and with external partners.

• 10+ years in technology leadership, including senior leadership roles with engineering oversight.
• Proven expertise in managing large scale, complex technology platforms.
• Strong understanding of cloud technologies, microservices, and DevOps practices.
• Extensive experience in reliability engineering, performance optimisation, system design and architecture.
• Executive presence with the ability to influence at the C-suite level and with external partners.

What sets this company apart:
Our client is a leading player in their industry with a reputation for innovation and excellence. They are committed to fostering an inclusive work environment where every employee feels valued and respected.

Robert Walters endeavours to review all applications in a maximum of five working days. If you have not received correspondence in this timeframe please do not hesitate to contact Eloise Gantuangco on +64 9 374 7332.