Location

London or remote in the UK (if remote, travel to the London office 1x a month will be required)

Hours

Full time or part time (3-4 days / week possible)

Reports to

CEO

Company benefits

• Flexibility

• Paid travel to the London office (if you are not based a commutable distance from London)

• 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays

• Option for term-time off

• Company pension

• Private medical insurance

Key Responsibilities

Technology & Engineering Leadership

• Own and evolve the overall technology and product strategy, architecture, and roadmap in alignment with product and business goals.

• Oversee engineering delivery pipelines, platform operations, and model development and deployment processes—balancing rigour with iteration speed.

• Implement and oversee CI/CD practices, testing automation, and quality assurance systems.

• Establish and lead a Platform Team to provide shared infrastructure across product teams.

• Create integrated data-models-platform-deployment roadmap and implement it in an Agile way.

Organisational Design & Team Building

• Reorganise engineering and modelling functions into cross-functional teams—each aligned to specific model products.

• Mentor, coach, and manage a distributed team of engineers and technical leads, with clear reporting lines and performance accountability.

• Provide line management to the Head of Technology and Product Owners, enabling them to focus on technical execution.

Product Development

• Work closely with product managers and modellers to decompose complex work packages into smaller, testable, and demo-ready releases.

• Implement a “Lego brick” model delivery approach—enabling quicker feedback cycles and incremental client value.

• Change company culture from current Waterfall-like-methodology with limited market insight to more Agile based, to get client-relevant products in the market.

Operational Execution

• Lead compliance decisions, including SOC2 evaluation, and establish governance frameworks around risk, data protection, and secure development.

• Streamline deployment workflows, reduce key-person dependencies, and ensure robust incident response and monitoring systems.

Ideal Candidate Profile

Must-Haves

• 7+ years in engineering or technical leadership roles (CTO, VP Eng, Head of Engineering).

• Proven track record of leading high-performing distributed engineering teams and scaling early-stage tech organisations.

• Experience with Agile methodologies, CI/CD pipelines, and modern development tooling (Docker, AWS, Python, Jupyter).

• Strong understanding of models-SaaS and enterprise compliance frameworks.

• Hands-on technical background with the ability to earn the respect of engineers and scientists.

• Background in catastrophe/risk modelling, geo-risk, insurance tech, fintech, banking, or climate analytics.

• Prior experience in transforming a high-quality, research-driven product into a commercially successful SaaS platform.

• Familiarity with Python, scientific computing, and tolerance-based testing frameworks.

What You’ll Get

• The opportunity to have transformational impact at a company solving renewable energy challenges.

• A hands-on role in shaping the tech vision and execution at a critical inflection point.

• Competitive salary + equity (for permanent) or market-based day rate (for interim).

• Flexibility to work remotely with a highly committed and experienced team of scientists and modellers.