Head of Engineering

As the Head of Engineering at UAB-Online, you play a key role in how we build and deliver our SaaS platform. Our software connects terminals, vessel operators, and supply chain partners worldwide, helping them collaborate more efficiently across liquid and dry bulk operations. Every day, ships, terminals, traders and surveyors coordinate complex vessel operations through documents, email and phone calls. We bring these stakeholders together in one platform, making liquid and dry bulk operations safer, more efficient and more sustainable . It is working: 10,000+ users across 100+ terminals have already handled more than 1,000,000 vessel visits on UAB-Online. As we scale internationally, we are looking for a Head of Engineering to develop our teams , strengthen how we deliver software and help shape the future of our platform. You lead a 10-person in-house engineering team that is also expanding internationally. You own the personal development, structure, delivery capability, architecture and technical quality of Engineering, and you help the organisation evolve. Our platform is built with C#/.NET and Vue.js/TypeScript, runs on Microsoft Azure and Kubernetes, and is supported by modern DevOps and CI/CD practices. You don’t need to be the team’s primary coder, but you should have the technical depth to guide architectural decisions and raise the engineering bar across this stack. A central part of the role is advancing how we build software. We want to move beyond individual coding assistants towards practical, increasingly agentic workflows across the development lifecycle. You turn that ambition into a responsible engineering capability , combining measurable improvements with clear guardrails for security, privacy, quality and human accountability . This is a hands-on leadership role in a company of around 30 people: close enough to the team to coach and support each engineer, and close enough to the work to keep the bar high. What you can expect As Head of Engineering, your work combines leading and coaching people with shaping how software is built . One moment you may be coaching an engineer in a one-on-one, while the next you are reviewing an architecture proposal, agreeing on delivery expectations with Product, or working out how AI-assisted development can be used responsibly across the team. You can expect a role with a clear mandate : a capable team, visible impact on how we deliver, and room to shape team structure, engineering practices and technical quality in a growing company. Your work will include: • Leading, coaching and developing engineers at different levels of seniority • Owning hiring, performance, feedback, career development and progression within Engineering • Building squads with clear ownership and establishing effective ways of working across the in-house and remote teams • Improving delivery flow, predictability and throughput without compromising quality or sustainable pace • Establishing clear working agreements for readiness, estimation, completion and scope changes • Setting and upholding standards for architecture, testing, maintainability, reliability, security, privacy and observability • Reviewing architecture and challenging technical decisions without needing to write production features day to day • Defining and leading our approach to AI-assisted and increasingly agentic software development • Integrating high-value AI workflows across design, implementation, testing, review, documentation and operations • Measuring what works , scaling effective practices and ensuring appropriate human oversight • Partnering with the Head of Product and COO to make scope, capacity, quality, risk and delivery trade-offs explicit