Head of Engineering

Location: Edinburgh (Office-Based/Hybrid)

Salary: Competitive – Dependent on Experience

Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time

Eden Scott is the exclusively retained recruitment partner for Zudu. All direct and 3rd party applications will be forward to Eden Scott for assessment.

Zudu is an exciting tech company at a key stage of growth. They deliver market leading bespoke software and AI-enabled solutions for ambitious organisations across the UK.

Their work focuses on helping businesses modernise, scale and operate more intelligently through technology. They help businesses become unstuck and are on a mission to support AI Enablement across various business sectors.

More importantly, they are building a team of ambitious people who want to do meaningful work, develop their careers, and play a role in shaping the company's future.

The Role

We are hiring a Head of Engineering to lead the engineering function and build a delivery environment that supports their plans to scale. This role blends technical leadership, delivery excellence, and team development. The successful candidate will define engineering standards, strengthen delivery processes, and cultivate a high‑performing engineering culture.

This is a hands‑on leadership role, requiring close collaboration with engineers, product owners, and delivery leads to ensure projects are well‑architected, predictable, and built for long-term success.

The Head of Engineering will be instrumental in ensuring Zudu continues to deliver complex software with speed, quality, and commercial focus.

You should have:

• Proven leadership experience managing engineering teams within a software delivery environment.
• Demonstrated ability to scale engineering teams, introducing processes and practices that effectively support organisational growth.
• Strong technical background, including expertise in software architecture and modern engineering practices with the ability to conduct in-depth code reviews and provide a point of technical escalation.
• A track record of delivering complex software solutions for commercial clients.
• The ability to operate at a strategic level, contributing to high‑level planning while remaining closely involved in delivery execution.

Technical background:

• Strong engineering background with experience building and maintaining modern web or cloud‑based systems.
• Proficiency with modern development practices, including CI/CD, automated testing, and scalable architecture design.
• Experience working with cloud infrastructure and modern deployment pipelines.
• Interest in AI enablement and emerging technologies.

In return we offer:

• A competitive salary that reflects the value you bring, not just the role you sit in.
• Equity through EMI options, so you share in what we’re building, not just contribute to it.
• A pension and private healthcare with Vitality, because looking after people properly matters.
• Hybrid working that’s built on trust. We care about outcomes, not where you sit.
• Time together that actually feels worth it. Team meetups that people want to be at, instead of the classic tech pizza and ping pong.
• A genuinely collaborative environment where people back each other, challenge each other, and get better together.
• Clear opportunities to grow, whether that’s deepening your craft or stepping into something bigger with a robust professional development framework.
• 30 days annual leave, plus your birthday off

This is an exciting time to join Zudu. They are entering a significant growth phase, scaling the team and enhancing their delivery capability to drive AI enablement for clients across the UK. With the opportunity to shape their delivery function this is a fantastic opportunity with potential for progression.

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