Job Description

Overview:
Imagine having the opportunity to lead the development of high-impact digital products with a world-class engineering team, all while working towards a greater purpose of making the world a better and safer place. Element, a well-established organization that touches billions of lives, is searching for a Director of Engineering in London to help build a startup within our organization.


As the Director of Engineering, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the technical vision and engineering strategy while fostering an inclusive and diverse environment that welcomes different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.


You will hire and grow diverse engineering teams, cultivating a collaborative engineering culture that advances engineering craftsmanship and product delivery. You will work alongside peers in product and design, building and retaining a high-performing team to deliver on the technology and product roadmap, driving innovation every step of the way.


If you are passionate about building impactful digital products and want to be part of a team committed to making the world a better place, Element is the perfect opportunity for you. Join us and make your mark on the world, one innovative product at a time.
Responsibilities:

• Define the technical vision, roadmap and design of products
• Provide technical leadership for software engineering teams to ensure successful and timely delivery of products and feature roll-outs
• Hire, coach and develop a diverse, world-class team of engineers at all levels
• Lead teams to build scalable products, striving for an engineering culture that is inclusive and embraces different backgrounds and perspectives
• Champion engineering excellence establishing success metrics, driving continuous operational improvement, measure and improve the quality, security, and performance of our products
• Be a driver for change across your teams and the broader organization by creating a collaborative and agile engineering culture where everyone feels supported in a caring meritocracy

Skills / Qualifications:
You have:

• 10+ years of engineering leadership experience in building software products, from concept to launch
• 5+ years of managing high performing and diverse engineering teams
• Experience working in a start-up like environments with constantly shifting requirements
• Strong experience implementing end-to-end Agile methodology through the software development life cycle
• Strong collaboration skills across crafts and are excited to work with a range of stakeholders from business, technology, and subject-matter experts
• Experience identifying and mitigating risks for all the stages of software development life cycle

You are familiar with:

• Cloud-native applications architecture and implementation
• Kubernetes and container-based deployments
• Front-end development with Typescript and React
• Back-end development with Python and Go
• Databases like PostgreSQL and Cassandra
• Setting up and securing end-to-end Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Implementing end-to-end observability and maintaining solutions reliability

#LI-DJ1 Company Overview:
Element is one of the fastest growing testing, inspection and certification businesses in the world. Globally we have more than 7,500 brilliant minds operating from 200 sites across 30 countries. Together we share an ambitious purpose to \xe2\x80\x98Make tomorrow safer than today\xe2\x80\x99.


When failure in use is not an option, we help customers make certain that their products, materials, processes and services are safe, compliant and fit for purpose. From early R&D, through complex regulatory approvals and into production, our global laboratory network of scientists, engineers, and technologists support customers to achieve assurance over product quality, sustainable outcomes, and market access.


While we are proud of our global reach, working at Element feels like being part of a smaller company. We empower you to take charge of your career, and reward excellence and integrity with growth and development.


Industries across the world depend on our care, attention to detail and the absolute accuracy of our work. The role we have to play in creating a safer world is much bigger than our organization. Diversity Statement:
At Element, we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming \xe2\x80\x9cthe world\xe2\x80\x99s most trusted testing partner\xe2\x80\x9d.


All suitably qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective work related criteria and without regard for the following: age, disability, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, race, religion, responsibility of dependents, sexual orientation, or gender identity or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws.