Head of Engineering

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About Monolith AI
Monolith AI is on a mission to empower engineers with AI that tackles the toughest scientific and engineering problems — from next-generation battery design to transformational industrial workflows. We’re a passionate, high-impact team that values curiosity, creativity, and collaboration as we build world-class AI-enabled platforms.

London, United Kingdom
Hybrid / Full-time

• Define and lead the technical strategy and architecture for our platform, ensuring it is scalable, reliable, and secure for enterprise customers.
• Set the engineering vision and execution model, translating product and business objectives into high-impact technical roadmaps.
• Partner closely with Product, Sales, Solutions, Customer Success, and the Executive team to ensure engineering is a core driver of business impact.
• Lead and grow a high-performing engineering organisation with a focus on delivery discipline, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.
• Drive engineering processes and standards that enable predictable delivery while maintaining high engineering quality.
• Ensure our systems meet enterprise expectations for performance, uptime, and security.
• Represent engineering in cross-functional company planning and decision-making forums.
• Foster a culture of psychological safety, ownership, and high accountability across engineering teams.

• Has significant engineering leadership experience, including hands‑on technical credibility early in their career.
• Has designed and scaled complex platforms — especially in data‑intensive or AI‑enabled environments.
• Thrives at both strategic and tactical levels, setting direction while enabling teams to execute.
  
  Understands how to balance feature velocity with architectural quality and scalability.
• Has experience building and scaling engineering teams (ideally 30+ engineers).
• Is customer‑centric and treats engineering as a lever for business outcomes.
• Communicates clearly with engineers, business stakeholders, and executives alike.
• Has experience in fast‑moving, growth‑oriented environments (startups or scale‑ups).

• Developing a well‑articulated engineering strategy that unlocks platform scale and performance.
• Building clarity and confidence across cross‑functional teams around technical delivery and prioritisation.
• Establishing repeatable, effective engineering processes and metrics.
• Attracting and retaining top engineering talent.
• Demonstrating measurable improvements in delivery predictability, customer outcomes, and platform quality.

At Monolith, you’ll be part of a team that values curiosity, authenticity, and collaboration
. We encourage bold thinking, continuous learning, and building together towards a meaningful mission — creating AI tools that accelerate engineering and scientific progress.