Head Of Engineering Java React Remote

Contact Name: James Clarke
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A world-leading US healthcare pioneer is expanding its UK presence and seeking a heavyweight technical leader to own and drive a modern, full-stack engineering function. As Head of Engineering, you'll guide a fast-moving, highly capable team delivering a cloud-native, API-driven platform that transforms global healthcare. This role is hands-on (approximately 5% of your time in Java), while also shaping engineering strategy, architecture, best practices, and technical direction across the growing technology function.

Fully remote with flexible arrangements within the UK.

Compensation and benefits

• Salary up to £150k, with a comprehensive benefits package.
• Performance-based bonus.
• Pension plan with employer contributions.
• Fully remote and flexible work setup within the UK.

• Lead and mentor a distributed team of engineers, fostering a culture of quality, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Stay hands-on by architecting and delivering core systems and integrations in an agile environment, with hands-on work spanning Java, Azure, and React.
• Define and evolve the technical roadmap, ensuring scalability, security, and performance across the platform.
• Collaborate with product leadership to design and implement solutions that align to business goals and customer needs.
• Drive engineering excellence through modern development practices—clean code, TDD, automation, and cloud-native deployment.
• Introduce and evaluate emerging technologies (with a focus on Java back-end, Azure cloud services, and React-based front-end) to strengthen reliability and innovation.

• Proven experience as a Head of Engineering, leading engineering strategy, architecture, and delivery in complex, fast-moving environments.
• Strong technical background in building cloud-based systems with hands-on backend development (Java) and modern front-end development (React) on Azure.
• Deep understanding of scalability, distributed systems, and performance optimization.
• Passion for mentoring engineers and leading high-performance teams.
• Track record of delivering reliable, resilient systems in agile environments.

• Experience with microservice architectures, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and site reliability engineering principles.
• Exposure to managing or scaling engineering functions in fast-paced growth environments.
• Comfortable blending leadership with technical depth in a modern cloud ecosystem (Azure) and frontend-backend integration.