Head of Engineering

Head of Engineering – Rust / Distributed Systems Infrastructure

Salary: Up To £180,000

Location: UK

I’m currently working with an early-stage infrastructure company building high-performance distributed systems, with Rust at the core of the stack, who are looking for a Head of Engineering to lead the design, build, and scale of a genuinely differentiated systems architecture.

This is a pivotal role reporting directly to the CTO, owning the core engineering stack and leading a small but highly capable team. The business is building a new approach to real-time data and system infrastructure, designed to remove traditional dependencies on external services through a more tightly integrated, systems-native architecture.

You’ll remain hands-on technically while driving engineering standards, roadmap execution, and team growth.

This is a rare opportunity to join at the right stage and shape both ...