Zencargo

Head of Engineering Software Engineering

Remote London, UK
Microservices GCP Kubernetes Kotlin Spring Kafka
Description
Zencargo is looking for a Head of Engineering to work alongside our Head of Product, Head of Design and Head of Data managing our team of engineers, reporting to the COO. We have several experience teams, each managed by an engineering manager and given a high degree of autonomy in solving a key customer and/or business problem. 

Our platform is a web application that enables customers to capture their products and suppliers; plan and book their shipping; track shipments to arrival; forecast costs; and analyse their supply chain performance. It aims to make our customers’ supply chain their competitive advantage. We provide the platform, combined with our freight services, to major retailers across the globe, with a particular focus on the UK and EU. 

Our modern technology stack includes Kubernetes for orchestration, Kotlin and Spring Boot for robust application development, Kafka and a microservices architecture to enhance scalability. Our CI/CD pipeline, powered by Github, ensures seamless integration and delivery, all hosted on the cutting-edge Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and managed by IAC (infrastructure as code). We are in the later stages of moving the platform fully to this tech stack and have an exciting vision for the coming months and years. 



Key Responsibilities

  • Lead our team of software engineers to deliver technically sound solutions that meet our users’ needs, in line with the near-, mid- and long-term needs of the business
  • Develop the engineering team, including mentoring & coaching engineering managers and creating development opportunities, with the goal of fostering a high performing and engaged culture
  • Identify best practices and efficiencies and effectively  implement them on initiative to optimise the team’s ways of working
  • Work within the trinity of product, engineering & design to design and deliver our roadmap; collaborate with senior leadership to identify priorities; and build trust across the business 
  • Oversee the design of our software architecture and own processes to ensure it remains robust and secure

Zencargo
Zencargo
Freight Service Logistics SaaS Shipping Supply Chain Management

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