Director of Engineering

We are Multiverse, a tech scaleup with a social mission. We’re creating a diverse group of future leaders by building an outstanding alternative to university and corporate training, through the power of professional apprenticeships.

We’re one of the fastest-growing businesses in Europe and rapidly expanding in North America, working with over 500 clients including McKinsey & Co, Morgan Stanley, Verizon and Visa. In June 2022, we broke the EdTech funding record (again!) by announcing our $220m Series D, making Multiverse the UK’s first ever EdTech unicorn.

Join us on our journey to democratising access to the best careers and learning opportunities.

Requirements

Our Engineering teams are cross-functional Squads responsible for building the Multiverse Platform. We work collaboratively with Product, UX and the wider business in a highly autonomous way. Squads are grouped in a domain based on their focus areas, and as Director of engineering you will be leading one of these domains. As the technology leader you will inspire, manage and grow other leaders within the domain. You will support your Product and Business counterparts and work collaboratively to achieve your objectives. You will report into VP Of Engineering and play a key strategic role in this fast growing business. Specific priorities of the role:

Inspiration

• Grow and inspire teams and leaders by setting clear and achievable objectives
• Elevate engineers into leadership roles and make them more external facing
• Lead by examples and create a positive & innovation driven culture

Technology

• Collaborate with principal engineers and other technical leaders to define a sustainable platform strategy
• Define and measure technical KPIs that lead to a successful delivery without compromising quality
• Engineer by heart. Automation first mindset
• Customer obsessed, with focus on operational excellence and delivery excellence. Driving decisions through data

Scale

• Actively hire, onboard and grow teams
• Set up processes and practices that allow fast growth without any compromises
• Think strategically while remaining open to tactical approaches for pragmatic reasons

Collaboration

• Work collaboratively with your peers (e.g. Head Of Product) as well as stakeholders
• Build & maintain strong relationships with other functions in the organisation who use the platform, as well as collaborating with the Data & Insights team
• Improving transparency and collaboration when defining priorities and objectives

About you:

• 10+ years of experience building and delivering products and services
• 2+ years of experience building and growing multiple high performance teams/managers
• Proven track record of delivering high quality technical solutions against ambitious goals
• Significant experience with AWS or any other cloud provider, Functional or Object Oriented Programming languages, API first approach, distributed systems, Continuous delivery, GitHub, Infrastructure as code
• Strong communication skills and demonstrable ability to collaborate with both technical and non technical colleagues
• Commitment to Multiverse’s mission and values

Benefits

• Time off - 27 days holiday, plus 7 additional days off: 1 life event day, 2 volunteer days and 4 company-wide wellbeing days
• Health & wellbeing - private medical Insurance with Bupa, a medical cashback scheme, life insurance, and access to Spill - all in one mental health support
• Hybrid & remote working - weekly or monthly visits to the London office
• Flexibility - 4 day or 80% contracts will be considered for this role
• Equity - every Multiverse employee has ownership in the business through equity options
• Team fun - weekly socials and regular offsite events

Our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

We’re an equal opportunities employer. And proud of it. Every applicant and employee is afforded the same opportunities regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. This will never change.

Right to work

Do you have the right to work in the UK? Unfortunately, at this time we cannot offer sponsorship for this role and we cannot consider overseas applications.

Safeguarding

All posts in Multiverse involve some degree of responsibility for safeguarding. Successful applicants are required to complete a Disclosure Form from the Disclosure and Barring Service ("DBS") for the position. Failure to declare any convictions (that are not subject to DBS filtering) may disqualify a candidate for appointment or result in summary dismissal if the discrepancy comes to light subsequently.