Extremely competitive + Generous Equity component

A leading global consulting business in Process Automation are looking for a Head of Engineering to be a leading player in the Services side of their business.The company are seen as a leading business in the real commercial application of Artificial Intelligence in Companies, having had models productionised in over 300 companies globally.The Head of Engineering will lead a talented Engineering team of 8 people on the services side of the company. You’ll be responsible for setting processes and standards for the team and leading client relationships from an Engineering perspective being heavily involved in both Pre and Post sales.The team you’d lead are made up of PhD level Engineers who most work in Python to deploy Machine Learning Models. (They also work with Scala and react.js) This team will double over next 12 months.Mid term career progression could see you take on a wider team of Data Scientist as well,Longer term it would be to step into the CTO role within the Services business which is a role that will become availableExperienced software engineering background – experience both front and back end applications. Fairly agnostic to Languages but ideally will have experience with either Python, R, Scala, C++, Java etcStrong commercial communication skills who can lead relationships with commercial stakeholders up to C-Level, distilling the complex into simple business languageKnowledge to provide thought leadership in the Cloud and Machine Learning space