Head of Engineering

Head of Engineering

About us. 

At StreamAMG, we empower organisations across sports, media, and betting to deliver live and on-demand video content at scale, offering exceptional streaming experiences. As a leader in video technology, live streaming, and sports OTT, we deliver over 15,000 live events worldwide annually, ensuring the highest quality and most reliable viewing experience for our customers and their audiences.

Inclusion.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where your unique skills, experiences, and perspectives are valued. We understand the importance of work-life balance and actively support agile working. In this role we are open to exploring hybrid working arrangements provided you are willing to attend the Salford office regularly.
If you need any adjustments during the recruitment process, please reach out to our recruitment team—we are here to support you every step of the way.

About the role. 

As Head of Engineering at StreamAMG, you will be a key member of the Senior Leadership Team, holding ultimate accountability for engineering delivery and innovation. 

You will drive growth and profitability through technical excellence, while developing and executing engineering and delivery strategy aligned with our business and product strategy.

Your strong hands-on engineering background will be crucial in making technical decisions that drive both engineering excellence and commercial success. 

Working closely with senior business stakeholders, you will translate business strategy into technical execution while fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities.

Delivery Accountability

• Accountable for all engineering delivery across StreamAMG, leading distributed engineering teams and delivery partners.
• Ensure predictable, high-quality outcomes aligned with business goals and drive improvements in metrics: business impact, predictability, quality, and efficiency.

• Develop and execute engineering strategy aligned with business objectives to drive growth and profitability.
• Innovate engineering practices to keep StreamAMG at the forefront of OTT technology and identify and pursue opportunities for technical innovation with business impact.

• Lead platform transformation and drive cloud migration and legacy system modernisation.
• Balance innovation with stability across the technology stack.

• Provide technical guidance for architectural and technical decisions, promoting modern engineering practices.
• Foster technical innovation and continuous learning.

• Build, lead, and inspire high-performing, distributed engineering teams.
• Foster an inclusive culture of innovation and technical excellence.
• Champion equity, diversity, and inclusion initiatives.
• Embed accountability for all products and services through a “build it, run it, own it” approach.

• Our ideal candidate will need to have a proven track record as a hands-on technical leader with deep expertise in:
  1. Modern JavaScript/TypeScript ecosystems (Node.js, React)
  2. Legacy technologies including .NET
  3. MACH architecture principles (Microservices, API-first, Cloud-native, Headless)
  4. Multitenant SaaS/PaaS platforms
  5. Open-source technologies and communities
  6. Cloud platforms (primarily AWS) and distributed systems o Container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker)
  7. Serverless technologies (AWS Lambda)
  8. CDNs (Akamai, Cloudfront, Fastly)
  9. Event-driven architectures
  10. CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
  11. Application of AI/ML technologies

• Experience with video streaming technologies and OTT platforms preferred.
• History of scaling engineering organisations while maintaining technical excellence
• Experience leading geographically distributed engineering teams and managing delivery partners.
• Experience with cloud migrations and legacy modernisation
• Strong understanding of monitoring, observability, and performance optimisation
• Practical experience implementing MACH principles in enterprise environments.
• Demonstrated success driving growth and profitability through technical innovation.
• Experience managing substantial engineering budgets and teams.
• Strong history of delivering complex technical projects at scale.

• Competitive salary and management bonus
• 25 days holiday 
• Annual wellbeing day
• Annual volunteering day
• Eye Care Vouchers
• Private healthcare
• Life Assurance (4x salary)