Job Title: Head of Engineering
Department: Engineering
Reports To:  CEO
Location: UK preferred

Salary : £110k - £140k DOE

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About Recast:

Recast is the most innovative and scalable content monetisation solution in the sports & entertainment industry. Our innovative content syndication engine is designed to enable media owners to generate additional revenue from content.

Our technology integrates seamlessly, enabling instant access to live and on-demand content via our universal micropayment wallet, allowing fans to never leave your site - turning every view into a PPV.

The team at Recast are Driven, Resilient and Transparent. If these values resonate with you then keep reading!

Who You Are:
You are an experienced engineering leader with a passion for building and scaling high-performance teams. You thrive in fast-paced, startup environments and are excited about the opportunity to lead the technical vision of a company at the forefront of content monetisation innovation. With a deep understanding of API development, cloud-native technologies, and microservices architecture, you are ready to take on the challenge of transforming Recast’s platform into a world-class solution. Your hands-on approach, coupled with a strong sense of urgency and accountability, enables you to drive projects from inception to completion, ensuring alignment with business objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage the engineering team, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement. Attract, hire, mentor, and retain talented developers, leaders, and other technical team members.
• Drive the architectural vision for Recast’s API-centric platform, ensuring scalability, security, and performance. Manage the transition to a microservices architecture, leveraging the latest cloud services and infrastructure technologies.
• Work closely with the product management team to ensure engineering efforts align with product priorities. Provide feedback on the product roadmap, translating requirements into technical specifications and driving the development of APIs that meet the needs of rights holders and content creators.
• Implement and maintain structured engineering processes, optimizing team focus by minimizing context switching, managing workload distribution, and ensuring engineers are dedicated to the most impactful tasks. Establish a clear reporting structure within the engineering team to improve accountability and overall performance.
• Own and drive projects from planning through execution. Lead engineers in planning, prioritizing, and executing tasks within deadlines while managing risks.
• Ensure best practices in software development, including code quality, testing, and security, are adhered to across the team. Foster a strong DevOps culture, ensuring the continuous delivery and reliability of our services.
• Define, own and oversee key engineering metrics and KPIs, ensuring the team’s efforts align with business objectives and add measurable value. Analyze product performance metrics and customer feedback to identify opportunities for improvement and innovation.
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and emerging technologies to keep Recast’s platform competitive. Ensure the implementation of best practices in API development, security, compliance, and other industry standards.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 5 years in a leadership role, and a proven track record of building and scaling high-performance engineering teams.
• Proven experience in restructuring or scaling engineering teams in early-stage startups, with a track record of improving focus and efficiency.
• Ability to motivate people, instill accountability, and achieve results.
• Strong experience building and delivering SaaS applications.
• Strong background in API development and cloud-native technologies, including RESTful APIs, and a deep understanding of API lifecycle management.
• Extensive experience with microservices architecture.
• Hands-on programming experience in modern, commercially used programming languages, with a strong foundation in computer science fundamentals and engineering rigor.
• Experience with one or more cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), with a focus on scalable and secure architectures.
• Experience with agile development processes, continuous integration, and test automation.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, mentor, and develop engineering teams, with strong communication, leadership, and project management skills.
• Strong focus on security best practices, including ensuring compliance with industry standards.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in developing and managing public APIs, with a focus on API scalability, security, compliance, and developer experience.
• Familiarity with OpenAPI Specifications for standardized HTTP API descriptions.
• Experience with managing remote engineering teams, consisting of full-time employees and contractors.
• Proven ability to partner effectively with the executive team on the vision, growth, culture, and future of the business.
• Experience in the media, content, or entertainment industry.

Job Details

This is a full-time position with the majority of the team based in Edinburgh. We currently work remotely with opportunities for the team to get together weekly/monthly.

Perks:

We hope that the self-satisfaction you get from working with us will outweigh any side line offerings but we do have a few perks on the side:

• Unlimited holiday
• Flexible working
• Share options
• Charitable giving days
• Birthday off

In addition, there’s the routine get-togethers and all-round camaraderie you’d expect from a start-up.

Applying

We don’t use any automated filtering systems - all applications will be reviewed by a member of the recruitment team. We welcome covering letters if there is anything you would like to expand upon.

Unfortunately, we are unable to respond to everyone with individual feedback. We aim to review applications and interview promising candidates quickly, and will generally get back to you within 2 weeks if we plan to progress your application.

We are committed to eliminating discrimination and have a commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion in the workplace. All applications are treated with the utmost respect and are reviewed without bias towards gender, race, religious preference or disability.

Interview Process

Introductory call

• Introduction of Recast, we’ll tell you what we do and find out a little more about yourself

Meet the Hiring manager [1hr]

• Explanation of the role
• Discussion about your previous experience and suitability for the position

Team introduction [30min - 1hr]

• Meet 1-2 people you’ll be working alongside

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