Engineering Excellence Lead

This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of Trilitech. We are currently looking for an Engineering Excellence Lead in London.

We're seeking a driven and strategic Engineering Excellence Lead to shape and scale engineering performance across a fast-paced, mission-driven tech organization. Working alongside engineering and product leadership, you'll lead the charge in optimizing development processes, delivery frameworks, and productivity tools. You will play a central role in supporting over 100 engineers across domains and geographies, driving continuous improvement, technical agility, and a high-performance culture. If you're energized by the opportunity to influence at scale and thrive in an environment that values autonomy, innovation, and measurable impact-this is your moment.

Accountabilities:

• Develop and execute a strategic vision for engineering excellence aligned with organizational goals and technical leadership priorities.
• Define, track, and report key performance indicators such as velocity, quality, efficiency, and reliability.
• Lead initiatives to enhance development workflows, reduce technical debt, and accelerate delivery timelines.
• Introduce and standardize engineering practices across teams including agile methods, test automation, CI/CD pipelines, and internal audits.
• Foster collaboration between Engineering, DevOps, SRE, and QA to align infrastructure, tooling, and operations with engineering needs.
• Champion a culture of accountability, transparency, continuous learning, and high performance.
• Partner with HR and team leads to support career growth, coaching programs, and team performance strategies.
• Evaluate and implement engineering productivity tools, including AI-powered solutions, and own key vendor relationships.
• Support strategic partnerships and integrations through technical due diligence and collaboration.

• Proven track record of improving engineering outcomes across organizations with 50+ engineers.
• Substantial experience as a senior engineer, engineering manager, or in engineering program management within tech-first environments.
• In-depth knowledge of agile software development practices, delivery frameworks, and DevOps tools.
• Skilled in defining, measuring, and analyzing engineering metrics to inform performance improvements.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to lead through influence.
• Experience in scaling teams across different domains or geographies is a strong plus.
• Familiarity with tools such as GitHub, Asana, Datadog, Linear, and DORA metrics is desirable.
• A background in organizational change or transformation initiatives is an advantage.

• Competitive salary with substantial performance-based incentives.
• Generous Long-Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) via tez token scheme.
• Hybrid working model with the flexibility to work abroad up to 20 days/year.
• 25 days paid holiday plus your birthday off.
• Commuter cost reimbursement (up to £2,700 annually).
• Daily in-office lunches.
• Double-matched pension contributions (up to 10%).
• Enhanced parental and adoption leave policies.
• Private medical and travel insurance with mental health support.
• Learning and development support for personal and professional growth.
• Life assurance (5x base salary).

Jobgether is a Talent Matching Platform that partners with companies worldwide to efficiently connect top talent with the right opportunities through AI-driven job matching.

When you apply, your profile goes through our AI-powered screening process designed to identify top talent efficiently and fairly.

Our AI evaluates your CV and LinkedIn profile thoroughly, analyzing your skills, experience, and achievements.
It compares your profile to the job's core requirements and past success factors to determine your match score.
Based on this analysis, we automatically shortlist the 3 candidates with the highest match to the role.
When necessary, our human team may perform an additional manual review to ensure no strong profile is missed.

The process is transparent, skills-based, and free of bias - focusing solely on your fit for the role.
Once the shortlist is completed, we share it directly with the company that owns the job opening. The final decision and next steps (such as interviews or additional assessments) are then made by their internal hiring team.

Thank you for your interest!