Head of Engineering

Gridsight is a rapidly growing GridTech startup that is accelerating global electrification and decarbonisation. We believe the greatest barrier to a world run entirely on renewables is the preparedness of electricity grids. We are tackling this problem head on by building a vertical SaaS platform for electricity utilities that enables them to modernise grid operations and unlock transformational new capabilities such as dynamic grid management. The opportunity is enormous. When Gridsight succeeds, we drastically accelerate the transition from fossil fuels to renewables globally. Having recently raised our Series A funding from Airtree Ventures, Energy Transition Ventures and Area VC, we are poised for rapid growth and are seeking talented individuals to join us on our mission.

With a distributed team of 45+ and a growing engineering org, we’re now hiring a Head of Engineering to partner with our Product and Technology founder to lead, scale, and mature our technical team and practices. This is a unique opportunity for a people-first engineering leader to shape how we build and grow, from mentoring emerging managers to guiding the team through technical and organisational evolution as we prepare for market expansion.

Your Impact

• Enable Gridsight’s product vision and commercial goals through technology.
• Lead and scale a 15–20 person high-performing engineering team (across software, data engineering, and data science), with an emphasis on developing first-time managers and building strong technical leadership layers.
• You will set, evolve and operationalise technical and product strategies in close partnership with the founders and Technical Leads, aligning engineering decisions with the company’s long-term vision and product roadmap.
• Introduce structure, clarity, and scalable processes to support high-quality execution as the team grows.
• Empower your engineering team to make sound technical decisions.
• Own and drive the technical architectural vision required to support new market infrastructure, new user applications, real-time data pipelines, and matured data processing capabilities.
• Champion a team culture that balances high expectations with inclusivity, psychological safety, and learning.
• Work cross-functionally to integrate newly hired product and design leadership into engineering processes.
• Reconciling Commercial priorities for Engineering, and championing for long-term Engineering success.
  
  

What You’ll Help Build

• A reliable, scalable data technology platform that delivers commercial results.
• A resilient and empowered engineering leadership layer.
• Clear engineering career paths, including succession planning.
• Scalable systems and processes for a remote-first, distributed team.
• A healthy engineering culture ready for post-Series A scale.
  
  

What You Bring

• Seasoned engineering leader - you have done this a couple of times before and have a great track record.
• Battle-tested perspectives on navigating growth-stage challenges including org restructuring, scaling infrastructure and cross-functional ways of working.
• Experience managing 30+ person teams with a strong coaching orientation.
• Proven ability to mentor first-time managers and develop technical leads into leaders.
• Adept at building processes in high-growth environments, ideally in product- and data-heavy tech companies.
• Ability to design hiring processes and close senior talent.
• Technical fluency - you can engage deeply in architectural discussions without needing to write code daily and can navigate and capitalise on fast-moving shifts in the technology and engineering landscape.
• Ideally, a foundation in data products and enterprise SaaS.
  
  

Why Join Us

• Be part of a mission-driven company working on hard, meaningful problems in energy and sustainability.
• Step into a leadership role with clear scope for impact across team, technology, and culture.
• Competitive salary, equity, and a strong emphasis on learning, mentorship, and growth.
• A remote-first team that values flexibility, but also invests in meaningful in-person moments.