Moonstar.ai is the engagement and retention platform for frontline workers, supporting companies to engage their staff by integrating the essential tools that make employees happier, more connected and more productive.

Our goal is to become the leading global platform that gives a voice and offers more opportunities to people working at the frontline.

We are building a mobile first platform that brings together the main functionalities to engage and retain remote and deskless staff, namely, company communication & operational collaboration, onboarding & learning, recognition and rewards.

Moonstar is an award-winning and fast-growth start-up having been nominated among the most innovative companies in the UK by InnovateUK. We are fully funded and have clients across North America and Europe. We are also incubated at the Harvard University Innovation Lab.

We are looking for an exceptional individual to join as our Head of Engineering to lead and expand our tech team of three developers, take ownership of the engineering roadmap and vision of our company.

THE ROLE

We are looking for a full-time, highly-driven Head of Engineering to head up our engagement and retention platform development and beyond. As the Head of Engineering, you will lead and mentor our team of engineers to deliver impactful engagement features, advise on technology selection, architecture, long-term technology strategy, but also spend time hands-on developing the platform.

You will work hand in hand with our Product Manager and Product Designer to craft the product roadmap, define and prioritize requirements and advocate for agile software development practices from conception to deployment.

We are looking for someone exceptionally ambitious, extremely bright, hardworking and unwaveringly candid. If you are looking for an opportunity to lead Engineering at a high-impact startup, then Moonstar is the place for you.

IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL

• Lead the engineering strategy and build the roadmap of deliverables. You will balance short- and long-term needs and provide technical leadership and strategic direction to our team.
• Own the solution architecture. You will lead the development of our engagement and retention platform, with a focus on quality control and code optimization. You will champion and influence software engineering best practices and help ensure these are followed across the company.
• Grow a high performing engineering team. You will be responsible for building an effective team that can deliver results consistently. You’ll help them balance a high-impact ship-and-iterate approach whilst ensuring our systems are robust, reliable and compliant.
• Partner with senior leaders and key stakeholders. You will be an integral part of our senior team, and help shape the culture and working practices of our Product Development team alongside our Product Manager.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• 7+ years of experience in .NET, asynchronous development using Clean Architecture, Domain-driven design
• 5+ years of experience designing scalable and performant applications in Azure
• 2+ years of experience building & leading engineering teams
• Experience in designing and developing modern queue-based systems using Azure services like Azure Service Bus, Azure Queue Storages, etc.
• Knowledge of different database paradigms, including SQL, no-SQL and Graph databases
• Experience building GraphQL & GRPC API
• Experience in implementing automated tests and an appreciation for clean code

And most importantly, also….

• Resilient, with an understanding that building a startup requires flexibility and a profound sense of ownership
• Highly autonomous attitude
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to partner closely with our Senior Team and stakeholders
• Proactive, always on the lookout for developing ideas for new features by monitoring industry trends
• Advanced fluency in English, with proficient writing and speaking skills

IDEALLY

• Prior role within a B2B SaaS environment and/or HR Tech
• Previous entrepreneurial experience and / or scale-up
• Strong interest in developing software that helps employees making them more engaged and more productive

BENEFITS

• A competitive salary plus options
• Growing in an innovative company that places high value on personal development and professional progression. Personal budgets for L&D and wellbeing initiatives
• External mentorship from an experienced CTO
• Working with intelligent and amazing people and experts, who love challenging the status-quo, while having a lot of fun doing it
• Dog-friendly workplace. We have the best Bernese Mountain Dog ourselves.
• Fully remote, we are based in London, but work remotely and meet in person four times per year

If you’re excited about the opportunity, we’d love to meet you. Please drop us a line with your resume at hello@moonstar.ai.