About Fresha
Fresha is the leading marketplace platform for beauty & wellness trusted by millions of consumers and businesses worldwide.
Fresha is used by 110,000+ businesses and 450,000+ stylists and professionals worldwide, processing over 1 billion appointments to date.
The company is headquartered in London, United Kingdom, with 12 global offices located across North America, EMEA and APAC.
Fresha allows consumers to discover, book and pay for beauty and wellness appointments with local businesses via its marketplace, while beauty and wellness businesses and professionals use an all-in-one platform to manage their entire operations with an intuitive subscription-free business software and financial technology solutions.
Fresha’s ecosystem gives merchants everything they need to run their business seamlessly by facilitating appointment bookings, point-of-sale, customer records management, marketing automation, loyalty, beauty products inventory and team management.
The consumer marketplace unlocks revenue potential for partner businesses by leveraging the power of online bookings and automated marketing through mobile apps and advanced integrations with major tech brands including Instagram, Facebook and Google.

SKILLS, EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED

• Experience leading a large, high-achieving engineering function - including building and scaling teams
• Strong leadership skills
• Experience working within a start-up or scale-up, ideally in a consumer brand
• Experience with event-driven architectures and a strong understanding of relational databases
• Extensive knowledge of engineering practices and principles as well as an understanding of methods of problem-solving
• Experience building mission-critical systems
• Experience with multiple programming languages
• Creative thinking and problem-solving mindset
• Ability to interact with people from across the business and build strong relationships, including the ability to effectively influence upwards
• Happy to roll sleeves up and assist the team when required (team player)
• Self-starter and proactive approach
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced and changing environment

Given our exciting and progressive growth plans, we are looking for an exceptional Head of Engineering - Marketplace to join our global business.
Reporting directly to the Chief Technology Officer and working with the Head of Product, you will oversee the quality of service delivery, processes and lead the Marketplace engineering teams at Fresha.
This is a great opportunity for someone looking to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, who likes to work collaboratively, enjoys a challenge and wants to make an impact from day 1.
To foster a collaborative environment that thrives on face-to-face interactions and teamwork, all Fresha employees work from the office four days per week, with the flexibility to work remotely one day each week. London office address: The Bower, The Tower, 207 Old St, London EC1V 9NR