Engineering Lead

Job description

A BIT ABOUT FLOCK At Flock we do insurance very differently. We're nearing 1 billion connected, insured miles. Meaning our real-time, data-driven approach enables us to price connected vehicle insurance and assess risk better than ever before, giving fleet owners the insights they need to improve safety. We don’t just pay claims; we help our customers prevent them. We now insure hundreds of fleets in the UK, including the likes of Amazon, DPD, Uber and Bolt. We've now raised over £50M and our goal is to become the leading insurance company for connected and autonomous vehicles, and we're building a world-class team to help us get there. We're an AI-first business, so whatever the role, we want people who reach for AI by default, stay curious about what it can do, and use it to work faster and think bigger. THE ROLE Engineering Lead for the Acquisition team. You'll work closely with the PM to lead the team toward its goals, owning delivery, operational reliability and developer experience. You’ll ship production code and provide technical coaching and leadership to the engineers around you, not line management. You'll also shape how the team uses AI tools and coding agents to ship faster without lowering the quality bar. WHAT WE THINK IS MOST EXCITING ABOUT THE ROLE: Lead a team building products that directly drive Flock's growth Own delivery and technical quality for the Acquisition team, working hand in hand with the PM to ship features that directly impact how fleets find and choose Flock. Write high-quality, well-tested TypeScript and own end-to-end delivery to production Partner with product to drive impact Work closely with the PM, the Engineering Leadership Team and stakeholders to translate business goals into clear technical scope, success metrics and delivery plans. Grow engineers around you Lead by example through code, design discussions and pairing. Coach and mentor engineers across the team to raise standards and share ownership of technical direction. Shape how the team works, not just what it builds Drive improvements to developer experience, CI/CD, observability and release practices that make the whole team faster and more confident. Make pragmatic trade-offs that balance reliability, performance and cost across AWS services. Decide how the team uses AI, from coding assistants to agent workflows in review and release, keeping engineering j…