Eilidh Hendry

I'm VP of Engineering at TrustedHousesitters, a customer focused, purpose led business that I love being part of. What drives me most is solving interesting problems, and this role has given me plenty of those. Making sure that every unique pet with their unique needs, gets matched with the perfect sitter is a genuinely interesting problem, and geography and network effects add another layer to it. I joined when we were a small, founder led startup, and I've led through multiple exits as we've scaled to a business of over 150 people. Throughout that time there's been evolving people and technology challenges keeping things interesting and ensuring that I'm constantly learning. For me, building cool technology is never the point in itself. Technology is a tool to solve real customer problems and drive commercial value.

I lead with kindness and curiosity, and I believe everyone should be empowered to challenge and question. Once we've decided together though, we commit and move as one team.

I build strong relationships across the business and use them to work through hard problems with the people around me. I'm always learning from the people I work with, and I believe we get to the best solutions when we build diverse teams. Getting the right mix of people together matters just as much to me as solving the problem itself, and making tech a place where everyone belongs is something I care deeply about.