Engineering Manager
This role – a people‑first leadership position – will guide an engineering team that builds customer‑impacting features. You’ll focus on people development, process improvement, and ensuring high‑quality delivery. The role is not hands‑on coding, but requires technical awareness and engagement with cross‑functional teams.
Key Responsibilities
People Leadership & Development
- Manage and develop a team of engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and high performance
- Conduct regular 1:1s, provide coaching and feedback, and support career growth
- Build psychological safety and team cohesion
- Support hiring as the team and company scales
- Create an environment where engineers can do their best work
Delivery & Process
- Own your team's delivery, ensuring consistent, predictable output
- Work closely with Product Managers, QA, and Research to scope, prioritise, and deliver work
- Drive continuous improvement in delivery cadence and quality
- Reduce incidents and improve system reliability
- Embed and refine engineering processes that scale with the organisation
- Remove blockers and create clarity for the team
Technical Engagement
- Participate in technical scoping and design discussions
- Understand the technical challenges your team faces well enough to know when to elevate or seek help from senior technical staff
- Maintain enough technical awareness to make informed trade‑offs between speed and quality
- Contribute to architectural discussions without writing code
Cross‑functional Collaboration
- Partner with Product to align on roadmap and priorities
- Collaborate with QA to ensure quality standards
- Coordinate with Design on user experience
- Communicate effectively with other Engineering Managers and leadership
What We’re Looking For
Essential
- 2+ years of engineering management experience, ideally in a scale‑up or high‑growth environment
- Proven track record of improving team delivery cadence and reducing quality issues
- Strong people management skills with experience developing engineers at different career stages
- Experience working in cross‑functional product teams with Product, Design, and QA
- Ability to contribute to technical scoping and design without being hands‑on in code
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Comfortable operating in a fast‑paced, evolving environment
- Track record of building sustainable, healthy teams that deliver consistently
Desirable
- Experience in SaaS or B2B product companies
- Previous experience as a strong software engineer
- Familiarity with modern engineering practices and tooling
- Experience hiring and scaling engineering teams
What Success Looks Like
- Built strong relationships with your team and cross‑functional partners
- Improved your team's delivery predictability and cadence
- Contributed to reducing incidents and improving quality metrics
- Embedded effective processes for planning, retrospectives, and continuous improvement
- Supported team members’ growth through regular coaching and feedback
- Made meaningful progress on at least one significant team improvement initiative
Here’s Our Promise to You
- We are going to work with you - to build a rewarding and fulfilling career with the opportunities, challenges, and resources you need to do your best work.
- We succeed together- you will own a meaningful part of the business through our employee shares & equity programme.
- Private health insurance to keep you in tip‑top condition.
- Life Insurance - let's hope nobody ever needs this!
- Unlimited holidays - yes, it really is uncapped - take the time you need, when you need it.
- Everyone is learning, developing and challenging themselves so we have a £1k professional development fund per year if you want to learn new skills, even new things outside of work.
- Most importantly of all, we will work with you, to help you realise your fullest potential, always.
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