Engineering Manager – 12-month FTC

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Directly oversees engineers, guiding their work, estimations, and removing obstacles, serving as the primary escalation point.

• Collaborates closely with the Product Manager and Tech Lead to offer guidance and coaching to squad members regarding technical contributions, product roadmap, and other pertinent areas.

• Provides constructive feedback and aids engineers in enhancing their skills.

• Ensures compliance with development methodologies.

• Standardizes processes (e.g., agile ceremonies, code quality standards) while allowing squads the autonomy needed for effective delivery.

• Monitors tasks, maintains project velocity, and takes ownership of squad-level deliverables in line with the roadmap.

• Aligns teams through regular sync-ups to maintain clarity.

• Aligns with company objectives and measurable outcomes via transparent OKRs (Objectives and Key Results).

• Proactively monitors engineer well-being, identifies burnout risks, and suggests solutions.

• Reports upwards to address systemic issues.

• Utilizes metrics to assess quality and delivery.

• Promotes retrospective analysis for ongoing improvement.

• Acknowledges milestones and individual contributions to enhance morale and engagement.

⛳️ Requirements

• Experience in world-class product/tech organizations, whether at scale (Google, Microsoft, Uber, Booking.com) or high-growth startups (Monzo, N26, Personio).

• Proven ability to build and lead high-caliber engineering teams.

• Experience in leading engineering teams focused on Generative AI (Prompt Engineering, Fine Tuning, RAG).

• Understanding of Technical Requirements with an Emphasis on Quality: Ability to translate product requirements into squad plans and capacity while ensuring high coding standards, maintainability, and prevention of technical debt.

• People Management: Capability to motivate, provide constructive feedback, manage performance, and resolve interpersonal conflicts within a team.

• Agile Expertise: Proficient in implementing and refining Agile processes (such as Scrum or Kanban), including task breakdown, estimation, and sprint planning.

• Collaborative and Empathetic: Possesses strong communication skills and fosters positive relationships with engineers by understanding their motivations and work styles.

• Quality Champion: Driven to produce high-quality code and instills a focus on maintainability, testing, and code standards within the team.

• Results-Driven and Process-Oriented: Capable of balancing adherence to Agile methodologies and delivery timelines while focusing on continuous improvement. Familiar with utilizing OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) to establish measurable goals.

🏝️ Benefits

• £/€800 annual learning budget, along with two hours per week designated as 'Focus Fridays'.

• Flexible working arrangements – choose a setup that suits you, with the only requirement being an in-person visit to our UK HQ once a quarter.

• 25 days of holiday in addition to your local bank holidays.

• A day off for your birthday.

• Two half-day well-being days.

• Healthcare cash plan to assist with daily healthcare expenses.

• 24/7, 365 support through our Employee Assistance Plan.

• Income Protection (75%) and life assurance (4x salary).

• Pension scheme.

• Enhanced parental leave package, offering 26 weeks of fully paid maternity leave and 4 weeks of fully paid paternity leave.

• £50 monthly allowance for personal use, with your very own Benifex card replenished at the start of each month!