Engineering Manager

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

📋 Description

• Lead a dynamic and expanding engineering team.

• Take charge of the engineering strategy, technical execution, team wellbeing, and recruitment.

• Report directly to the Head of Engineering and collaborate with another Engineering Manager.

• Assume responsibility for a small engineering team, collaborating with product and other departments to determine development priorities and delivery.

• Manage the engineering direction, delivery, and overall health for a team of senior product engineers.

• Work alongside product teams to establish commitments and ensure successful delivery.

• Review pull requests, offer technical insights, pair on challenges, and contribute code as necessary.

• Resolve team issues when decisions are ambiguous or challenges emerge.

• Provide regular feedback to engineers, conduct 1:1 meetings and performance evaluations, and support their professional growth.

• Identify and address team obstacles, communicate issues promptly, and relay status across the organization.

• Manage recruitment efforts to help Junction expand.

• Make both technical and non-technical decisions and take ownership of their outcomes.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience leading and managing skilled software engineers directly.

• Technical involvement while in a management role.

• Experience in overseeing a team's delivery, beyond mere people management.

• Capability to provide valuable technical feedback and make informed engineering trade-off decisions.

• Experience collaborating with product and other teams to convert customer challenges into delivered software.

• Background in developing engineers through constructive feedback, coaching, and meaningful growth opportunities.

• Experience in recruiting engineers and elevating a team's technical or operational standards.

• Preferred: experience in an early-stage or scaling company where managers both manage people and help build products.

• Must be located within GMT or EST time zones.

• Junction does not provide visa sponsorship.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equity (extended exercise period after 2 years of employment).

• Company and team retreats.

• Monthly learning budget of $150 for personal development and productivity.

• $100 monthly wellness budget.

• Flexible, remote-first working environment.

• $1K for home office equipment.

• Coworking budget.

• 36 days of paid time off (including public holidays).

• Premium healthcare coverage.

• 4% monthly contribution to pension/401k.

• Annual blood test provided at no cost.

• Enhanced parental leave, as well as provisions for foster and adoption leave.