Engineering Manager

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

📋 Description

• Lead and nurture a high-performing engineering team.

• Facilitate the career advancement of engineers through regular one-on-ones, performance evaluations, and development strategies.

• Oversee recruitment, interviewing, and onboarding processes.

• Foster a positive, inclusive, and psychologically safe team environment.

• Take ownership of team delivery outcomes, velocity, and operational excellence.

• Ensure system reliability, performance, and scalability.

• Establish technical standards and guide architectural decisions.

• Maintain code quality through reviews and effective management of technical debt.

• Lead the response to production incidents and conduct post-mortem analyses.

• Collaborate with Product, Design, Security, and other stakeholders on roadmaps and interdependencies.

• Manage team capacity, risks, progress, and obstacles.

• Contribute to the technical strategy of the department and drive innovation.

⛳️ Requirements

• Demonstrated leadership abilities with the capability to inspire, coach, and mentor engineers.

• Strong technical foundation in software engineering principles and contemporary methodologies, including Agile, DevOps, and CI/CD.

• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills.

• High emotional intelligence and the capacity to build trust.

• Strategic mindset and robust problem-solving abilities.

• Ability to convert business priorities into technical actions.

• Dedication to diversity, equity, inclusion, continuous learning, and improvement.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related discipline.

• Over 8 years of software engineering experience, including the delivery of complex systems.

• 2+ years of direct experience in people management, encompassing performance and career development.

• Proven experience leading Agile/Scrum teams and promoting continuous improvement.

• Familiarity with project budgeting, resource planning, and reporting.

• Knowledge of modern DevOps practices and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).

• Ability to provide guidance on technical strategy and align it with business goals.

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or an MBA.

• Certifications in Agile/Scrum, Leadership, or Cloud Architecture.

• Experience in governance, compliance, or risk management.

• Proven track record of mentoring engineers and nurturing an inclusive team culture.

• Experience with scaling teams, distributed systems, and enterprise-level architecture.

🏝️ Benefits

• 25 days of holiday, in addition to bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time or fixed-term roles).

• Salary sacrifice schemes.

• Retail vouchers.

• TechScheme for gadgets and home appliances.

• Life Assurance.

• Private Medical Insurance.

• Dental Insurance.

• Health Assessments.

• Cycle-to-work scheme.

• Discounted gym memberships.

• Referral Scheme.

• Opportunities for future career development.