Engineering Manager – Authentication & Authorisation

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom, +3 more countries.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the vision, strategy, and execution roadmap for identity, authentication, and authorization across SMB and Enterprise.

• Lead delivery and outcomes for the Authentication & Authorization team.

• Implement a new identity platform across Enterprise offerings.

• Develop and execute a migration strategy from the SMB legacy service to Enterprise architecture.

• Revise legacy authentication services while minimizing risk and technical debt.

• Ensure high levels of security, compliance, performance, and trust.

• Collaborate with Product, Security, Compliance, and Core Platform teams to align priorities and manage dependencies.

• Facilitate technical discussions and navigate complex architectural trade-offs.

• Enhance software development, operational excellence, quality, and methodologies.

• Recruit, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of 6–10 software engineers.

• Report directly to the VP of Engineering.

• Reinforce delivery rhythm and operational excellence.

• Achieve migration and modernization milestones while establishing a sustainable path between SMB and Enterprise authentication architectures.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive experience as an Engineering Manager or in a similar people-lead role, including coaching and performance support.

• Strong hands-on technical expertise in authentication and authorization domains and standards such as OAuth, SAML, and OIDC.

• Familiarity with modern identity platforms like Amazon Cognito, Auth0, or Stytch within a product-centric organization.

• Architectural credibility with a proven track record of guiding teams through technical complexities, migrations, and legacy constraints.

• Excellent stakeholder management skills across engineering, product, and risk-focused partners.

• Clear and consistent communication abilities.

• Capacity to lead through uncertainty and generate momentum.

• Experience as a software architect or staff-level engineer prior to moving into people leadership (desirable).

• Background in security- or compliance-sensitive domains (desirable).

• Proven experience in scaling teams through hiring and defined ownership while maintaining delivery quality (desirable).

• Application must be submitted in English.

• Must possess the legal right to work in the selected location.

🏝️ Benefits

• Your own Pleo card.

• Catered lunches or a lunch allowance based on the local office.

• Comprehensive private healthcare, with coverage options including Vitality, Alan, or Médis based on location.

• 25 days of holiday plus public holidays.

• Hybrid and fully remote working options.

• Option to purchase 5 additional holiday days through salary sacrifice.

• Free mental health and well-being support through MyndUp.

• Paid parental leave.