Engineering Manager – Partner Proposition

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

📋 Description

• Support the technical direction and development of a small engineering team.

• Collaborate with the Product Manager to establish priorities and balance new initiatives with ongoing improvements.

• Engage with engineering leaders throughout the organization to enhance the engineering culture.

• Assume accountability for squad technical decisions and ensure alignment with company and technical strategy.

• Define team objectives and drive prioritization efforts.

• Implement practices to achieve security and operational service level objectives (SLOs).

• Coordinate organization-wide on-call coverage.

• Lead regular reviews of metrics related to coverage and performance.

• Set OKRs in collaboration with the Product Manager and team.

• Identify risks and obstacles while collaborating with stakeholders to mitigate them.

• Measure team performance and communicate progress against OKRs, KPIs, and milestones.

• Co-lead annual and quarterly squad planning sessions.

• Staff the squad, hire as necessary, and foster the development of team members.

• Onboard, train, develop, and mentor team members.

• Participate in performance calibration and promotion evaluations.

• Communicate the company, department, and pillar strategy to the squad.

• Collaborate with cross-functional colleagues, including UX and data teams.

• Co-lead the squad alongside the Product Manager.

• Manage the team's operational expenditure (OpEx) and capital expenditure (CapEx) within budget constraints.

• Promote a positive team dynamic, resolve interpersonal conflicts, and act on feedback.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proficient in the core technology stack: gRPC, GraphQL, React, Kafka, Docker, and Kubernetes.

• Experience with Go is preferred, but not mandatory.

• Proven track record of taking responsibility for technical decisions and aligning them with strategic goals.

• Understanding of engineering practices and the ability to identify areas for improvement.

• Experience in defining team objectives and driving prioritization.

• Capability to work with Product Managers in setting OKRs that align with company goals.

• Ability to co-lead annual and quarterly planning efforts.

• Experience in early identification and mitigation of risks.

• Familiarity with practices for security and SLOs.

• Proven ability to drive operational excellence and lead metrics reviews.

• Experience managing a team of engineers.

• Ability to onboard, train, develop, and coach team members.

• Participation in performance calibration and promotion evaluations.

• Intermediate understanding of customer and market insights.

• Ability to effectively communicate strategy to the squad.

• Experience in fostering a positive team dynamic and resolving interpersonal conflicts.

• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional colleagues.

• Successful candidates will be subject to a background check.

🏝️ Benefits

• Performance bonus: An annual discretionary bonus ranging from 15-40%.

• Flexible working: We are a remote-first organization.

• Optional four-day work week (90% pay for 90% impact).

• Work abroad for up to three weeks, twice every tax year.

• 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing with tenure.

• Option to trade up to five holiday days each year.

• UW discounts on services and a complimentary Cashback Card.

• Matched-contribution pension scheme.

• Life assurance coverage up to 4x salary.

• Family-friendly policies.

• Flexible benefits allowance for private health insurance, dental insurance, or gym membership.

• Eight-week paid sabbatical after four years of service.

• Dedicated learning and development budget.

• Bi-annual promotion cycles.

• Belonging groups.

• Company-wide celebrations and awards.