Engineering Manager – Partner Proposition

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

📋 Description

• Provide guidance for the technical direction and advancement of a small engineering team.

• Work closely with the Product Manager to establish priorities and balance new initiatives with enhancements.

• Engage with engineering leaders throughout the organization to exchange best practices and enhance engineering culture.

• Make technical decisions that are in accordance with the company's and technical strategy.

• Identify opportunities for improving engineering practices.

• Set team objectives and drive prioritization efforts.

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

• Oversee organization-wide on-call coverage coordination.

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

• Collaborate with the Product Manager and team to establish OKRs.

• Identify and address risks and obstacles.

• Evaluate team performance and report progress against OKRs, KPIs, and milestones.

• Co-facilitate annual and quarterly planning for the squad.

• Staff the squad with necessary technical skills, including hiring when required.

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

• Participate in performance evaluations and promotion assessments.

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

• Address interpersonal conflicts and gather, share, and act on feedback.

• Inform the team about company and department changes.

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

• Co-lead the squad alongside the Product Manager.

• Manage team operational expenditures (OpEx) and capital expenditures (CapEx) within budget.

⛳️ Requirements

• Familiarity with core technology stack: gRPC, GraphQL, React, Kafka, Docker, and Kubernetes.

• Experience with Go is preferred but not mandatory.

• Proven ability to take ownership of technical decisions and align them with company strategy.

• Understanding of engineering practices with the capacity to identify enhancements.

• Experience in defining team objectives and driving prioritization.

• Ability to collaborate with Product Managers to establish OKRs that align with company objectives.

• Capacity to co-lead annual and quarterly planning sessions.

• Experience in early identification and mitigation of risks.

• Knowledge of practices related to security and service level objectives (SLOs).

• Ability to promote operational excellence and lead metrics reviews.

• Experience managing a team of engineers.

• Competence in onboarding, training, developing, and coaching team members.

• Experience in performance calibration and promotion reviews.

• Intermediate understanding of customer and market insights.

• Ability to communicate strategy effectively to the squad.

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

• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional colleagues.

• Candidates selected for this position will undergo a background check.

🏝️ Benefits

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

• Flexible working: Remote-first business model.

• Option for a four-day workweek (90% pay for 90% impact).

• Opportunity to work abroad for up to three weeks, twice each tax year.

• 25 days of paid leave plus bank holidays, with an increase based on tenure.

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

• Discounts on services and a complimentary Cashback Card.

• Matched-contribution pension scheme.

• Life assurance coverage up to four times salary.

• Family-friendly policies.

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

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

• Dedicated budget for learning and development.

• Bi-annual promotion cycles.

• Belonging groups.

• Company-wide celebrations and awards.