Engineering Manager - Partner Proposition

Description

The company aims to simplify utilities by bundling energy, broadband, mobile and insurance into one bill, with savings included. It plans to double in size.

You will lead a small squad of engineers, combining hands-on technical work with people leadership. You will work with a product manager on priorities, balance new work against upkeep, and share practices with other leaders as the engineering culture grows.

Responsibilities

• Own the squad's technical choices and check they fit company and technical strategy.
• Spot gaps in how the team builds software and push for improvements.
• Know every technology the squad uses and how they connect.
• Help set team goals, make sure planned work serves them, and set priorities to reach them.
• Put in place practices that meet security and SLO targets, and organise on-call cover across teams with the squad.
• Run regular metrics reviews to keep coverage and performance high.
• With the product manager, set OKRs that line up with company goals, and help lead yearly and quarterly planning.
• Spot risks and blockers early, work with stakeholders to resolve them, and track performance to improve it.
• Report progress on OKRs, KPIs and milestones to relevant stakeholders.
• Make sure the squad has the skills to deliver, by growing people or hiring.
• Onboard, train, develop and coach your reports, and take part in performance calibration and promotion reviews.
• Pass company, department and pillar strategy to the squad, and give stakeholders context from the team.
• Teach the culture, handle interpersonal conflict, collect and act on feedback, and relay company and department changes.
• Raise the team's voice with senior leadership, with support from your manager.
• Work well with cross-functional colleagues such as UX and data, and co-lead the squad with its product manager.
• Keep team spending, both OpEx and CapEx, within budget.

Requirements

• Knowledge of the core stack: gRPC, GraphQL, React, Kafka, Docker and Kubernetes. Hands-on experience is a bonus.
• Go experience is preferred but not essential.
• Track record of owning technical decisions and tying them to strategy.
• Sound grasp of engineering practice and an eye for improvements.
• Experience setting team goals and prioritising work to reach them.
• Ability to work with product managers on OKRs that match company goals, and to co-lead yearly and quarterly planning.
• Experience spotting risks early and reducing them.
• Experience putting in place security and SLO practices.
• Ability to drive operational excellence and run metrics reviews.
• Experience managing a team of engineers.
• Proven ability to onboard, train, develop and coach reports, and to take part in performance calibration and promotion reviews.
• Intermediate awareness of customer and market insights.
• Ability to pass strategy on to the squad.
• Experience building a healthy team dynamic and settling interpersonal conflicts.
• Ability to work well across functions.

Conditions

Remote-first role.

Salary is benchmarked against the industry and shared openly at the first conversation.

Equal opportunities apply to everyone, and requests for support during the process are considered carefully and fairly.

Benefits

• Annual discretionary bonus of 15-40%.
• Work abroad for up to three weeks, twice per tax year.
• 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays, rising with length of service, with up to five days tradeable each year.
• Discounts on the company's services and a free Cashback Card.
• Matched-contribution pension and life assurance up to 4x salary.
• Policies designed to support you and your family.
• Allowance toward private health insurance, dental insurance or gym membership.
• Dedicated learning and development budget and promotion cycles twice a year.
• Join belonging groups that help shape the culture.
• Company-wide celebrations, including the Great Big Get Together and the Good Hearted Go-Getter Awards.