Engineering Manager

Engineering Manager – £110,000–£140,000 + Equity – London (Hybrid)

The Opportunity 💻

Join a high-performance technology company building complex, real-time platforms used globally at significant scale.

The business operates mission-critical systems where performance, reliability and speed matter. It has a mature product with strong usage while continuing to evolve its architecture and engineering practices.

You’ll be stepping into a deeply technical environment where engineers work across modern distributed systems, event-driven architecture and high-throughput services.

This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who wants to shape both people and platform.

About the Role 💼

You’ll lead a team of engineers responsible for building and maintaining core product services.

• Manage and mentor engineers across different seniority levels

• Drive sprint planning, delivery and technical direction

• Partner closely with product and technical leadership on complex initiatives

• Improve engineering processes, quality and developer velocity

• Stay close to the code through reviews, pairing and technical guidance

• Help define future technology adoption and architecture direction

You’ll be accountable for outcomes, team health and technical standards.

What You’ll Be Working On 🚀

• Microservices powering high-scale, real-time systems

• Performance, scalability and reliability improvements

• Distributed event-driven architecture

• Platform evolution and technical roadmap planning

• Hiring and growing a strong engineering team

You’ll balance people leadership with meaningful technical influence rather than stepping fully away from engineering.

Skills and Experience 📈

• Strong background building microservices for high-scale products

• Experience with modern backend stacks

• Previous technical leadership or direct people management experience

• Solid understanding of distributed systems and performance engineering

• Comfortable operating in fast-moving environments

• Strong communicator who can align engineering with product goals

Nice to have:

• Exposure to Kubernetes, event streaming or high-throughput systems

• Experience in commercially complex product environments

📍 Location: London, hybrid

💰 Compensation: £110,000–£140,000 + equity + strong benefits

🏢 Team: High standards, collaborative, delivery focused

🌱 Stage: Mature product, strong scale, continued growth

If you enjoy leading strong engineers while shaping complex systems that operate at scale, this is a role worth exploring.

Engineering Manager – £110,000–£140,000 + Equity – London (Hybrid)