Abtrace

Engineering Manager

Abtrace

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: London • United Kingdom

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Tech Stack

AWSCloudDistributed SystemsKubernetesPythonReact

About the role

  • - **Lead&Scale: **Grow, mentor and manage high-performing engineering teams, with a focus on speed, rigor, and accountability.
  • - **Mentor&Grow: **Coach engineers to improve technically and professionally, creating a clear growth path.
  • - **Set the Bar: **Implement engineering best practices and raise the quality bar across code, architecture, and delivery.
  • - **Transform Culture: **Help transition the team from early-stage startup to an elite engineering organization with structure, pace, and intensity.
  • - **Own Delivery: **Ensure projects are delivered rapidly, always putting customer needs at the heart of what we do
  • - **Drive Performance: **Cultivate a high-output, high-trust culture where engineers take full ownership and move quickly without sacrificing quality.
  • - **Hire A+ Talent: **Recruit, onboard, and retain top engineers who are drawn to a fast, demanding, high growth environment.
  • - **Collaborate Cross-Functionally: **Work closely with Product, Design, and Ops to prioritize and execute.

Requirements

  • - Have **3+ years of engineering leadership experience **in high-growth startups or scale-ups.
  • - Have **seen scale before and be hungry to build it again**
  • - Cultivate and support engineering in high-velocity environments with clear KPIs and performance expectations.
  • - Know how to **balance speed with engineering rigor**—shipping fast, but (rarely) breaking things.
  • - Are hands-on enough to jump into code or architecture discussions but know how to delegate and empower.
  • - Have a strong **product mindset**—you care about outcomes, not just output.
  • - Are relentless about **raising the bar **on execution, hiring, and accountability.
  • - Have some hands-on experience with Python, React, public cloud environments (AWS preferred), distributed systems (such as Kubernetes), and infrastructure as code.
Benefits
  • - Private Pension
  • - Share Options scheme
  • - Generous sick and maternity/paternity leave
  • - As much freedom and independence as you earn, and a chance to grow rapidly as the company does.
  • - Flexi and hybrid working
  • - Company's office in Paddington - easy commute and comfortable surroundings
  • - Motivated, highly functioning, multi-disciplinary team
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
engineering leadershipPythonReactAWSKubernetesinfrastructure as codeperformance expectationsengineering best practicescode architecturedelivery
Soft Skills
mentoringcoachingcollaborationaccountabilityownershiphigh-output culturehigh-trust cultureproduct mindsetspeed balancingteam transformation