Senior Engineering Manager, Brand Ads, Promotions

Deliveroo

Senior Engineering Manager leading Deliveroo’s Brand Ads and Promotions engineering teams. Building scalable advertising products and managing EMEA engineering organisations from London.

Posted 8/7/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSeniorWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in building and managing impactful software teams while driving engineering vision and strategy. Proficient in developing scalable products and improving software architecture across distributed systems.

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Software EngineeringLarge-Scale Distributed SystemsTeam Building and ManagementLeadership and Communication SkillsPerformance Management

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Hard Skills

AI IntegrationSoftware ArchitectureProduct DevelopmentTechnical ExecutionEngineering Strategy

Soft Skills

Exceptional CommunicationAdaptabilityResilienceCustomer-Obsessed MindsetGrowth-Minded Approach

Industry Keywords

Ad-TechStakeholder CollaborationInfrastructure ManagementTeam NurturingWorkflow Improvement

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed Systems

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Use AI to improve productivity, applications, teams, and workflows
Hire, build, grow, and nurture impactful business-focused software teams
Build scalable products and drive engineering vision, strategy, and execution across multiple teams and sub-teams
Plan long-term strategy and engineering excellence
Break down large systems into manageable, sustainable components
Continuously improve software architecture and development processes
Collaborate with stakeholders, external partners, and peer leaders
Drive planning and execution while balancing short-term delivery with long-term strategic objectives
Dive into technical details to support teams and solve complex challenges
Ensure reliability and quality across team deliverables
Act as the single-threaded leader for the EMEA Ads organisation and manage/grow multiple teams
Develop advertising products and solutions across distributed backend and frontend systems

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience working in software engineering, large-scale distributed systems, and related software functions
Experience hiring and growing teams from 0 to 1
Experience managing through senior leaders/managers and building large, sustainable teams
Exceptional communication and leadership skills
Proven ability to operate in a fast-moving environment
Experience with performance management, coaching, mentoring, and growing teams
Hands-on approach to addressing infrastructure and technical execution gaps
Customer-obsessed mindset serving consumers, riders, and merchants globally
Adaptable and resilient, with the ability to thrive amid ambiguity
Willingness to jump in and openness to feedback
Growth-minded approach to driving projects toward business goals
Prior ad-tech experience is nice to have, not required

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary and equity options
Flexible working
Continuous learning
Strong support for career growth
Global team events/collaboration
Fair and equitable recruitment process
Reasonable adjustments and application support for candidates with disabilities or long-term health conditions